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Archive for April, 2014

Rain…

Tuesday, April 29th, 2014

It is raining. Good time for scanning never-edited photographs from the 80’s in Belgium. Might eventually feed the ‘This is not Belgium’ project… More on ‘This is not Belgium’ HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, or HERE… PS: I changed the layout of the weblog, giving you bigger photographs. But I lost all the sidebar content. […]

The Trial

Friday, April 25th, 2014

The 21 factory workers, activists and union leaders who were arrested in Phnom Penh on January 2nd and 3rd during the violent crackdown on worker’s demonstrations for higher wages which resulted in 4 deaths by bullets (a 5th worker was seen wounded but disappeared and is presumed dead) is going on at the Phnom Penh […]

This Is Not Belgium 2014/ 2

Monday, April 21st, 2014

Off to Brugge, to bring 45 vintage prints to 44Gallery where they will be exhibited starting May 4th… The prints will be for sale. There are only 1 or 2 copies of those prints around, handmade some 30 years ago in my darkroom. It is also some 30 years I haven’t been to Brugge. Hasn’t […]

This Is Not Belgium 2014

Sunday, April 20th, 2014

Hopefully there will be some time for me to work a bit more on ‘This Is Not Belgium’ during my stay there. For more see HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, or HERE…

Pressure On The Crabs

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

A never seen before crowd ran over Kep during Khmer New Year, putting a very high pressure on the crab population this usually quiet little sea resort is famous for. More on Kep HERE…

Thevada On Its Way… Time For A Change…

Monday, April 14th, 2014

At 8:07 AM this morning the Thevada for the Khmer New Year was welcomed by the Cambodians. He was presented offerings at the doorsteps, rich and poor alike. Negotiations between the old Thevada and the new one will go on for the next couple of days before the old year vanishes and the new one […]

Development Landscapes Update…

Friday, April 11th, 2014

I keep documenting changes in landscapes of areas people were evicted from. Here are the latest additions to that story on my website. Does anyone with a witty pen and an interest in urbanism feel like writing a text for this body of work? If so shoot me an email, I’ll explain more…

The Agreement Has A Sticky Point…

Thursday, April 10th, 2014

Press conference with CNRP co-president Sam Rainsy at the party headquarters in Chak Angré: an exercise in variation for the photographer… So the opposition CNRP will not go to the Royal Palace tomorrow, on the eve of the Khmer New Year festivities, to tell King Sihamoni they agree to finally, after several months of boycott, […]