Tonight: Meta House shows
There will be a projection of some of my work tonight at Meta House on Sothearos Blvd in Phnom Penh at 7:00 PM.
‘As a photojournalist I like being somewhere else but I hate travelling. I mean the process of travelling… So how do you solve that contradiction? You pick a country you came across when you were still hopping from one plane to another and you settle down there. There are several advantages: chances are you’ll be less superficial in your reporting, you avoid spending hours in airports and crappy hotels, you spend less money on travel expenses, you get to see your children grow, and your carbon footprint is trimmed down by at least 3/4…
So which country? There are many reasons, but there is no reasonable explanation. In my case it was Cambodia in 1989, 1991, 1999 and I stayed in 2000. It could have been Vietnam or Berlin… But here we are, 20 years later…’
Three series: Refugees in the world, Cambodia 1989/1991, Cambodia Land Issues… Hang on tight: about 40 minutes long. No sound, only pictures and captions, B&W only, 4 seconds each. Austere, stripped down… There will be a Q&A after.
For those interested in documentary photography.
CAMBODIA. Damnak Trayoung (Phnom Penh). 8/01/2010: Site where the people evicted from Dey Krohom were evicted a second time after one year.