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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 […]

Rohingya Issue Not New…

Thursday, April 10th, 2014

I updated the story I did on Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Bangladesh back in 1992 with new scans and never before edited photographs. The full story on my website can be found HERE.

Save The Date…

Tuesday, March 25th, 2014

An exhibition!!! It doesn’t happen often, but was bound to happen. Some vintage prints from my early work (we’re talking 1970’s-1980’s) will be exhibited for sale at ‘44 Gallery‘ in Brugge (Belgium) from May 3rd to May 25th (the oficial opening is on Sunday May 4th at 16:00). The exhibited 30×40 cm prints were all […]

World Water Day…

Sunday, March 23rd, 2014

It was yesterday… And these photographs were taken 1/4 of a century ago. I wonder if things have changed that much… The full story is HERE.

40 Photographs Of How Intl. Women’s Day Should Not Look Like

Friday, March 7th, 2014

Louis Aragon: “Women are the future of men”… That’s maybe why, in Cambodia, men shut them up, lock them up, beat them up… Hopefully, and unlike in these photographs, Cambodian women will enjoy a peaceful day tomorrow for International Women’s Day… Honouring the Cambodian women who struggle to be heard…

Wishing You A Happy Year Of The Horse…

Saturday, February 1st, 2014

These horses are not Chinese! But this Chinese New Year is the year of the horse. I wish you a happy New Year. AND DON’T SPARE THE HORSES…

It Is A Long Road To The Oscar…

Saturday, January 18th, 2014

Rithy Panh’s masterfull movie ‘The Missing Picture'(or how poetry can describe horror), was nominated for an Oscar in the best foreign-language film category. I was privileged enough to be allowed to follow Rithy Panh on a few of his movie sets.

Now Also In Japan, But Not In Japanese…

Friday, January 10th, 2014

‘Same Same‘, ‘Royal Silence‘ and ‘30 Years for a Trial‘, the e-books I have published until now are also available on the Japanese iBookstore on iTunes. That is a total of 51 countries… excepting Cambodia as there is no cambodian iTunes yet… ‘A Fine Thread‘, about the ongoing issues in the garment sector of Cambodia, […]