Today Cambodia is so much more than the Khmer Rouge and mine victims. But still… The mines and UXO are still around (and so are a few Khmer Rouge by the way). April 4th is mine awareness day. In certain areas of the country awareness is mandatory every day. Here are a few pictures (more [...]
This man is accused of genocide and crimes against humanity… General Rios Montt has known better times… Author of a coup in Guatemala, he headed a ruthless counter insurgency campaign from 1982 to 1983. Guatemala’s 36-year long civil war during which some 200,000 Guatemalans were killed ended in 1996. General Rios Montt was indicted for [...]
Tep Vanny will be awarded the ‘Leadership in Public Life Award’ by ‘Vital Voices’ this April 2nd in Washington DC, in the presence, so I heard, of Vice President Joe Biden and former Foreign Secretary Hillary Clinton. But if she was singled out for the award, most of the women of Boeung Kak Lake equally [...]
Happy New Year of the Snake… Lunar New Year celebrations in Phnom Penh (here) and in Hanoi (here)
Before you leave for your well deserved week-end, how about participating in the funding of the documentary movie ‘The Cause of Progress’? There are only 4 crowdfunding days left (see here) so it is kind of NOW if you don’t want to miss the opportunity of getting that film by Chris Kelly about land issues [...]
I was reminded that 4 years have passed since the violent Dey Krahom eviction (see here) took place here in Phnom Penh. Has anything changed since? At Dey Krahom things for sure are not different: since the eviction the land still stands empty, so I guess the speculation didn’t really work out as planned for [...]
It doesn’t happen often, but once in a while I get a reaction on some of my photographs decades after they were taken. It can be a man who recognizes himself with one of his ex-girlfriends or future wife and who will ask for a print of that photograph. It can be a Kurd who [...]
If you are escaping the rigours of a European or North American winter or if for whatever other reason you happen to be in Chiang Mai (Thailand) between February 8th and 14th, you might drop by at the Chiang Mai Arts Festival (haven’t got a clue as to where exactly in Chiang Mai that might [...]
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