While looking for picture references I came across this vintage photograph titled Angkor Wat (Circa 1866). Cambodia. After I started cleaning it up I noticed this dude in the boilersuit, wearing what looks like a hard hat. Now, the photo is old, maybe early 1900’s and has the photographers’ name is in the bottom left corner but […]
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VINTAGE POSTER ~ Phnom Kulen Waterfall
This is a Cambodian poster I haven’t come across before and I have a big collection. This sample may be washed out with age or the artist had discovered some of the locals secrets. The area around the waterfall is much greener as I remember it like the photograph below. The birthplace of the ancient […]
Old Film Footage of Phnom Penh in 1965
Cambodia Vintage B&W Film Footage ~ Phnom Penh in 1965 Phnom Penh is pretty much still the same today, in terms of what people are doing in everyday life. But with a much larger population. Somehow it seems like people were more sophisticated then. At that time Phnom Penh was known as “The Pearl of […]
November 9th, Cambodian Independence Day
Cambodian Independence Day is celebrated every year with festivals, parades and firework displays all over the country. The date celebrates Cambodia’s Declaration of Independence from France (a protectorate not a colony) on the 9th of November, 1953. The main celebrations are held in Phnom Penh. Beginning with a formal ceremony at the Independence Monument, followed by a […]
The Cambodian Space Project ~ Channthy’s Tribute Mural Portrait by Erick Gonzalez
A mural by Guatemalan artist Erick Gonzalez has been unveiled as a tribute to Kak Channthy, the voice of The Cambodian Space Project. On March 20th 2018, Channthy was killed tragically in a traffic accident. Julien Poulson has created a photo album on The Space Project’s Facebook page for ongoing pictures of family and friends of Channthy […]
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. Ghosts of Phnom Penh.
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. Originally I posted about this as ‘Ghosts of Phnom Penh’ based on the exposed walls of demolished buildings. To my horror I recently realized which building it was.
The Elephant in the Room: Graves Without A Name ~ A new film by Rithy Panh
Graves Without A Name ~ A new film by Rithy Panh These films crush me. Especially as I walk amongst the survivors of this tragedy every day. Like a shadow, it cannot be erased but is always lurking in the unspoken background. The Cambodian people are amazing, that’s why I choose to live here.
More Ghosts of Phnom Penh 2018
Tomorrow I’ll be posting a before and after photo series of one these ‘ghost’ lots. Follow me on Twitter to get a notification.