Cambodia 2004-2007 and 2008
As a documentary photographer, I have encountered people in many contexts and that has changed my life, not by the process of photographing but by the process of engagement. The more I have studied people and shown concern for them, the more I have learned about myself.I suppose that is one of the main rewards of being a documentary photographer.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Dey Krahom "http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7848634.stm"

This long wall is not the wall of protection; the kind of wall that surrounds your house, keeps you safe. This wall is built not to let you see, what were a few hours ago, your houses; the places you used to cook in, to sleep in, to eat in, to play in. This wall is put there as a sign of boundary, a limit to hope.
These shirts on hangers are not merely pieces of cloths. They are people, resisting, fighting. They are people with names, with faces, with hopes, with fears. They are people who remind us of pain, of courage, of standing firm in front of oppressors. It is for them that we remember the value of life.
Nothing about forcing slum dwellers out of their houses is an accident. Nothing about starting to evict people at 2AM, nothing about using tear gas on innocent children, nothing about forcing families to leave before packing their stuff, their lives, is an accident. Nothing about ruining poor people’s dignity is an accident. The only accident here is ‘us’ not being ‘them’.
This wall is long, but the story of resistance is much longer…
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Friday, March 10, 2006
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Friday, November 11, 2005
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Friday, October 07, 2005
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Monday, September 12, 2005
Friday, September 02, 2005
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Friday, August 26, 2005
2+2=?

They were four of them. I remember it was one of those see them first days. I just stopped and sat next to the kids. After a minute or two, some grown-ups came and asked for a group taut.
It was some months after, when I showed them their pictures including this one.
They asked me if they can keep it.
BUT YOU SEE, THEY WERE FOUR OF THEM...
AND IT WAS ONLY ONE PHOTO...
Kids, the most wanted creatures in da world!

First you see them, then they see you... when this happens they'll come to ask for Yum Yum or some ruy...
The thing that surprises me is that even if you don't give them any thing they're going to be your friend but the point is that as soon as you become their friend you are going to buy them any thing they ask for.
U SAY NO?
THEN YOU GOT TO GIVE YOUR SELF A TRY:
TRY TO SEE THEM FIRST!


































































