Cambodia 2004-2007 & 2008-2009

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Dey Krahom- the forced eviction

2009-01-26T21:03:00.000-08:00

This long wall is not the wall of protection; the kind of wall that surrounds your house, keeps you safe. This wall is built to not 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…

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challAnge of this pic..

2005-11-11T08:28:00.000-08:00

YOu want to know what's gOing on hUh..?

mOOhahaha!

2005-11-11T08:15:00.000-08:00

wE are all a bit phSyco...aren't we?

2005-11-11T07:44:00.000-08:00

yOu are nOt suPPosed to sEE every detail in this pic
that's why it's aLL daRKK

2005-11-11T07:22:00.000-08:00

2005-11-11T07:15:00.000-08:00

what i See
is a dOOr tO the light
Or a light That ends with a DOOr
OR it starTs with a LOOk...

Revolution is my grand father

2005-10-29T19:36:00.000-07:00

I claim them all---passion, anger, fear and (noun pLz)

Fly with Lion...

2005-10-12T10:17:00.000-07:00

I know a place where we can hide.
I know a place where we can finally see the rainbow and we can
fly, fly, fly

brEak tHe Rules... bUt what Rules?

2005-10-12T10:03:00.000-07:00

...

go fUrther

2005-10-09T09:09:00.000-07:00

Catch yA!
jUst a mInute before she flies in to the sKy...

Restuarant

2005-10-09T08:13:00.000-07:00

sm tImZ I really wonder about river eating people...

P+p+ O

2005-10-09T01:01:00.000-07:00

still PeaCe
with all that clouds upon me...
and her still
...

Reality...

2005-10-07T17:47:00.000-07:00

you're the truth not i
you're the truth not i

:L

2005-09-13T05:43:00.000-07:00

Give him a leg
and
HE'LL
run like HELL
...

u in me, me in you, but who is me& who are u?

2005-09-13T05:32:00.000-07:00

You think it's me
BUT
I'm never me...
I'm no longer me...

SLeeep My little SOn

2005-09-12T04:06:00.000-07:00

With
or with-out you
everything stands on
its place...

Peace rules...

2005-09-12T03:36:00.000-07:00

They said V

I said i

...

They said ViVa

And

We all laughed ...

Run like Hell...

2005-09-02T18:51:00.000-07:00

Buy a bicycle and then Run
That's what life is about...
TO buy and then to Run
TO run and then to buy
...

To dream the impossible DrEam...

2005-08-28T00:42:00.000-07:00

To me, Cambodia is the image of a kid who is standing in the dark,
who is reaching for the light...

Cloud-game

2005-08-28T00:18:00.000-07:00

Clouds
and the kids
and the
bambooSSS,
the bamboos
and the kids
and the
cloudSSSS,
2 see the kids
on the clouds
and 2 see
the bamboos
on the kids
...

Big Bad WORLD

2005-08-27T18:36:00.000-07:00

I saw the
hands
which were
selling
me
a sleeping
CHILD
...

1 lil hand

2005-08-27T18:27:00.001-07:00

The only
thing I see
is 1 little hand
and 2 confused
eyes...

$$%^&*(#@!

2005-08-27T18:11:00.001-07:00

Khmer Noodles
1 $
Khmer Noodles
2 $
Khmer Noodles
3 $
Khmer Noodles
4 $
Khmer Noodles
5 $
Khmer Noodles
6 $

P+U+N+C+H

2005-08-27T18:01:00.000-07:00

"Punch ya"
That was
all he said.

PPL creating words...

2005-08-27T17:53:00.000-07:00

Pagoda
paGODa
paGOda
PAGoda
pagoDA
PAGODA
...
ADOGAP
ADogap
adogAP
adOGpa

Burn your brain

2005-08-27T17:46:00.000-07:00

I want to burn the world with the water I want to burn the world with the waterI want to burn the water with the fire I want to burn the water with the fire I want to burn the fire with the fire I want to burn the fire with the fire...

Stand 4 them...

2005-08-27T06:22:00.000-07:00

Play with them and they'll play with you.
Play with them and they'll play for you so you can take their pics.
stand by them and they'll stand for you...

2005-08-27T06:09:00.000-07:00

Once there was a cyclo
The cyclo had a sleepy driver
The sleepy driver had a little kid
The little kid had a ...

GO SHOPPIN'

2005-08-27T01:19:00.000-07:00

Have you ever thoUght about buying flowers and turn them back Have you ever thought about buying flower and turn them back Have you ever thought about buying some flowers and turn them back Have you ever thought about buying some flowers and turn them back...

2 reach the unreachable StAr...

2005-08-26T03:10:00.001-07:00

So young, so hot, so old, so cold, so far, so unreachable, so painful, so touchable, so close...
So sad... So true.

2+2=?

2005-08-26T02:36:00.000-07:00

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...

BuDaaaH

2005-08-26T02:19:00.000-07:00

In Farsi we say booodaaaa... that means something was in right place for a second and is gone by the coming minute.
This woman was there
This BuDaaaH was there
The man with for faces was there
...
and I was there.

Kids, the most wanted creatures in da world!

2005-08-26T02:01:00.000-07:00

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!