BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
During my 2013 trip to Colombia, I worked with Save the Children documenting the Kangaroo Program in Bogota. It was not only a pleasure to photograph the intimate relationship between parents and their newborns, but a great opportunity to document a successful story born from a ‘developing’ country, and spread across the world.
POIPET, CAMBODIA
Rounded up by Thai authorities or simply afraid of violence, thousands of Cambodian workers and their families left Thailand on a mass exodus.
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Armed with a wide range of truncheons – from electric to ‘homemade’ sticks discreetly wrapped in newspaper – police and thugs attacked demonstrators, passersby and journalists indiscriminately after a defiant demonstration at Freedom Park during Labour Day.
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Armed with lotus flowers and incense sticks, opposition party member of parliament Mu Sochua was stopped by barb-wired barricades and police when trying to reach Freedom Park for a seventh time. Phnom Penh’s designated protest area has been closed since the Cambodian government banned all public gatherings and demonstrations following January’s deadly clashes.
As the last day of the year calls for it, here is a small selection of what 2013 has left for me.
Since it has been over four months since my last post, and words don’t seem to come as easy these days, I will let the images do the talking.
Please enjoy and happy new year 2014.
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Prime Minister Hun Sen made his first appearance since he voted during Cambodia’s general elections. Addressing the media he called for people to keep calm, and said to welcome an international investigation on the controversial elections.
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Days before nine million people were to vote at general elections, human rights organisations and observers highlighted a number of irregularities, marked by fake indelible ink and unregistered voters. Riots erupted in Phnom Penh after polls closed.
SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA
Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha toured Siem Reap during a rally that lasted for hours and finished at Cambodia’s iconic temple of Angkor Wat. Supported by thousands on trucks and motorbikes, the CNRP leaders addressed the crowds in front of the temple, calling for Cambodians to take control over their iconic heritage site – Angkor Wat’s ticketing control has been leased to Sokimex, a company owned by Vietnamese descent business man Sok Kong.
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
One week before national elections, opposition leader Sam Rainsy returned to Cambodia after four years of self-imposed exile. Against the odds, an estimated 100,000 supporters welcomed him in Phnom Penh where he delivered his first speech in years.
