family – Found Cambodia

Looking back at fashion

fcadmin — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 04:55:28 +0000

” I loved this kind of dress, my uncle bought the sun glasses for me. I think the styles today are looking to the past. When I see these old styles coming back in Cambodia I get very excited.”

Wedding Case

fcadmin — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 04:46:02 +0000

” The case contains money and a dress, it symbolises that the husband will look after the wife and whatever he has belongs to her.”

Wedding Frame

fcadmin — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:25:21 +0000

” The reflection in the mirror was really popular in photography in Cambodia and we wanted to copy that style. The photograph was made in the room which my wife used to get ready for our wedding. The frame is the original from 1983.”

Portable studio

fcadmin — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:09:45 +0000

“This was at the wedding of my Granddaughter. The backdrop was set up in her house.”

Soup Sales

fcadmin — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:04:28 +0000

“We went to our friends soup shop to visit her. She had a new camera and wanted to make our picture. Our clothes were not formal in this picture. My friend made us lots of copies of the picture to give to our friends and family”

On The Turtles Back

fcadmin — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 04:20:54 +0000

” This is a picture of my Auntie and Uncle, it was made before they went to Bangkok for my Auntie to receive cancer treatment.”

Cutting Out the Memory

fcadmin — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 09:31:19 +0000

” We were taken to Kampong Som with some friends of ours by an Australian family. The original photograph had my family and our friends in it, but we don’t speak anymore so I cut them out and replaced them with a photograph of myself.”

The Soldier

fcadmin — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:53:37 +0000

” The year was 1988 and I had just become a soldier.”

The meaning then and the meaning now

fcadmin — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 03:42:16 +0000

” I saw my neighbour was making a photograph of the children in the village, they called me to join. I was told to dress accordingly so I borrowed some clothes. There were a lot of Khmer Rouge around but they where not strict, however they did ask the villagers to dress the same. The black clothing looked powerful, those who wore black were part of group, part of the Khmer Rouge. The poor were asked first and it give us power. I loved the black clothing then but now I hate it as it reminds me of a hard life of slavery and poverty.. When the Khmer Rouge took power they killed the neighbour who made the photograph of us because of his education.”

The Family

fcadmin — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 02:50:24 +0000

(L to R) 1.”My Mother Chan Chhov, at the time of the Khmer Rouge she was moved from one area to another in Kampong Cham. Mother had to work really hard carrying bags of rice. No one dared to say anything you just did as you were told we feared death we had no rights.” 2. Ngouv Sok “My father always told us to keep quite, not to say anything.”
3. Ngouv Meng ” In 1975 at the beginning he was called by the soldiers … he never came back.” 4. Ngouv Noy Hoy ” My sister had her own family and she was relocated with them under the Khmer Rouge. Just like everyone else she kept quiet and worked.” NOTE: Images are from various dates, ages and appearances vary, in this constructed family portrait.