Posted in history, khmer rouge, photography on May 18th, 2008
Part of our Battambang visit included a visit to Phnom Sampow.
As with many historic sites in Cambodia, old legends are overlaid with newer stories and juxtaposed with recent events. One grim reminder of the not so distant past are the mountain's caves which contain the bones of Khmer Rouge victims, ...
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Visitors from the USA (Idea Czar and Multivore) arrived earlier this week, timing it just right for a slew of holidays. (3-day King's Birthday celebration, Buddha's birthday.)
After the hustle and bustle of India they found Cambodia to be a welcome change. We bused on out of a quiet Phnom Penh ...
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Norbert Klein shares some photos (above) of the Open Institute's Open Schools "Low Cost Computing Lab's" work. Well worth a look!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nhklein/2158331934/in/set-72157603606001930/
More from Bart Geesink.
Tags: cambodia,khmer,open source
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Posted in dance, hip hop, music, news, photography on Apr 5th, 2008
Stuart Isett spreads the word:
Tiny Toones: B Boy Benefit for Cambodia
April 26th 2008, 6pm 'til late
At the Greenwood Collective
8537 Greenwood Ave. NW Seattle WA
Featuring the work of:
World B Boy champs Massive Monkees, legendary Seattle photographer Charles Peterson, immigration activist Many Uch & photographer Stuart Isett.
$5 donation at the door
Photographs for ...
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Posted in history, khmer rouge, news, photography on Mar 31st, 2008
has filed his last photograph. I was privileged to see him speak once, in the 1980s.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/30/america/Obit-Dith-Pran.php
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/nyregion/31dith.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dith_Pran
It's customary to have a moment of silence, but this outspoken survivor was anything but. His efforts live on at www.dithpran.org.
Tags: cambodia,khmer
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