Posted by Philippe (Bangkok, Thailand) on 21 February 2008 in People & Portraits and Portfolio.
The result of the Red Khmer politic and the Cowardice of the American government which has left the people cambodian hands of the Red Khmer
My Life in Asia (Ma vie en Asie), the daily story of a french guy in Bangkok, http://Monasie.com (Sorry all is in French)
OMG I am assume your contributed to him
21 Feb 2008 1:01am
Compared to your other pictures this is quite a stunning -- and painful -- contrast. On the one hand, it's just a picture with form, color, and composition. But on the other, it presents a distressing reality and a social commentary about hunger, starvation, and alienation. Yet despite the provocative issues that this photo raises, I do wonder if you, at the very least, donated something to alleviate his misery? I think that's a fair question since you were there after all.
I apologize if I do not speak/write French but my intention is not to personally attack you. In fact, this picture is raising a lot of personal and political questions for me about the nature of photography. It demonstrates yet again how powerful one picture and one photographer can be.
21 Feb 2008 1:33am
Mister/Miss Disoriented ...., This picture comes from a report that I made in Phnom penh in 2005, others will follow on this blog ... Its just the result of the Red Khmer politic and the Cowardice of the American government which has left the people cambodian hands of the Red Khmer. I took this picture to open the eyes of some people living in the West. Sorry for my poor english, not so good, i hope you understand.
21 Feb 2008 2:11am
A marvellous photograph ... very powerful. I agree with your choice to expose the sad side of Phnom Pehn and the terrifying recent past that Cambodians have survived no matter what side they were on.. .. We must not shy away from what is difficult in life, but rather face it full on, and above all do something about it, not accept or ignore it.
21 Feb 2008 3:02am
Terrific!! I have no words...:(
21 Feb 2008 3:53am
...no coments,impressive image.
21 Feb 2008 4:29am
It's a beautiful yet hard-hitting image - thanks Philippe
21 Feb 2008 4:38am
Oh la la !! celle-ci elle est terrible et criante d'une certaine réalité de notre monde et de ce que l'homme peut faire subir à ses semblables. J'ai souvent été confrontée à ce genre de situation dans mes voyages ( en Afrique mais surtout en Inde, au point d'être quelques jours sans pouvoir sortir mon appareil tellement j'étais bouleversée et j'avais honte de l'humanité et me sentais coupable d'assister à cela sans pouvoir faire quelque chose). Par choix mais aussi parce que je ne me sens pas capable de faire plus, j'ai décidé de montrer une image positive de ces pays pauvres mais ou il peut exister une certaine forme de bonheur (même si elle ne correspond pas à celle que nous pouvons avoir dans nos pays dit "civilisés"). Mais je respecte la démarche qui consiste à montrer l'autre coté du miroir. Merci à toi d'avoir assez de force pour prendre ces photos-choc et dénoncer ainsi les résultats désastreux de gouvernements irresponsables et de leurs alliés assoiffés de pouvoir et de fric ....
21 Feb 2008 5:56am
Salut evelyne, .... la vie est ainsi, une grande majorite de personne ne sortent jamais de chez eux et se plaignent bien souvent pour pas grand chose, ca permet aussi de relativiser. Pour le cambodge, j'y suis reste bloquer une semaine car je n'avais plus de passeport et je suis partie a la decouverte de cette ville, si tu as l'occasion, achete le DVD du film "la dechirure", un super film qui detaille bien cette sale epoque des Khmer rouge. ce que l'on voit ici encore maintenant n'est que les restes de ces conflits dont ce pays n'arrive toujours pas a ce remettre ... bon je te laisse, je part en france tout a l'heure, premier voyage en europe pour mon epouse ..... la suite sur mon blog :), au plaisir de dialoguer avec toi ....
21 Feb 2008 6:06am
Great work!I wonder that he is alive or not!Just like a statue!Brilliant capture!
21 Feb 2008 6:37am
STUNNING !
21 Feb 2008 12:47pm
Impressive image and lasts reality of our world unfortunately
21 Feb 2008 3:21pm
A very powerful photo. Too bad this is a reality for some people. Really saddens me to see this kind of thing.
21 Feb 2008 4:25pm
So sad!
21 Feb 2008 7:07pm
That's heartbreaking.
21 Feb 2008 11:40pm
My God! Tend mercy on us...
24 Feb 2008 12:23pm
yeah, he looks hungry for sure.
24 Feb 2008 5:42pm
this is a sad image.
24 Feb 2008 8:08pm
interesting. but I strongly disagree with your simplistic and misleading caption. why do people always seem to blame others for each others misery? so now the US is to blame for this poor man's misery as well? i don't mean to be political about it, but if you were really worried about it I would try to find a better way to help them other than just taking a picture. You got your nice shot, I hope he got something in return. (I hope this isn't just you taking advantage of him). Nice shot of human misery.
25 Feb 2008 3:22pm
You are no Henri-Cartier Bresson, you're just another white guy living in Asia exploiting these people. "Look everyone, I'm in Asia and I'm taking these great dramatic shots of how these people are living...." or, "Look everyone, I captured this mans suffering really well, aren't I a great photographer?" Get over yourself. Remember who bailed your ass out of WWII, you enjoy your freedom because of the USA.
26 Feb 2008 1:14am
Oh god, please give the power of this people coz we are very sad. nice moment
26 Feb 2008 10:12pm
même si je ne soi pas conviancu que la phrase ajoutée en légende soit forcement la seul et unique raison de cette misère. je reconnais que la photo est forte et que la misère humaine est une indaignable réalitée...
27 Feb 2008 4:44am
A very intense commentary on life. Well done.
27 Feb 2008 2:11pm
this is painful to look at.
27 Feb 2008 9:55pm
de ce que je vois il ne meut pas de faim mais sans doute du sida et franchement bien que je n'aime ni les KR ni la Bush amérique , je ne vois pas bien ce qu'ils viennent faire dans ce cas! En tout cas l'image est terrible
29 Feb 2008 9:00pm
oh my GOD!!! No idea, just makes me sorrow!
3 Mar 2008 10:51am
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