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CAMBODIA  THE TEXTURE OF EVERYDAY LIFE. The changes within Cambodia can be compared to the Mekong River.  After flowing 4800 kilometres from its source on the Tibetan Plateau, the river divides into a delta in Southeast Asia and enters the South China Sea. The name of the delta – Cuu Long – is translated as 'Nine Dragons.' Today, the river splits into only eight heads. Likewise, the quotidian life of Cambodia can be likened to the flow of the Mekong, which can be divided into eight headings. These categories are industrialization, fashion, transport, housing, technology, food and agriculture and the relationship of the Khmer peopl

The changes within Cambodia can be compared to the Mekong River.  After flowing 4800 kilometres from its source on the Tibetan Plateau, the river divides into a delta in Southeast Asia and enters the South China Sea. The name of the delta – Cuu Long – is translated as 'Nine Dragons.' Today, the river splits into only eight heads. Likewise, the quotidian life of Cambodia can be likened to the flow of the Mekong, which can be divided into eight headings. These categories are industrialization, fashion, transport, housing, technology, food and agriculture and the relationship of the Khmer people to the Angkorian era. My photography i

The aesthetic of Cambodia can be compared to the Mekong River.  After flowing 4800 kilometres from its source on the Tibetan Plateau, the river divides into a delta in Southeast Asia as it enters the South China Sea. The name of the delta – Cuu Long – is translated as 'Nine Dragons.' Today, the river splits into only eight heads. Likewise, the aesthetic categories of the Khmer, or Cambodia, can be likened to the flow of the Mekong, which can be divided into eight headings. This photographic project examines a similar eight-headed divide that defines this new aesthetic. These categories are industrialization, fashion, transport, hou