Happy New Year…

Turning another page and now entering the Year of the Tiger. 2010 had a lot of potential and I wish to all to take advantage of it. Happy New Year!!!

New edition…

New redesigned and updated edition (3rd) of my favorite book "Cambodia, the years of turmoil". This time, it was printed in a nice duotone with spot varnish on a 157gsm art matt paper, it comes with a jacket over a soft cover. This make for a book just under 1 kg, easy to carry back home when you buy it here in Asia…it's priced at $37.50.
You can order it directly from me ($32) and pay via Paypal; I send it Air Parcel (Post) all over the world from Asia Horizons Books.

20 years ago…a dictator fell!

Another marker in time, 20 years ago, between shoots on two movies, I was in Romania for a couple of weeks, soon after the revolt had started in Timisoara.It was a cold winter and the airport being closed I reached the capital by train from Budapest after a flight from Paris. The revolt got rid a of the dictator Caucescu in a week. This picture was taken in the office of the former ruler where an ad-hoc revolutionary committee was debating the future of the nation. See the BBC story…

Theary Seng in front of my lense…

Theary C. Seng from the Center for Justice & Reconciliation in Cambodia was my subject for a photo shoot in Phnom Penh last week. That was a fairly good way to step aside for a day from the ongoing Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Phnom Penh where she represents the victims of Cambodia darkest hours under the Pol Pot regime. She is the author of the book "Daughter of the Killing Fields'. Her blog, and the NGO.

Angkor Photo Workshop 2009

Work group with Antoine d'Agata and Arantxa Cedillo at the 2009 edition of the Angkor Photo Workshop. Held in Siem Reap/Cambodia on the last week of November with 28 young photographer from 10 Asian countries, it was a success thanks to the FCC Angkor which loan us its premises. Phlip Blenkinsop and Patrick de Noirmont with Olivier Nilsson were coaching two other groups of students. I manage to organise the workshop on a minimum budget and for this fifth edition, we can say that it was again a good opportunity for all photographers involved to explore Siem Reap and come with great stories… (see more about the workshop on the APWS blog.