Statue of Chea Vichea, former union leader, behind him the Cambodian Constitutional Monument.
The words I use
are of no importance.
As it would seem
the importance of my words
are of no use.
#cheavichea #ourmembersbeunlimited #union #leader #outspoken #rip #intheshadow #cambodianconstitutionalmonument #visualpoetryphotography #commentary #poetic #words #phnompenh #cambodia
My photograph 'Snake' has been nominated as part of the '1839 Awards' Peoples Choice - Wildlife.
Take a look, give me your vote and share it round if you like it.
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Blue floodlights illuminate a Bangkok Underpass.
Beneath the blue floodlights
the city glowed orange.
Its own colour.
Its own play.
Its movement felt.
A golden hue,
vibrance
in all directions.
Not red.
Not yellow.
Just orange,
Progress-
ive even.
under blue floodlights.
#red #yellow #blue #orange #colorsof #thailand #commentary
Roof top of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia against a cloudy sky.
Those entombed within their hollow thoughts Cage monsters only they can see — safety clothed as paranoia, as their subjects the demon they revere. Outside, they love and adore, as the monster becomes a tool once more. Its words disguised as honey, drip like venim milked. Obediently the subjects drink. Those caged within their hollow thoughts should not dismiss the monster’s threat. For respect soon curdles into fear, as the true monster reveals itself near.
Monster Near, Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
#monster #near #royalpalace #phnompenh #cambodia #commentary #visualpoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #words #photography
Busy Phnom Penh street. Family on a motocycle. Propoganda conscription billboard in the background.
I bring my firstborn to you.
Trust is now mandatory.
One year, you promise their return -
unbroken, unshaken, undisturbed.
Faster. Better. Stronger.
Gone.
#firstborn #soldier #conscript #mandatory #trust #billboard #commentary #phnompenh #cambodia
War correspondents memorial in a public park in Phnom Penh.
These people — yes, people — die for us. To drag the powerful’s secrets into the light. To speak what they’re told to silence. To reveal what we’ve been told to ignore. To read the grin behind the smile. To make us feel — to awaken us. To make us judge — or refuse to judge. To force the change that only comes when the spotlight burns.
In memorial, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
.
.
#inmemorial #rip #anasalsharif #mohammedqreiqeh #ibrahimzaher #mohammednoufal #moamenaliwa #journalists #journalism #journalismisnotacrime #warcorrespondentsmemorial #phnompenh #cambodia
A man sits on a bench in a park. Gold buildings and a party billboard in the background. In the foreground a propoganda sign reads "Support and believe our brave heroes".
Believe and support - for your safety, and their glory.
#believe #support #safety #glory #phnomphen #wotbotumpark #cambodia #street #photography
Man outside a shop with his baby in a stroller. Inside the shop are characters from the TV show Squid Game.
Big decisions
... change everything.
#big #decisions #change #everything #squidgame #tokyo #japan #street #photography #poetry #words
Workers fixing a wall behind the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. A sign reads 'No Drones'.
They patched up the wall again.
No drones this time.
Just bricks, blind spots, and the quiet hum of mutual distrust.
Progress, apparently.
#wallbetweenthem #wall #nodrones #royalpalace #phnompenh #cambodia
Young child on scooter jumps skateboard in the background a golden gleaming casino.
The golden shrine of opulence, excess, and entitlement takes center stage, gleaming.
At the edges, the youth blur — unfocused, forgotten.
#skater #youth #outoffocus #comment #golden #glow #constitutionmonument #phnomphen #cambodia #street #photography
A beach volleyball net in the water as the waves lap it. Boats in the background. Blue sky and beach.
The water lapped against the beach, as a volleyball game played out.
Lines were drawn, crossed, redrawn. Spikes hit a little too hard.
It’s all fun until someone looses and eye.
Just a game.
#beach #volleyball #negotiations #kohronsanloem #sihanoukville #cambodia #photography
#orwell
Patriotic billboard in Phnom Penh street. Soldier salutes next to animation of military cheered in village.
It’s all optics. Trumpets, drumrolls, flash news blaring into trembling palms. Screens lit up with soldiers advancing "huge and terrible" and then the chant begins
“Our soldiers! Our gallant soldiers! Our heroic brothers!”
Now march in line.
Both sides. All sides. Every time.
#cambodia #thailand
Two large incomplete towers reach into Phnom Penh's sky as the logo BYD sits below them.
These unfinished bohemoths reach into Phnom Penh’s sky, grasping like entitled children for attention then left behind, unwanted toys as ambition fades and riches dissolve into illusion.
Build Your Dreams.
#BYD #entitled #compensating #attentiongrabing #unfinished #towers #phnompenh #cambodia
A table full of butchered meat at a local Phnom Penh street market. Two women, a butcher and an egg seller, converse.
The conversation with the butcher unfolded in chapters. Each one punctuated by the crack of a meat cleaver on wood. Only then would she reach for the eggs, place them, and then pick the story back up where she left off.
#conversation #butcher #orusseymarket #street #photography #phnompenh #cambodia
A street intersection in Phnom Penh seen from above as chaos ensues.
An intersection of chaos, seen through a window that’s already framed the deaths of three young delivery riders since I arrived in Phnom Penh. Horns, heat, and too much needed too fast. Everything moves like it’s trying not to look.
#intersection #chaos #phnompenh #cambodia #street #photography
Tad Mouan is a modest cut in the Bolaven Plateau. But as it moves, it thrashes like a storm trapped in a teacup, all teeth and turbulence. Hurling itself over rocks with a fury far larger than its size.
#tadmouanwaterfall #bolavenplateau #laos #waterfallwednesday #nature #photography #heartheroar
Twisting, turning, teeth bared, it tears through jungle and stone like it remembers something we’ve tried to forget. It doesn’t speak. The river god howls beneath Songphamit falls before emerging, a face of rock, ancient and furious.
#rivergod #songphamitwaterfall #powerful #southernlaos #laos
The climb was crooked, like time had shrugged. Steep stairs built from the relics of ancient gods. At the summit the monks emerged, robes glowing like embers, sweat soaked & silent to meet Buddha, cast in molten gold.
#bhuddist #monks #ancient #temple #gold #orange #green #vatphou #champassak #laos
Streets of Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand.
There is colour everywhere in this city.
#colour #color #red #blue #green #yellow #bangkokstreets #bangkok #thailand #street #photography #blueskypostone
