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18 April 2004 Monks are very much a part of everyday life in Cambodia. In their official capacities, they are out on the streets begging alms and food every morning, and they provide many of the social services the government cannot offer. They also have their private lives and chores like everyone else in the country. Here a young monk, wearing part of his robe on his head as a shield from the sun, works on an engraving at the wat (temple) where he is part of the monastic community. |
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29 November 2003 Kampong Chnang Province in Cambodia is noted for its pottery bowls, braziers, pots, and cooking ware which are used all over the country. Most of them travel slowly by straw-packed ox carts such as this one, part of a three-cart convoy making its way through Phnom Penh to southern markets. |
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9 August 2003 Every year in the rainy season, Cambodia--which for the most part is flat as a pancake--turns swampy and floods. In this photo, beyond the Tonle Sap River, large lakes of water have appeared. On this side of the river, the abundant rainfall has been captured usefully in fields prepared for planting rice. |
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17 April 2003 Most people who die here are cremated very quickly, sometimes within a few hours of death. There can be a variety of different rites associated with the cremation. This is a picture of ceremony taking place in a street intersection. In the middle of the circle something is being burned but I don't know what it was or what it represents. |
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5 February 2003 Thousands of ethnic Vietnamese people live in villages along the Mekong River. Most are poor, and their families are poorly integrated into Khmer society although some Vietnamese have been living here for several generations. |
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French influence is still noticeable here in Cambodia in many ways. French bread is one example. Most Asians do not eat bread but the Cambodians do, and vendors such as these are quite common although for hygiene sake I'm afraid to buy their uncovered baguettes which they sell along the dusty dirt roads. |