Week Eight Reflections – Cambodia – My Practice

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Another intense week. I left London on Saturday morning, having completed a 4 day, full-on shoot with Andrew Mlangeni. I arrived in Phnom Penh on Sunday 22nd, after travelling roughly 20 hours door-to-door, and dived straight into the project. First, the week’s timetable: Sunday 22nd: Meet with Sarath and Family, visit their farm. Meet and photograph neighbours, and begin process …

Ideas, Ideas, Ideas – Opening the Curtain

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An interesting conjunction of events. First, it’s been made clear that we need to consider mounting an ‘Exhibition’ (‘Landings’, online or otherwise), giving a Workshop, and designing a Publication as part of this module. Second, I am planning my next Cambodia trip, which starts in a couple of weeks, and it looks like the project is getting quite some local …