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| Titre : | The People of the Old Church Building. Part 2 |
| Auteurs : | Philong Sovan, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Année de publication : | 2009 |
| Format : | OEUVRE N° 40 / Photo en couleur / 50 cm x 70 cm |
| Note générale : | Sovan Philong est né en 1985 à la province de Kandal, Cambodge. Sa photo a été prise à Phnom Penh. Son contact : 012 377 460 -philong2007@gmail.com |
| Langues: | Cambodgien |
| Index. décimale : | 770 (Photographie ) |
| Résumé : | Tucked away in the dense alleys of Phnom Penh’s historic Chinese area is the Chapel of the Sister of Providence. A church during the French colonial era, the building was converted into a prison for part of the Khmer Rouge period, after which it became a state orphanage for 20 years before closing at the turn of the century. The building continues to house former tenants and employees of the orphanage: 15 families, or around 80 people, have divided the floorplan into small, semi-private apartments under the Gothic ceiling. Photographer Sovan Philong spent one year interacting with and documenting this unique community. After establishing traditional portraits from daily life, Sovan concluded his exploration of the site by capturing ephemera that personalize the community space while serving as idiosyncratic subject matter for another kind of portrait: product advertisements, a line of NGO training certificates and human rights booklets. |
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 Sovan Philong 2b URL |
