A Fine Thread
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- 3,99 €
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- 3,99 €
Publisher Description
Four hundred thousand workers represent a never seen social shift and a political force in Cambodia, a country ruled for the last 28 years by Prime Minister Hun Sen and his ‘Cambodia People’s Party’ by relying on high levels of corruption, impunity and nepotism. Within this context the French Development Agency partly funds the ‘Better Factories Cambodia’ run by the International Labour Organisation, which strives to improve the working conditions of the factory workers in the country. Texts by Robert Carmichael, photographs by John Vink.
Customer Reviews
A fine view of Cambodia and its people.
Far from the exotic images of South East Asia a dive into the reality of Cambodian life. The struggle, hope and efforts of people who want to improve their way of life after the negation of their own identity by the Khmer Rouge regime. How they succeeded to walk toward that goal at an amazing speed since 1992 is quite extraordinary. It was not easy and it is still quite hard but the positive street energy you feel nowadays is quite exciting. John Vink has been and is the witness of that struggle, his black and white images are the testimony of someone who decided to be part of that wave of change through the eye of a humanist. There is no frills and special effects, just a uncompromising beauty that loves the people of Cambodia and their future.
A Fine view of Cambodia
Far from the exotic images of South East Asia a dive into the reality of Cambodian life. The struggle, hope and efforts of people who want to improve their way of life after the negation of their own identity by the Khmer Rouge regime. How they succeeded to walk toward that goal at an amazing speed since 1992 is quite extraordinary. It was not easy and it is still quite hard but the positive street energy you feel nowadays is quite exciting. John Vink has been and is the witness of that struggle, his black and white images are the testimony of someone who decided to be part of that wave of change through the eye of a humanist. There is no frills and special effects, just a puritanical beauty that loves the people of Cambodia and their future.