Description
Photograph of children with balloons and flags at the Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh
Children at the Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
This unattributed image of children with balloons and flags at the Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, possibly for a ceremony celebrating the fall of Democratic Kampuchea (i.e, the Khmer Rouge). The group includes about fifteen boys and girls. Groups of adults can be seen in the background.
This photograph is part of the collection held by the Agence Khmère de Presse (AKP) and Cambodia’s Ministry of Information. This collection, which documents the early years of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea as photographed by the Vietnamese and a small team of Cambodian photographers, has not yet been classified or indexed.
Date
- circa January 1979
Artist/Creator
Unattributed
Medium
-
Photograph
-
Theme
- People's Republic of Kampuchea
Case Studies
- Spatial Politics of Identity in Cambodia
Keywords
- balloons, children, flag, sports, stadium
Further information
Source
Permissions/Acknowledgements
Courtesy of the AKP
COTCA Identifier
AKP-014