Description
Cambodians on their way back from visiting Angkor Wat
Crowds visiting Angkor Wat
This unattributed photograph shows a group of Cambodians on their way back from visiting Angkor Wat. The temple is visible in the background. The visitors are mostly men, with a few children and teenagers, with the people at the front smiling at the photographer.
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 1979 — 1980
Artist/Creator
Unattributed
Medium
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Photograph
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Theme
- People's Republic of Kampuchea
Case Studies
- Spatial Politics of Identity in Cambodia
Keywords
- Cambodia, photography, religion, temple
Further information
Source
Permissions/Acknowledgements
Courtesy of the AKP
COTCA Identifier
AKP-012