...and other scenes from Cambodia
A monkey breaks open a mango, while a monk drinking soda gazes into the distance. Click photos to enlarge. Photos by Marie-Claire Holmes
An elephant causes a traffic jam at a busy intersection.
Standing on a riverbank, monks rinse their clothes.
A family returns home after a shopping expedition.
A young boy floats in a zinc washtub, using a bamboo stick as an oar.
I love how their everyday normalicy is captured so vividly.
Posted by: Willow Grace | 02 February 2007 at 10:19
Amazing shots.......the colour and the people and the homes..........love them all. When I saw the orange material, I was reminded of Christos Central Park art a couple of years ago.....
Posted by: awareness | 28 January 2007 at 01:03
What a different "day in the life" than what we experience here. Beautiful montage.
Posted by: JanePoe (aka Deborah) | 27 January 2007 at 21:06
more wonderful photos; they really bring out the story behind thier culture
Posted by: AscenderRisesAbove | 27 January 2007 at 18:08
These were beautiful pictures! Cambodia is one of my dream places...
Posted by: Regina Clare Jane | 27 January 2007 at 15:38
One of our daughters is in these exact places with her sweet guy right now........they are having some marvelous adventures.
Your photographs are beautiful as is everything you post.
Much love
Jeanne
X0X0
Posted by: Jeanne | 27 January 2007 at 13:37
Now that boy in the tub knows how to find a sotution! Clever! I like the collection of photos you have gathered.
Posted by: tongue in cheek | 27 January 2007 at 09:27
Cambodia is on my list of places I'm dying to visit (Vietnam too). I loved seeing these images, thank you.
Posted by: kristen | 27 January 2007 at 04:34
T,
Love the pics but....
...should a monk really be drinking a soda?
I mean, I guess he has the right....it just upsets my naive view of what a monk is. Is nothing sacred?
...gotta run and pull my head out of the sand
Posted by: Nutster | 27 January 2007 at 02:25
I have to say...it disturbs me to see the monk with s plastic bottle of soda. This is my initial thought! A Zen Koan perhaps...
Posted by: Pam Aries | 27 January 2007 at 02:07
I'm drinking in these beautiful colors and scenes - they're as juicy and delicious as mangoes! Thank you for sharing them, Tara ~
xo
Posted by: tinker | 26 January 2007 at 21:51
Good evening. Thanks for the visual tour. I was just reading about land mines in Cambodia and the havoc that they are causing.
Posted by: Brian | 26 January 2007 at 21:23
Another stunning collection from the talented Marie-Claire Holmes! They remind me of the gentle Cambodian medical doctor I interviewed in California, who escaped from the Khmer Rouge but in the process lost everyone, including his wife, who died in his arms from starvation. It was the most important article I had ever written. The photo of the child in a zinc tub shines with promise.
Posted by: Colette | 26 January 2007 at 20:46
It's the colors of the fabric that appeal to me in these photos. So bright and in contrast with the surroundings. Very interesting.
Posted by: ally bean | 26 January 2007 at 20:00
moving photos ALL of them. Thank you for sharing them with all of us. Tara I would welcome your opinion as well as any advice you could lend us regarding my post today. Thank you honey! xo
Posted by: berrie | 26 January 2007 at 19:36
These are outstanding photographs, such vivid colors and scenes from a place many of us can only experience through the eyes of the photographers lens. I can't even pick a favorite.
XOXO
Lisa
I feel like I haven't commented here in ages, but I do read!
Posted by: Lisa(0ceandreamer) | 26 January 2007 at 19:28
The monks at the riverside was very moving and the boy in the zinc tub - totally Tom Sawyer. Loved it.
Posted by: annieelf | 26 January 2007 at 19:08
Tara-
I love Cambodia, too! My Dad lived there for two years on a project and I went several times.
PS Thank you for your sweet comments on my blog. I will be in Paris on a panel in early April and would love to meet *in real life*
PPS That photo of the monks is esp. stunning.
Posted by: Maryam in Marrakesh | 26 January 2007 at 18:36