CAMBODIA--phnom penh

cambodia has been interesting from the start. aimlessly wandering the streets of phnom penh in search of a SIM card, i ran into an old friend whom i met in paris 2 years ago. turns out IRFANE has been traveling around the world with JR, this famous street artist, with a documentary crew pasting images of women who have struggled throughout their lives and have overcome the struggle that humanity has imposed upon them. jr-art.net ... their next stop is delhi, i want to be a part of this so badly i might just follow...

irfane and i at MAXINES a garden bar on the MEKONG

at the national art museum

JR, l'artiste. and beside me is the director of photography, PHILLIPE

PAUL, the owner of me mates place, the hotel where we were all staying... makes running into irfane all the more coincidential.

photo curtesy of irf

dinner with the crew at un resto francais...typical

their work. beautiful. i love the juxtaposition between the artwork and the urban decay

they pasted at several other sites in the city, some of which had been torn down by the authorities?perhaps who knows

a cambodian slum on the lake in the area. the government is trying to fill this area in with sand and build a shopping mall. sad really

emille, one of the producers

out in phnom penh