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PORTRAYING PEOPLE: Cordelle Feau took about 3500 photos in 12 days while travelling in Cambodia.
24/06/2011
NICOLA MURPHY
Western Leader (New Zealand)
"It was crazy to see so much poverty."
Spending 12 days in Cambodia was eye-opening for Cordelle Feau.
She's hoping the exhibition of the photographs she took there will do the same for others.
The Te Atatu Peninsula resident is in her second year at Elam School of Fine Arts but took time out in April to travel to the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to do charity work.
Along with 11 other members of her church, Te Atatu Bible Chapel, she spent time in orphanages and volunteered for the Rock Foundation Cambodia, a non-profit organisation that works to improve conditions for squatters who spend their days breaking rocks.
Miss Feau says it wasn't easy to select nine photos from the 3500 she took for the exhibition at Abundance Art Gallery in Te Atatu Peninsula.
"The trip was mind-blowing," the 19-year-old says.
"It was crazy to see so much poverty."
The group was horrified by the conditions the squatters live in. Their drinking water is muddy and they sleep under tarpaulins – even during monsoon season.
Miss Feau wanted to show other Aucklanders the qualities of the Cambodian people.
"I like their smiles," she says.
"It's such a different culture. They have so little but they're willing to give you so much."
The exhibition is on at Abundance Art Gallery, 617 Te Atatu Rd, until July 3.
4 comments:
Shame shame on Khmer people who call themselves leaders. They don't give a dam about Khmer people poverty, but stranger does.
I praise you so much foreigner- I condemn you to hell,stupid leaders -go to hell or to Hanoi.
"It was crazy to see so much poverty said Cordelle Feau."
=Well...What do you expect? Cambodia is the Afghanistan of South East Asia after so many years of war! If Cordelle Feau saw so much poverty in Cambodia then she has not seen the mansions of those AH HUN SEN and his corrupted officials mansions and it can rival any mansion in the world! Yes...Cambodian people are dirt poor but not AH HUN SEN officials!
This is AH HUN SEN legacy and when AH HUN SEN falls from power and his name, his family, and his legacy will be trashed and bashed like all other criminals in the world! Just wait and see!
HEY! ALL OF YOU DOGS BARKING UP THERE..HUN SEN DOES GIVE WHAT THEY ARE NEED IT,BUT HUN SEN DOESN'T GIVE WHAT THEY'RE WANTED..SO THEY HAVE TO WORK THEIR ASS OFF TO GET WHAT THEY'RE WANTED..
LONG LIVE KHMER PEOLE..
LONG LIVE HUN SEN ...
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What did AH HUN SEN give to dirt poor Cambodian people? It is true that AH HUN SEN only give dirt poor Cambodian people form mouth to hand and from hand to mouth! This is how dirt poor Cambodian people vote in every fucken election and they vote with their stomach! This is AH HUN SEN legacy!
Tell me more Viet dog!
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