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Angkor Photography Festival Workshop

The Angkor Photography Festival is proud to introduce photographs produced in the 2005 photography workshop in Siem Reap, Cambodia, by 23 year old photographer, Paolo Picones, from the Philippines. At last year’s event a group of artists and reporters volunteered to organize the free workshop for young photographers from the region and we will be introducing the work on our Flickr page over the next few months:

www.flickr.com/photos/angkorphotographyfestival/sets

Paolo’s photographs of Cambodian street children are titled ‘Khmer Yagit’, 'yagit' being Paolo's native Tagalog for 'street children'. To anyone who has ever felt ‘beggar fatigue’, Paolo’s images are a powerful reminder of the humanity of those many chose to ignore. Many of the street children come from families with parents with AIDS or who have lost limbs to land mines, forcing these children to support entire families.

Some of the children photographed also attended the street children photo and dance workshops organized by the Angkor Photography Festival and their work can also be seen on our Flickr page.

Stuart Isett
angkorphotofestival@yahoo.com
www.angkorphotofestival.com