Phsar Douem Thkov, Phnom Penh
One of Phnom Penh’s disturbing number of ‘wandering old women’ takes a mid-morning rest.
Has she a place to call home and a family to count on? I doubt it. Such is the legacy of the Khmer Rouge.
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Great image – I probably would have straightened it but that would have deleted the quick snap in time feeling probably.
Umm, thanks, I guess…
Like I said, it’s a great image 🙂
Aww. Sad image. I know so many older, widowed khmer women because their husbands were killed during the Khmer Rouge days. The ones you see wandering around Phnom Penh, there are many of them?
Many? Hard to say if they actually have homes I guess, but there is often groups of 4-5 outside weddings seeking alms and more still at Wats when there is something on.
Did many of the woman who were forced to move by the Khmer Rougue never make it back to their hometowns?
It always surprises me how much a single image can convey such emotion. I know we have the “picture paints a thousand words …” cliche, but most don’t. This shot does and it makes me incredibly sad.
Southeast Asians as a rule take tremendous care of their elderly, but the wandering men and women are indeed a sad sight.
I guess care is largely family-based, and with no family (and no welfare state) there is no care.
Great take on the theme!
Thanks. 🙂
ho my god… What a nice picture !
i love that photo so much