This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up legendary photojournalist Tim Page shares with us a choice of snap shots he took at some stage in UNTAC, the United Nations peacekeeping operation that accompanied the signing of the Peace Accords and played a pivotal position in establishing the destiny of Cambodia.
South of Barai on Route 6 near Kampong Thom - a lady supplies an AK47
to her government military father 'ninety two, Cambodia
October 23, 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Peace Accords.
RESILIENCE, a joint project of the Constable Gallery at Large (Siem Reap), the Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies and Cambodia Peace Museum, features the work of Tim Page, George Nickels and John Rodsted in an exhibition that depicts the many ways the rebuilding of Cambodia took shape.
“The Peace Accords marked a significant moment for Cambodia, a moment in which different groups were united in their vision of peace for Cambodia. Following the agreements, efforts were put into motion to bring home Cambodians who had fled the war, and to begin rebuilding the country – not only the physical rebuilding but also the spirit of Cambodia.”
Tim Page is a guest speaker at the opening event where he will share his first-hand accounts of his experience.
He shares this selection of images taken in 1992 and 1993 as part of the Tim Page Unseen series exclusive to Photojournalism Now.
The media scrum around the newly arrived French U.N. commander Phillipe Morrillon
at Pochentong airport, November ’93, Cambodia
The first trainload of refugees from Thailand arrives in Phnom Penh prior to
the UN run elections in May '93, Cambodia
Government troops N.W. of Kompong Thom advance to repel one of the
last Khmer Rouge attacks in May '93, Cambodia
At the MSF run hospital in Kampong Thom, a mine victim receives treatment, '92, Cambodia
A mine victim recovering in the military hospital in Siem Reap '93, Cambodia
A monk stands in front of a portrait of his master who was murdered by the
Khmer Rouge in the Wat on the Mekong at Kroch Chhmar upstream
from Kampong Cham, '91, Cambodia
A monk with his ballot slip in the run up to the UNTAC held elections of May '93. Wat Tan, Phnom Penh
Forty kms west of Siem Reap in the town of Pouk, the local Royalist
headman lies dead after being gunned down by Hun Sen soldiers.
They claimed it was suicide...'93, Cambodia
The Illyushin jet that brought King Sihanouk back from Pyongyang
at Pochentong airport in '92, Cambodia
Joyful supporters welcome King Sihanouk on his return from exile in
North Korea, Phnom Penh '92, Cambodia
A Royalist Party rally in Phnom Penh in the run up to the May '93 UN sponsored elections
A former war zone, south of Skoun near Kampong Cham is prepared for settlement,
the car belongs to a local army Commander, 93, Cambodia
(C) All images Tim Page
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