City night light
Philong Sovan (Photographer), Christian Caujolle (Writer of added commentary)
This book marks the completion of ten years of photography by Philong Sovan, a talented young Cambodian photographer, on the nightlife of his country's cities. When tourists are asleep and the non-existent street lighting plunges most neighborhoods into shadow, the photographer hops on his small motorcycle, flushing out in the light of its headlight a world he was unaware of. In a photographic style full of dense colors and precise framing, playing with the weak light of human activity augmented only by that of his vehicle, he paints an intense yet floating portrait of Cambodian life and its capital, Phnom Penh, full of astonishment for the gallery of characters whose existence he briefly shares in dazzling clarity
Print Book, French, 2022
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