We are proud to introduce some of Roland Neveu’s remarkable photographs from his book ‘Cambodia: Years of Turmoil’. Please visit:

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In May 1975, as Cambodia was being cut off from the outside world, the Khmer Rouge expelled the last remaining foreigners over the Thai border at Poipet. Among them was photographer Roland Neveu. At the time, he had no inkling of the genocide that would be inflicted on this country. But for the next 30 years, he regularly visited Cambodia and its borders, working
clandestinely at times, to document the horrors of war and the hopes for peace.

The pictures in this unique book bear witness to his enduring interest and coverage of the Cambodian story. Many photographs appeared in leading international newsmagazines, books and exhibitions. At the 2005 Angkor Photography Festival, 14 exhibits and 7 nights of slide show projections were organized. French photographer Roland Neveu began his career in the early 1970s after a stint at the University of Rennes, in Brittany. Quickly immersing himself in the
‘grand reportage’ arena, he became one of the few western photojournalists to witness the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge in 1975. For almost two decades he travelled to hot spots around the world on assignment for leading international magazines like Time and Newsweek. Roland Neveu’s stories have ranged from documenting the first Soviet prisoners of war in
Afghanistan’s mudjahedeen holy war to Beirut’s siege in mid-1982. He also covered El Salvador’s bloody feud and the NPA guerilla struggle in the Philippines as well as producing the first images of AIDS in Uganda in 1986. His international reputation as a photo-journalist helped launch a career in the film industry where he worked as stills photographer with top Holly-wood directors including Oliver Stone, Brian de Palma and Ridley Scott. He work on Matt Dillon movie “City of Ghosts”, filmed in Cambodia.

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Stuart Isett
The Angkor Photography Festival
“PHOTOGRAPHY FOR CHANGE”
NOVEMBER 25th to DECEMBER 1ST, 2006

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