Deborah Rossouw – stills photographer…
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Pack of Dogs
A friend asked me to photograph the facade of their veterinary clinic in Squamish, British Columbia. I happened to notice this lot across the road… I love the look from the scruffy little guy in the back…
Icons of Freedom
On a trip to San Diego we stopped in to see the horses. This was the first time this horse had been exercised in the ring. The moment was laced with nervous energy as the horse seemed to be looking for the way out, a whip snapping at the air behind it…
Preah Barum Reachea Veang Chaktomuk
Ceremonial Hall at the Royal Palace of Cambodia
Fields of Green
A family harvests a crop of rice grown on their land. Cambodia produces an average of 5 million tons of rice a year.
A Temple on a hill about 35kms outside of Phnom Penh.
Kids sell fruit on the road leading to the South Gate of Ankor Thom Temple complex.
Lotus Flower
Beside the ‘highways’ of Cambodia – lotus flowers are farmed in vast tracts of water…
Wild Fig consumes Ta Prohm
Acheologists and the like argue about what to do with regards to these trees that root themselves in temple ruins. Out of all the images I captured of the Temples of Cambodia – this images draws the most breath – why would one try to reverse this process? These temples have existed in these jungles for, on average, a thousand years and, I’m sure, will stand for a thousand more. My vote: let nature take its course…
Iron Bed
Iron Bed
What was once a children’s school was turned into the infamous ‘S 21′ detention camp under Pol Pots regime. Civilians suspected of being ‘enemies of the state’ were brought here and tortured – often to death. Survivors were taken to ‘the killing fields’ and were executed. On the wall in the background is an image of the corps found on this iron bed when Cambodia was liberated from the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pots regime. The victim had had their throat slashed… The ammunition box on the bed was what prisoners were given to use as a toilet, next to it lies an iron bar shackle…
