Béla T. Kalman (29 July 1921, Budapest, Hungary -- 26 June 2011, Boston, USA) was a renowned photographer and a mentor to many younger photographers who contributed to several illustrated books, including Indian Country: America’s Sacred Land (with texts by Tony Hillerman). With an inclination to… Read more

Joan Lebold Cohen (b. 19 Aug 1932, Highland Park, Illinois, USA) is an American freelance photographer, curator, and researcher in Asian art history. A regular visitor to Asia since 1961, Cohen lived in Japan, Hong Kong, and China, where she was a witness to the post-Cultural Revolution period from… Read more

Maurice Raoul Gabriel Menardeau (6 Feb 1897, Limoges, France - 11 April 1977, Curepipe, Mauritius) was a French Navy officer and a post-impressionist painter who pictured many maritime and river scenes across French colonies, including 'Indochina'. After starting his studies at Paris Ecole des… Read more

Ariane de Saxcé is an archaeologist and a Research Associate for South and Southeast Asia with Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI, Bonn, Germany) and University of Paris III Sorbonne.Her specialization area is the archaeology of South Asia and the Indian Ocean, with an emphasis on maritime… Read more

Lewis Rowell (b. 1933) is an American professor of Music and Musicology, a fellow of the American Institute of Indian Studies and the Rockefeller Foundation, and the author of several books and articles on time and rhythm, the music of India, and the philosophy of music. Prof. Rowell was a faculty… Read more

Dr. Shahnaj Husne Jahan Leena is an archaeologist, a professor and director at the Center for Archaeological Studies, University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh, specializing in the field of art history, culture and archaeology of South and Southeast Asia. With a MA in Islamic Art & Archaeology… Read more

Pandit S. Subrahmanya Sastri (29 July 1890, Tiruchirappalli, British India – 20 May 1978, Tiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu, India) was a Sanskrit and Tamil language scholar, and a specialist in Tamil literature who was the first to translate Tolkāppiyam into English. Studying with Sanskritists, grammarians… Read more

Marie Antoinette Boullard-Devé (1890, Paris - 1970, Tangier) was a French artist who extensively painted Indochina, Vietnamese and Cambodian scenes and views of Angkor, with a predilection for oil on paper medium.After studying at Paris Ecole des Beaux-Arts and meeting her first husband Pierre… Read more

Martine de la Ferrière née Péronne (b. 1926, Ile aux Moines, France) is a French writer who published several children's books, including the Zor Saga, a family autobiography (On n'a pas peur du noir, 2003) and two monographies about her grandfather, the visual artist Jordic (Jordic: un artiste à… Read more

Brice Vincent is a member of Ecole Française d Extreme Orient (EFEO), specializing in archaeometallurgy. The Head of Siem Reap EFEO branch since 2019, he conducted several exploration projects in Angkor Thom, focusing on ancient bronze workshops. Read more

Aurélie Fischer (b. 1984, Mons, Belgium) is a freelance photographer based in Cambodia since 2020. After hearing the "call of the East" in the 2010s, she visited Angkor for the first time in 2014, spent some time as a volunteer in the experimental city of Auroville, India, and photographed the huge… Read more

HE Kong Som Ol គង់ សំអុល (b. 1 Nov 1936) is a Cambodian dignitary who has served in several capacities, in particular as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Royal Palace (since 1998).He was Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1986 to 1989, and was elected to represent Kampong… Read more

Xavier Marmier (22 June 1808, Pontarlet, France – 12 October 1892, Paris) was a French author born in Pontarlier, in Doubs. He had a passion for travelling, and this he combined throughout his life with the production of literature. After journeying in Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands, he… Read more

Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola, Jr., 6 Aug 1928, Pittsburgh, PA, USA - 22 Feb 1987, New York City) was an American painter, printmaker, filmmaker, and a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. He visited Cambodia in 1956, when he was still a relatively unknown artist drawing… Read more

Matsubara Kosuke (b. 1973, Kanagawa, Japan) is Associate Professor of the Department of Social Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Japan. He completed the Environmental Design Program of the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, and received his Ph.D. He specializes in the… Read more

Jean Przyluski (17 August 1885, Le Mans, France – 28 October 1944) was a French linguist, a Vietnamese language specialist and a and scholar of comparative religion studies and Buddhism of Polish descent. He studied under the direction of French Orientalist Sylvain Lévi, and succeeded Louis Finot… Read more

Philippe Gras (16 Apr. 1942, Paris - 2007, Paris) was a French freelance photographer who worked extensively in Angkor while he joined in the 1980s the shooting of Angkor, la gloire et l'oubli, a film directed by Pierre Philippe. As a conscript in Algeria, he photographed the country and its people… Read more

HE Nouth Narang (17 Jan 1937, Kratie, Cambodia - 9 Aug 2023, Paris, France) was a Cambodian diplomat, professor and statesman, a Khmer civilization scholar who was the Minister of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia just after Angkor was inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1992.From 1963… Read more

Michel Butor (4 Sep 1926, Mons-en-Baroeul, France – 24 Aug 2016, Contamines-sur-Arves, France) was a French poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator, a figure of the 'Nouveau Roman' French literary trend, and a prolific travel writer (or rather 'writer-voyager') with his series… Read more

Till F. Sonnemann is an archaeologist, geophysician and researcher with the Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg, Institut für Archäologie, Denkmalkunde und Kunstgeschichte, Germany. An alumnus of University of Münster, University of Sydney, and Universiteit Leiden, his PhD thesis was: Angkor… Read more