Émile Gsell (1838–79) and Early Photographs of Angkor
by Joachim K. Bautze
Several pieces in the "Angkor Catalogue" edited by photographer Emile Gsell himself, commented and analyzed by art historian Joachim Karl Bautze.
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Visions of Angkor by...John Thomson
by John ThomsonAngkor seen by pioneer photographer John Thomson in 1866.
Visions of Southeast Asia by....Louis Gascuel
by Louis GascuelA rare photographic account on Saigon, Cambodia, Laos and Singapore dating back from 1904, by a civil engineer and talented amateur photographer.
Visions of Angkor and Cambodia by...Raymond Cauchetier
by Raymond CauchetierPhotographer Raymond Cauchetier was in his thirties when he fulfilled a childhood dream: to see Angkor Wat.
Phnom Penh and Indochina 1885, by Xavier Brau de Saint-Pol Lias
by Xavier Brau de Saint-Pol LiasThe photographic record of a visit to Phnom Penh in 1885.
Visions of Cambodian Water Festival by...John Vink
by John VinkThe festive fervor of Bon Om Tuk, the boat-race festival marking the end of rainy season on Phnom Penh's Four Rivers, depicted from 1991 to 2024.
Prince Damrong in Preah Vihear, 1930
by Angkor DatabaseBack to the Siamese statesman's visit to Preah Vihear, claimed by Thai nationalists until the international recognition of Cambodia's rights in 1962
Lucille Douglass' Drawings for New Journeys in Old Asia
by Lucille Sinclair DouglassA series of etchings made by an American female artist discovering Cambodia and Asia in the 1920s.
Cambodian Dancers by Sir Gerald Kelly (1937)
by Gerald F. KellyIn 1936, Irish painter Sir Gerald Kelly (1876-1972) visited Cambodia during a world tour with wife Lilian ("Jane"), and portrayed several dancers at the Dance…
An American Woman Artist in Angkor : Lucille Sinclair Douglass
by Lucille Sinclair DouglassThe only woman visual artist whose depictions of Angkor are kept at New York Metropolitan Museum.
Visions of Siem Reap by...Rémi Abad: 'Tenderness'
by Rémi AbadActs and gestures of tenderness, empathy, kindness, gentleness, caught in the lens of a photographer always susceptible to the mundane expressions of humanity.
Indian Prime Minister J.L. Nehru visit to Cambodia, October 1954 [and related photos]
by Angkor DatabaseThe 1954 historic diplomatic tour by a a photogenic leader, Pandit Nehru.
Cambodian Drawings by Oknha Tep Nimit Mak and Oknha Reachna Prasor Mao, 1923
by George GroslierA collection of classic-modern figurative patterns completed by two leading Cambodian architects in the 1920s, and commented by George Groslier.
Visions of Angkor by...Martin Hürlimann
by Martin HürlimannOutstanding 1920s pictures by a professional photographer, the first major artistic survey of Angkor after John Thomson's and Emile Gsell's contributions.
John Thomson's Photographs at The Wellcome Library
by John ThomsonMost of John Thomson's original photo negatives are kept at London Wellcome Library, a collection now accessible online.
Sacred Dancers of Angkor in Meak Bochhea celebration
by Anders JirasWithin the Angkor Wat sanctum, the Bakan, Sacred Dancers of Angkor perform the New Moon ritual in January 2018.
Visions of Cambodian Dance selected by...Raymond Cogniat
by Raymond CogniatSome wondrous black-and-white photographs of dancers in Cambodia, Laos, Annam and Tonkin (Vietnam), shot in the 1920s.
Visions of Angkor by....Germaine Krull
by Germaine KrullA major modernist photographer and globe-trotter captured several Angkor temples in 1960-1962.
Visions of Cambodia by....Jules Agostini
by Jules AgostiniCambodia in the 1890s, as seen by colonial engineer and amateur photographer Jules Agostini.
Visions of Angkor by...Solange Brand
by Solange BrandNever-seen-before photographs of Angkor temples and Siem Reap River dating back to 1968.