Publications Photos Visions of Southeast Asia by....Louis Gascuel
A rare photographic account on Saigon, Cambodia, Laos and Singapore dating back from 1904, by a civil engineer and talented amateur photographer.Books André Malraux: The Indochina Adventure
A laudatory, one-sided, study on the less than two years André Malraux spent in then Indochina, from December 1923 to December 1925.Publications Un voyage au Laos [A Journey into Laos]
A short yet vivid description of Laos in the 1920s, with references to Angkor-related legends.Books Essai d'atlas statistique de l'Indochina [A Temptative Statistical Atlas of Indochina]
The first attempt to assess the economic development and potential of French Indochina, with Cochinchina as focus of attention.Publications Au Tonkin, en Cochinchine et au Cambodge
A staunch proponent of French colonialist expansion taking in the state of affairs in Indochina during the troubled mid-1880s.Books L'exotisme indochinois dans la litterature francaise depuis 1860 (2 vol) [Indochinese Exoticism in French Literature since 1860]
A pioneering study on French colonial literature and 'exoticism' from 1860 to the 1930s.Publications One Hundred Years of Solipsism: The Malraux Case Revisited
One century later, André Malraux's raid on Banteay Srei bas-reliefs is still raising interest and controversy.Books Charlot
A work of fiction on Charlie Chaplin's 1936 visit to Angkor, and why the mysterious trip keeps eluding us.Photos Visions of Cambodian Dance selected by...Raymond Cogniat
Some wondrous black-and-white photographs of dancers in Cambodia, Laos, Annam and Tonkin (Vietnam), shot in the 1920s.Books Danses d'Indochine [Dances of Indochina]
An enlightening reflexion on Southeast Asian dances, and in particular on Cambodian court dance.Publications Voyage au Cambodge, 1945-1946
A powerful description of post-World War II Cambodia, with a French administration in turmoil and a suffering population.