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.Publications De Phnom Penh a Pursat [From Phnom Penh to Pursat]
An important account on Cambodia in the early years of the French Protectorate.Publications Quinze jours au Cambodge [A Fortnight in Cambodia]
Subtitle: "Moeurs, Coutumes, Superstitions, Légendes: Excursion dans les provinces de Roléia-Paier et Compong-Leng".Publications Un voyage a la cour du roi Nom-Rodon (lettre sur le Cambodge, Nocor Khmer)
A visit to Phnom Penh Royal Palace in 1870, only four years after its construction started.Books นิราศนครวัด Nirat Nakhon Wat [Journey to Angkor Wat]
A quite ambivalent account of the 1924 visit to Phnom Penh and Angkor by a Siamese dignitary: shared cultural heritage in a time of rising nationalism.Publications A Siamese Prince Journeys to Angkor: Encounters with a Shared Heritage
A study on 1925 Prince Damrong's Nirat Nakhon Wat,Publications La fête du retrait des eaux a Phnom Penh (1968) [Festival of the Flood Waters Receding, 1968]
The origin and meaning of Khmer Water Festival, Bon Om Tuk, in a description of the 1968 celebrations by a journalist then King Sihanouk's press attache.Books Ceremonies des 12 Mois: Fetes annuelles cambodgiennes [Twelve-Month Ceremonies: Cambodian Yearly Celebrations] EBOOK
The earliest attempt to a summary of the major religious and cultural celebrations in Modern Cambodia after Adhémard Leclere's notations.Books Lettre: Le Cambodge
A short and telling plea for the colonial economic development of Cambodia.Books A Guide to Phnom Penh
A rare guidebook of Phnom Penh published in 1992, when the capital city was still emerging from civil war. With a quick hop to Angkor.Photos Cambodian Drawings by Oknha Tep Nimit Mak and Oknha Reachna Prasor Mao, 1923
A collection of classic-modern figurative patterns completed by two leading Cambodian architects in the 1920s, and commented by George Groslier.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.Links Prince Sisowath Ravivaddhana Monipong Personal Blog
A personal blog reflecting the author's career as artistic consultant, the history of the Royal Family of Cambodia, and decades of East-West cultural exchanges.Photos Visions of Cambodia by....Jules Agostini
Cambodia in the 1890s, as seen by colonial engineer and amateur photographer Jules Agostini.Books The Land of the White Elephant: Sights & Scenes in South-Eastern Asia
Part of a 2-year business trip from Burma to Siam, Cambodia and Singapore, the first published description of Angkor by an American citizen.