Books A Dragon Apparent (Travels in Indo-China) by Norman Lewis With rumors of Indochina war as a backdrop, a highly personal and highly enjoyable travelogue through Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia in 1950-1. In English
Photos An American Woman Artist in Angkor : Lucille Sinclair Douglass by Lucille Sinclair Douglass The only woman visual artist whose depictions of Angkor are kept at New York Metropolitan Museum.
Books L'Indochine et la Chine: récits de voyage de John Thomson (French Adaptation) by John Thomson & Hippolyte Vattemare A 1879 French "adaptation" of photographer and geographer John Thomson's "The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China" (1875). In French
Khmer Art Worldwide The Bogus "Radcliffe Collection" and its Magnificent Pieces by Andy Brouwer Elucidating the mystery of a bogus collection by the late master trafficker Douglas Latchford. Some of the pieces are now back to Cambodia.
Links Darryl Collins Collections Documents and images collected by a distinguished specialist in Khmer arts, architecture and culture.
Books Studies on the Art of Ancient Cambodia by Jean Boisselier Ten articles by Jean Boissellier translated from the French offer a comprehensive and stimulating vision on Khmer statuary, its regional influences and its… In English
Books Cambodia Captured by Jim Mizerski Angkor's First Photographers in 1860's Colonial Intrigues In English
Books Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott Twenty years of dreamlike, magical and yes, elegiac photography through the ruins of Angkor In English
Photos Visions of Siem Reap by...Rémi Abad: 'Tenderness' by Rémi Abad Acts and gestures of tenderness, empathy, kindness, gentleness, caught in the lens of a photographer always susceptible to the mundane expressions of humanity.
Links Khmer Ruins in Thailand A useful online platform on Khmer archaeological sites in modern Thailand. In English & Thai
Photos Cambodian Drawings by Oknha Tep Nimit Mak and Oknha Reachna Prasor Mao, 1923 by George Groslier A collection of classic-modern figurative patterns completed by two leading Cambodian architects in the 1920s, and commented by George Groslier.
Books A History of Cambodia by David P. Chandler One of the major must-read studies on Cambodia history. In English
Books The Antiquities of Cambodia by John Thomson Was he "the first" or "one of the first" to rediscover Angkor and to capture it on film? No matter what, John Thomson's testimony remains priceless. In English
Books The English Governess at the Siamese Court by Anna Leonowens The written account that decades later inspired a best-selling book and a Hollywood musical is nevertheless a valuable document for historians. In English
Photos John Thomson's Photographs at The Wellcome Library by John Thomson Most of John Thomson's original photo negatives are kept at London Wellcome Library, a collection now accessible online.
Films "Romance, Crime and Political Awakening:" the Malraux Affair (1923) in the archives by Lia Genovese Skimming the archives in France and Cambodia to enhance our views on a murky affair: the André-Clara Malraux looting in Banteay Srei, December 1923. In English
Photos Visions of Cambodian Dance selected by...Raymond Cogniat 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] by Raymond Cogniat An enlightening reflexion on Southeast Asian dances, and in particular on Cambodian court dance. In French
Links Jean Despujols Collection at The Meadows Museum of Art Indochina from the 1930s in a Louisiana museum of art. In English
Books Les loups de Paris | Le Club des Morts [Wolves of Paris - The Club of the Dead] by Jules Lermina A serialized novel set in a louche ring of adventurers searching for the "Treasure of the Khmers". In French
