Woman in the 12th-century Ankgor Wat

Old woman in ancient Ankgor Wat city
Portrait of an old woman in Angkor Wat, once an ancient city of Cambodia


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Old woman in ancient Ankgor Wat city
Walking slowly to me, she asked me for one thing: ‘do you have an empty bottle of drinking water?’ I hadn’t go one at the time; she smiled at me, though.

Old woman in ancient Ankgor Wat city
With a walking stick in one hand and a plastic in the other, she’s got her own job to earn a living in this ancient temple complex

These are my favorite photographs, in my Siem Reap series, shot during my trip to Siem Reap in August this 2008.
taken in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on August 22, 2008

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2 Responses to “Woman in the 12th-century Ankgor Wat”

  1. Sopha says:

    Poor grandmum!

  2. sophat says:

    your topic is deceptive. I thought there was a picture of Khmer women in the 12th century - eg. like those on the temple walls.

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