Part 2: A look at brand name clothes and the women who make them
Left: Cambodian garment workers, Keo Nea and Nuth Sakhorn. Right: Nuth Sakhorn shows her bullet wounds after being shot a factory protest. © Heather Stilwell, 2012. Keo Nea looked so beautiful at her wedding, you almost wouldn’t have noticed the month-old bullet wound on her arm. Still, on what should have been one of the happiest...
What not to wear: a look at brand name clothes and the women who make them
H&M window display on Rue Ste. Catherine, Montreal, Canada. © Heather Stilwell 2012. I’ve had a lot of nicknames in my life, but no doubt the strangest one came in university when my roommates started jokingly calling me ‘No Logo’ – a reference to Naomi Klein’s book on pervasive corporate branding and sweat shops. I...
Jakarta Streets
Beneath Jakarta’s luxury skyscrapers and shopping malls, the city’s street life is what drew me in …
Displaced from Borei Keila
“My name Ousa. People here difficult. We want organization help. Need small clinic. No toilet here. Help people.” I had only given Ousa my notebook to write down his name, but these are the words he left me with. I met him at Oudong last week, at a site where more than 200 people were...
Photo Exhibition @ The 1961 Gallery
In a few weeks The 1961 gallery in Siem Reap, Cambodia will officially launch an exhibition of photographs taken during my time in Sudan. A description of the work is below with official details to follow soon! Big thanks to everyone who made this possible! In 2010, I traveled to South Sudan to work with...
Legacies of War: Landmines in Cambodia
During nearly three decades of conflict, an estimated 4 to 6 million landmines were laid in Cambodia since 1970. War has ended, but its remnants are hidden underground, lurking in soil that is desperately needed for development. Landmines, cluster munitions, air-dropped bombs and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) pose a violent threat to rural Cambodians, killing...
Banlung, Ratanakiri Province
A 12-hour bus ride Northeast of Phnom Penh and I am in Banlung, Ratanakiri Province, where a dusty village road leads to Kah Chhang waterfall.
Amidst the Flood
Scenes amidst the destruction caused by what has been described as Cambodia’s worst flooding in decades. Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, and the Philippines have also been badly hit.
Road to Udong
A few photos taken on a motorbike drive out of the city toward Udong, the ancient capital of Cambodia before it became Phnom Penh.
Pchum Ben Festival, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
I set out early this morning with a group of my coworkers who had invited me to take part in Pchum Ben, a 15-day religious festival in which Cambodians pay respect to their deceased relatives. Crouched barefoot in the corner of a colorful pagoda on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, small groups gathered to place...
Postcard from Sudan: Rebirth of a nation
By Heather Stilwell In many ways, this tiny classroom was just like any other: rows of young students looking up at their teacher, the day’s lesson displayed on the dusty chalkboard overhead. But this day was not about grammar or arithmetic. It was about the long fight for freedom. In South Sudan, it is rarely...
