What not to wear: a look at brand name clothes and the women who make them

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...
Displaced from Borei Keila

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...
Photo Exhibition @ The 1961 Gallery

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...
Legacies of War: Landmines in Cambodia

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...
Amidst the Flood

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

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

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,...
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Violence in Sudan

Violence in Sudan

In my last post, I wrote about my friend and former colleague Musa John and described a brief period of his life in the Nuba Mountain’s of Sudan. I purposely kept the post short because I wanted to allow anyone reading the chance to gradually get to know the people and places that I have...
Seeking Refuge

Seeking Refuge

A few weeks ago I worked with NY-based Nepali journalist Kashish Das Shrestha on a piece about Bhutanese families who resettled to Canada from refugee camps in Nepal. Since fleeing ethnic persecution in the early nineties, more than 100,000 Bhutanese have been living in the Nepali camps with little hope of returning home. Starting in...

Welcome

Welcome all! So, here it is. To all of those who checked this site for news from my travels only to find a perpetually blank page – thank you for remaining inexplicably supportive despite the vague and sporadic updates of my whereabouts. It may be later than hoped, but I would like to start regularly...