Photo Essay: Ghosts of the Khmer Rouge
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In spring 2009, Nick Heavican traveled to Cambodia to document memorials and thoughts on the Khmer Rouge for the New York University Center for International Research in the Humanities and Social sciences. These images will appear at Le Mémorial de Caen (France) in fall 2011. Aside from the Tuol Sleng prison, Heavican’s photography features the Bokor Hill station. Originally constructed in the early twentieth century as an upland cure resort for French settlers, the mountain site was captured early in Khmer Rouge’s rise to power, and became a final stronghold after the Vietnamese invaded in 1979.
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Bokor Hill Station
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Bokor Hill Station
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Bokor Hill Station
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Bokor Hill Station
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Tuol Sleng prison
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Unnamed killing field
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Tuol Sleng prison
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Tuol Sleng prison
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Tuol Sleng prison
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Nick Heavican’s love for photography started when he first discovered the work of Helmut Newton and Peter Beard, which led him to New York, where he taught himself the skills of image making. Heavican’s photos have been published in V, ID, and The Block magazines as well as brand clients such as Yves Saint Laurent, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ballet, and Ralph Lauren.
