Tuol Sleng (S-21) Prison
Some pictures from the infamous Khmer Rouge detention facility of Tuol Sleng, known as S-21 (Security Office 21).
It was difficult at first for me to take out my camera and take pictures. How do you properly photograph a prison that has caused the suffering and death of so many thousands of people? But photographs can often convey what mere words cannot, and I tried to do it justice. This place deserves not to be forgotten.
December 5th, 2008 in
Cambodia
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These photographs are simply breathtaking…
Thank you for doing this, Gabriel. It gives so many of us a chance to see things we’d otherwise never have the opportunity.
Black & White is so appropriate for this batch of photos, because there was no color in those victims’ lives. The prison seems so quiet in the photos and yet I could almost hear the screaming and crying…
These pictures certainly convey the message. What an intense and traumatic place.