@matratype I witnessed this process firsthand during my two years in Cambodia, which is partly what provoked the book, Hand-Painted Signs of Kratie.

It's sad to see, with the irony being that at some later date the gentrification will consist of a return to hand-painted signs.

https://ghostsigns.co.uk/publications/handpaintedsignsofkratie/

#SignPainting #Kratie #Cambodia #gentrification

in the area, on whose crimes #Cheng reported several times in the past.

#Journalists investigating #IllegalDeforestation in #Cambodia, as well as other #press members, are frequently subjected to violence. Similar to #ChhoeungChheng incident has already happened ten years prior, when Cambodian journalist #TaingTry was fatally shot while investigating illegal logging in the southern province of #Kratie, along with five other journalists.

4/7

https://rsf.org/en/reporter-shot-dead-while-investigating-illegal-logging

@matratype @nicksherman I have some spreads in my book, Hand-Painted Signs of Kratie, that are very similar to those arrays.

(Kratie is a provincial capital in north-east Cambodia, located on the Mekong river.)

There is a free download of the ebook available here: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/kratie. That page also has a Khmer translation of the full text.

#kratie #cambodia #signs #signpainting #signwriting #pictorial #illustration