by chkwoot » Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:12 am
gavinmac wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 11:41 am
This is excellent. A couple years back I posted this:
viewtopic.php?t=35611&start=225#p919656
gavinmac wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2018 5:52 pm
What I have fantasized about is paying a proper Khmer photographer to spend a month photographing the weird Western dudes of the Riverside. The assignment would be 8 hours a day as follows:
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Walk up and down the riverside on the river/promenade side of the street and photograph shirtless white dudes, crazy methheads, obese singlet wearers, sleeping drunks, anyone with a face or neck tattoo, anyone with bandaged appendages, any dudes perving on young girls, etc. Then walk along the other side of the street and photograph any really weird looking guys sitting alone at Paddy Rice, Mekong River, etc. drinking morning beers. Do not get right up in their faces but don't hide what you're doing either. Photograph them from public places only.
11 p.m. to 3 a.m. Walk up and down Streets 51, 104, 130 and 136 photographing weirdos and really drunk guys.
I would also assign a videographer to walk around with him whose job is to take "Barang Gone Wild" video of crazy meth head behavior, any bar fights involving white dues, and, importantly, video of any photography subjects who start ranting and raving and getting violent about being filmed in public. And maybe pay for an off duty cop to go with them too just to maintain order.
I think these "Barangs Gone Wild" videos could be the most popular TV show or ongoing Facebook feature in Cambodia. And think of all the great "I think I'm being followed by APLE" threads that new posters would start here.
There are a lot of YouTube channels by American "Photography is not a Crime" advocates who stand on public streets filming police officers just to film their angry reactions and to see if they can goad the cops into arresting or assaulting them for the lawful activity of filming in public.
I think a youtube channel devoted to publicly filming white dudes along the Phnom Penh Riverside and their violent reactions to the filming would be fantastic. No reason to accuse them of anything, just silently film them drinking at Mekong River until they fly into a rage, which for most of them would take about fifteen seconds I'm guessing.
I should bankroll that and pay some unemployed English teachers to do it.
How much would you pay? I'm not an unemployed English teacher. Is that a deal breaker? I think I could get Wendy Aspinall's long lost soulmate to back me up for a few $2 jugs, if he's still around.
[quote=gavinmac post_id=1004658 time=1587962482 user_id=136]
This is excellent. A couple years back I posted this:
https://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/viewtopic.php?t=35611&start=225#p919656
[quote=gavinmac post_id=919656 time=1519210372 user_id=136]
What I have fantasized about is paying a proper Khmer photographer to spend a month photographing the weird Western dudes of the Riverside. The assignment would be 8 hours a day as follows:
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Walk up and down the riverside on the river/promenade side of the street and photograph shirtless white dudes, crazy methheads, obese singlet wearers, sleeping drunks, anyone with a face or neck tattoo, anyone with bandaged appendages, any dudes perving on young girls, etc. Then walk along the other side of the street and photograph any really weird looking guys sitting alone at Paddy Rice, Mekong River, etc. drinking morning beers. Do not get right up in their faces but don't hide what you're doing either. Photograph them from public places only.
11 p.m. to 3 a.m. Walk up and down Streets 51, 104, 130 and 136 photographing weirdos and really drunk guys.
I would also assign a videographer to walk around with him whose job is to take "Barang Gone Wild" video of crazy meth head behavior, any bar fights involving white dues, and, importantly, video of any photography subjects who start ranting and raving and getting violent about being filmed in public. And maybe pay for an off duty cop to go with them too just to maintain order.
I think these "Barangs Gone Wild" videos could be the most popular TV show or ongoing Facebook feature in Cambodia. And think of all the great "I think I'm being followed by APLE" threads that new posters would start here.
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There are a lot of YouTube channels by American "Photography is not a Crime" advocates who stand on public streets filming police officers just to film their angry reactions and to see if they can goad the cops into arresting or assaulting them for the lawful activity of filming in public.
I think a youtube channel devoted to publicly filming white dudes along the Phnom Penh Riverside and their violent reactions to the filming would be fantastic. No reason to accuse them of anything, just silently film them drinking at Mekong River until they fly into a rage, which for most of them would take about fifteen seconds I'm guessing.
I should bankroll that and pay some unemployed English teachers to do it.
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How much would you pay? I'm not an unemployed English teacher. Is that a deal breaker? I think I could get Wendy Aspinall's long lost soulmate to back me up for a few $2 jugs, if he's still around.