S-21 is a hauntingly powerful place. I agree with the Cambodians outraged by the publishing of the victim photos digitally edited to show them smiling.
There is tons in the Khmer press about it, here is a Reuters piece.
Cambodia condemns VICE for images by artist who added smiles to Khmer Rouge victims
By Reuters Staff
Smiling Toul Sleng victims
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I am aware of the story. My question to the OP stands.Prahok wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:51 pmThe story is all over the place.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1 ... uge-images
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Ministry of Culture threatened Vice and Matt Loughrey with legal action:
Vice pulled it down:
Vice pulled it down:
On Friday April 9th, VICE Asia published an interview with Matt Loughrey, an artist working to restore and colorize images from Security Prison 21 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which was used by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its fall in 1979. The article included photographs of Khmer Rouge victims that Loughrey manipulated beyond colorization. The story did not meet the editorial standards of VICE and has been removed. We regret the error and will investigate how this failure of the editorial process occurred.
Bringing the news. You stay classy, nas, Cambodia.
There really must be some deranged shit going on with that dude.
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Vice used to be edgy. Lately they have just been f****** idiots woke dick heads.
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The excuse that was used was that he wanted to 'humanise' the victims.
The whole point of those chilling photos (the originals)is the look of utter bewilderment and hopelessness on the faces of the poor victims. What a jerk that so-called artist is.
The whole point of those chilling photos (the originals)is the look of utter bewilderment and hopelessness on the faces of the poor victims. What a jerk that so-called artist is.
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(Sorry Violet for being lazy with a link. Both above and with this band.)
However, at this point, I am much less concerned by the American Nouveau Death Metal band named 'Buchenwald', or was it 'Auschwitz'? Ah yes, it was 'Toul Sleng'.
I wouldn't say any of those names are tasteful, but if they want to name their band, or firstborn daughter, that, OK. I am sure they are pleased their name choice is getting them clicks.
For me the smiling victims was well over the line, but naming your band after an obscenity, well they are't the first.
I haven't listened to them, so can't comment of their talent, but I'd guess if they actually have high skills, they won't keep the name forever. That said, at present, they seem keen to ride the clicks as far as they can.
Khmer Times 13 April 2021
“Tuol Sleng” band remains defiant and uses picture of Pol Pot to say: “We’re not changing our name”
However, at this point, I am much less concerned by the American Nouveau Death Metal band named 'Buchenwald', or was it 'Auschwitz'? Ah yes, it was 'Toul Sleng'.
I wouldn't say any of those names are tasteful, but if they want to name their band, or firstborn daughter, that, OK. I am sure they are pleased their name choice is getting them clicks.
For me the smiling victims was well over the line, but naming your band after an obscenity, well they are't the first.
I haven't listened to them, so can't comment of their talent, but I'd guess if they actually have high skills, they won't keep the name forever. That said, at present, they seem keen to ride the clicks as far as they can.
Khmer Times 13 April 2021
“Tuol Sleng” band remains defiant and uses picture of Pol Pot to say: “We’re not changing our name”
Luke Hunt, always the voice of reason:
https://thediplomat.com/2021/04/vice-as ... -evidence/What survived the ultra-Maoists, along with the bones of the dead, remain an intrinsic part of this country’s history and their final resting place will be handled once the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has done its work.
They also command almost universal respect but there’s always an exception, including the quasi-news outlet VICE Asia.
VICE has an industry-wide reputation for shocking. That backfired diabolically over the weekend when it copied, heavily altered, and published a number of victims’ portraits from S-21 – colorized and smiling, in the name of art.
Imagine the outcry if the same technique was applied to the victims of lynch mobs in the United States. Scan some old photos of African Americans, shackled and ready for the noose, add a splash of color and turn the horrible grimace that comes with knowing one’s fate into a smile.
It sounds preposterous. Imagine the response from groups like Black Lives Matter which would be justified. But if you believe VICE Asia it was okay to do that in Cambodia. It’s not.
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