FLOATING HOMESTAY

Kampong Luong, Cambodia, 2015 - Leica M7, Summilux 35, Portra 160 * Rustic homestay in a Vietnamese floating village on the Tonle Sap lake. At least 1 million of Cambodia's 15 million people are ethnic Vietnamese. Living in communities across the country, they represent the largest minority group in Cambodia. Throughout the centuries-long history of Vietnamese migration and settlement in Cambodia, the relationship between Khmer and Vietnamese people has often been tense, stemming from years of conflict and power struggles between both nations. Today ethnic Vietnamese are thus subject to several pressing human rights issues such as statelessness, lack of access to social services including healthcare and education, political and public discrimination and racism. Migratory and political issues always prove critical all over the world.