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One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 28

Day 28 photo (final image): The final image for this series. Captured the other night, it shows people dumping rubbish in a pile on the street for it to be sorted, collected and then taken away by rubbish collectors. Anything useful or that can be resold such as cardboard or recyclable material is separated to be sold.

Photo info: D700, 50mm, f2, 1/40, ISO720

a photo a day: collecting rubbish at night, phnom penh

The rest of the one photo a day series can be found here: http://www.kellyanthony.com/blog/category/a-photo-a-day/



One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 27

Day 27 photo: Eating dinner at the market. Took a stroll around the market at 6.30pm, when most of the sellers had packed up shop for the day and people are heading home or going out for dinner. This mother was eating dinner with her young son.

Photo info: D700, 50mm, f2, 1/40, ISO640

a photo a day - eating dinner at the market

The rest of the one photo a day series can be found here: http://www.kellyanthony.com/blog/category/a-photo-a-day/



One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 26

Day 26 photo: Red Umbrella

I am very interested in photographing pattern and detail. I think some of the most beautiful parts of life are found in the small details. I like the repetition of line and the cross hatching in this picture. This paper umbrella shaded us from the elements while we sipped coffee, chatted with friends and watched the world go by from a little café in Phnom Penh. (Kelly)

day 26 photo - umbrella

The rest of the one photo a day series can be found here: http://www.kellyanthony.com/blog/category/a-photo-a-day/



One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 25

Day 25 photo: Waiting for the lights to turn green at a busy intersection in Phnom Penh. Traffic is mainly moto’s (50cc – 125cc scooters). Often companies will hand out leaflets at the lights and surprisingly everyone will accept the leaflet and read it as opposed to in Australia where we often dismiss people handing out leaflets.

Phnom Penh traffic - motos

The rest of the one photo a day series can be found here: http://www.kellyanthony.com/blog/category/a-photo-a-day/



One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 24

Day 24 photo: a photo a day – Cambodian children playing a game with elastic bands

a photo a day - Cambodian children playing a game

The rest of the one photo a day series can be found here: http://www.kellyanthony.com/blog/category/a-photo-a-day/



One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 23

Day 23 photo: Something different for today: Flowers in Phnom Penh – Chrysanthemums.

The name Chrysanthemum is derived from the Greek, chrysos (gold) and anthos (flower).

Photo info: D700, 50mm, f1.6, 1/4000, ISO200

a photo a day - flowers in phnom penh, cambodia

The rest of the one photo a day series can be found here: http://www.kellyanthony.com/blog/category/a-photo-a-day/



One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 22

Day 22 Photo: Khmer woman working and laughing, probably wondering why some foreigner is taking her photo.

Photo info: D700, 200mm, f4, 1/500, ISO1000

a photo a day - day 22 - Khmer woman smiling

The rest of the one photo a day series can be found here: http://www.kellyanthony.com/blog/category/a-photo-a-day/



One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 21

Day 21 photo: Old man, 80 years old – still working as a cyclo driver.

Here are some quotes about being old:
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S Lewis
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” – Mark Twain
“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.” – Samuel Ullman
“Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative.” – Maurice Chevalier
“Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.” – C.E.M. Joad

a photo a day: old man cyclo driver, cambodia

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One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 20

Day 20 photo: Guard at the Royal Palace, Phnom Penh.

Photo info: D700, 70mm, f4, 1/4000, ISO640

a photo a day - guard at the royal palace, phnom penh

The rest of the one photo a day series can be found here: http://www.kellyanthony.com/blog/category/a-photo-a-day/



One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 19

Day 19 photo: Communities of Cambodian families live along the train tracks of Phnom Penh in little shacks. This photo is of a young Cambodian who stands in front of a rubbish collecting cart.

a photo a day - day 19 - living on the train tracks

The rest of the one photo a day series can be found here: http://www.kellyanthony.com/blog/category/a-photo-a-day/



One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 18

Day 18 photo: A young teenager working to sort and recycle rubbish

According to the World Bank, approximately 2% of the third world’s population sustain themselves from collecting and recycling rubbish.

This 15 year old boy carries a load of plastic bottles to be loaded onto a truck. The bottles are often collected by young children carrying large sacks or pulling carts. They walk around the city, collecting these bottles and then trade them in for money. The rubbish is then sorted and placed in these large bags, to be transported to recycling companies.

Across Cambodia an estimated 1.5 million children under 14 are forced to work, child advocacy groups say. They say that while most labor on family farms, up to 250,000 work in hazardous conditions while begging, scavenging waste, working in factories or mining. (source)

A photo a day - heavy burden of recycling

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One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 17

Day 17 photo: Limes and oranges for sugar cane drinks

You can find sugar cane juice from little street carts all over Cambodia (and other countries). It’s basically crushed sugar cane to extract the juice, sometimes they will add in limes and other flavours. Then they pour the juice into a small plastic bag with ice, pop a straw in and there you have it – a take away sugar can juice drink. All for about 20 cents. It’s very sweet.

a photo a day - day 17 lime and oranges

The rest of the one photo a day series can be found here: http://www.kellyanthony.com/blog/category/a-photo-a-day/



One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 16

Day 16 photo: Coconut seller polishing his coconuts

Coconuts are more dangerous than sharks. Falling coconuts kill 150 people every year which is 10 times the number of people killed by sharks. There are more than 20 billion coconuts produced each year. This means that only 1 in every 133.33 million coconuts are lethal.

a photo a day - day 16 - coconut man

The rest of the one photo a day series can be found here: http://www.kellyanthony.com/blog/category/a-photo-a-day/



One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 15

Day 15: Lucky Burger.

Please bear with me as I explain the story of how I got this photo …

Currently, there are no McDonald’s restaurants in Cambodia. The closest thing is either Lucky Burger or BB World. There are a few Lucky Burger stores located around Phnom Penh. When we first arrived in Cambodia, we signed up for a Lucky Card. Whenever you shop at a Lucky Supermarket, you give them your card and you get points. The conversion rate is $1 = 0.1 points. You can redeem your points once you have 50, 100, 200 or 500 points. For accumulating 50 points, you get a $5 gift voucher which you can use at Lucky Burger. We finally got to 50 points after 10 months of living in Cambodia (yes, that’s spending $500 on groceries to get a $5 gift voucher) and I happily set off to Lucky Burger to spend it. The picture below shows what I got for our efforts of grocery shopping.

It consists of:
1 Bacon burger set (includes burger, fries and soft drink) – $3.10
1 Starz hash browns (hash browns in the shape of little stars) – $0.90
1 Ice cream sundae (soft serve ice cream with chocolate sauce and nuts) – $1.00
+ some tomato sauce

a photo a day - day 15 - lucky burger

The rest of the one photo a day series can be found here: http://www.kellyanthony.com/blog/category/a-photo-a-day/



One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 14

Day 14: A bunch of clothes and mats hanging on a clothes line.

a photo a day - day 14 - clothes line

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One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 13

Day 13 photo: A dog.

There are a lot of dogs in Cambodia. They often just roam around the streets, bark all night and at people walking by. The majority of them are pretty scruffy and I don’t think they are treated the same as people treat dogs back home. By this I mean for the most part, they are not seen as ‘pets’, but rather they are guard dogs or just hang around. Having said this, there are some very cute and friendly dogs around.

a photo a day - day 13 - a dog

The rest of the one photo a day series can be found here: http://www.kellyanthony.com/blog/category/a-photo-a-day/



One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 12

Day 12 photo: Chapel of the Sisters of Providence Hospice church.

Yesterday my friend Tim (check out his blog: http://timothyirobertson.wordpress.com/) and I went looking for an old church called the Chapel of the Sisters of Providence Hospice, which we heard was located somewhere in Phnom Penh. We found it tucked away in winding alleys and surrounded by homes and shacks which had been built around the structure. The church houses a number of Khmer families who have subdivided the church building with plywood walls or brick. The condition of the church is quite good and the interior ceiling is a lovely domed roof.

We chatted to the people living there for a while and took some photos.

A photo a day - day 12 old church, phnom penh

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One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 11

Day 11: Apartment building near Phsar Thmey (Central Market). Taken in the late afternoon.

Many apartment buildings in Phnom Penh were built in the 1960′s and look similar to this. They have a similar layout with a living area, kitchen at the back and bathroom with one or two bedrooms in the middle. There is one long walkway along the side of the apartment to access the rooms and there are generally only windows at the front and back. Often, three, four or five stories tall with a balcony, these apartments with variation on exterior style are very common around central Phnom Penh.

a photo a day - day 11

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One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 10

Day 10 photo: guitars and other assorted guitar like instruments hanging in a music shop.

Interesting guitar related facts (source – the internet):
The ancestors of the modern guitar can be traced back to the stringed instruments played across Central Asia and India, in ancient times.
The oldest iconographic representation of the guitar is a 3,000 year old carving of a Hittite or ancient Anatolian bard playing the instrument.
The modern guitar is believed to have descended from the cithara brought to Hispania by the Romans, in 40 AD.
The various references to the guitar in ancient times included guitarra, gitarre, guitare, qitara, cithara, kithara and sihtar.
Traditionally, guitars were constructed with combinations of various woods. The strings were made of animal gut.
The musical instrument has a mention in records maintained by the Moors, Viking incursions and in traditional Norse carvings.
Les Paul had a car accident in 1948 and asked the doctor to set his arm permanently in a guitar-playing position.
The highest price paid for an electric guitar at auction, was $959,500 at Christie’s in July 2004 for Eric Clapton’s ‘Blackie’ Stratocaster. The previous record was for Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia’s custom-made ‘Tiger’ ($957,500 in 2002).
The smallest guitar in the world is 10 micrometres long with strings 50 nanometres (100 atoms) wide.
The Fender factory makes around 90,000 strings per day. This is over 20,000 miles a year, enough to circle the world. They also make around 950 guitar necks a day!
Franz Schubert composed his music on a guitar hung from a hook over his bed, as he couldn’t afford a piano. Berlioz also did his composing on a guitar!

One photo a day - day 10

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One (1) photo a day Cambodia, Kelly Anthony Rae Photography, Day 9

Day 9 photo: Public toilet = the closest tree or wall

A not so uncommon sight in Phnom Penh are men using trees, walls or anything else as public toilets. I think it’s because a lot of people live on the street and work on the street rather than in buildings, they use the closest available tree or wall.

Pros and Cons of using trees and walls as public toilets.

Pros:
Less infrastructure costs (ie don’t need to actually build public toilets)
Low maintenance (no cleaning of toilets)
Easy access (there’s a toilet every 50m)
The cubicle/toilet is never ‘engaged’

Cons:
Are those wet patches on the ground, water or something else?
Unhygienic – washing hands?
No place for number twos

Also in the photo, note the man and his child sleeping in the rubbish cart.

One photo a day - day 9

The rest of the one photo a day series can be found here: http://www.kellyanthony.com/blog/category/a-photo-a-day/



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