http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/28925 White Building Phnom Penh Cambodge Au début des années 60, le roi Norodom décide de construire un énorme bâtiment tout neuf et ultra moderne, de style Le Corbusier pour loger les athlètes lors des prochains jeux olympiques qu’il compte bien organiser. Le bâtiment fut inauguré mais les jeux en question ne verront jamais le jour. La guerre éclate et le Cambodge tout entier plonge dans l’enfer. La guerre durera 25 ans ! Au début des années 90, le bâtiment qui s’appelle désormais le white building, devient le symbole d’une ville et d’un pays qui a sombré dans l’apocalypse. Le building est occupé principalement par des artistes, danseurs du Palais Royal, peintres, cinéastes et aussi par les jeunes prostitués tout juste débarqué de leurs province. La drogue, les armes et le sida font leur apparition et l’endroit devient le lieu de trafic en tout genre, des règlements de comptes et des mauvaises rencontres. Aujourd’hui le building vit ses dernières heures. D’ici quelques années il aura disparu, rasé à tout jamais et avec lui, s’achèvera 40 ans de folie et d’histoire cambodgienne. Un quartier résidentiel prendra sa place. Le building est composé de gigantesques couloirs sombres ou la lumière ne passe pas. Seules les rampes d’escaliers donnent accès à un peu de lumière qui passe à travers de petits trous sculptés dans les murs ou l’on rencontre à la volée de jeunes bonzes qui court d’un étage à l’autre, passant et disparaissant comme des fantômes dans la nuit noire. Ce bâtiment qui fut autrefois symbole de modernité puis de déchéance est le dernier vestige d’un certain passé, de 40 ans d’histoire cambodgienne, une histoire faite d’abandon, de désespérance et de néant. Aujourd’hui, 12 ans après ma première visite, je l’ai photographié avec la nostalgie de mes années Cambodge lorsque j’étais un tout jeune photographe à la recherche incertaine d’émotions et d’aventures humaines. Cette histoire photographique est peut être sans le savoir, la conclusion et la maturité de mon long travail sur la mémoire réalisé au tout début des années 2000. next workshop in Cambodia: 1 to 10 August 2010 http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/42464/IMG_3560_small.JPG http://www.lightstalkers.org/Fotoasia <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1178928/4_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1178928'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1178928 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:10:57 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1178928 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1178928/4_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1178928'>view full-size image</a> Fotoasia <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1178922/1_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1178922'>view full-size image</a> 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