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Cambodia: Kids Sniffing Glue
The Cambodian tourist mecca of Siem Reap is home to Angkor Wat, the largest religious building ever constructed in world. To document the plight of the hungry and impoverished street children who wage a daily fight for survival there, Zann Huizhen Huang set off to Siem Reap, Cambodia to take a closer look.
"Cambodia is still recovering from decades of a civil war which ended in 1998. Poverty is widespread and is the root cause of many social problems. Homeless children living on the streets of Siem Reap, Cambodia resort to solvent abuse to forget the pain of hunger and to escape from the harsh reality of street life. Glue-sniffing causes a brief respite from reality but it has long-term detrimental effects on the brain, a fact which the street children are either unaware of or can’t be concerned with at this stage in their lives." said Zann Huang.
In Sept 2007, her photos of the ‘Cambodian Glue Kids’ were chosen to be among the 5 finalists selected for the 2007 Care International Humanitarian Award and were exhibited at Visa Pour L’image in Pepingnon, France.
Cambodia: Kids Sniffing Glue is now appearing on Gaia Photos, a new international photography source comprised of 40 photojournalists from around the world whose mission is to promote quality and diversity in documentary photography.
Zann Huizhen Huang left Singapore for a backpacking trip around Asia in December 2004 and began her first serious foray into photojournalism. As a self taught photographer, she has been adding to her portfolio while living on the road.
As an emerging photographer, Zann was received Honorable Mention for the 2006 UNICEF photographer of the Year Award as well as the 2006 International Photographer of the Year Award.
In 2007 Zann Huizhen Huang received awards from PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris for her work on 'Ayatollah Khomeini and his legacy’ and ‘Cambodian Glue Kids’.
She also clinched the 2006 UNESCO Humanity Photo Awards in the documentary category. That same year her works were exhibited in Noorderlicht : Another Asia.
Since joining World Picture News in December 2005, Zann’s work has been published in TIME, Choc, IKONO, Le Monde, L’expresso, Geo Italia, AOL, United Nations (UNFPA) and Asian Geographic.
Zann contributes to the United Nations on humanitarian and environmental issues and is based in the Middle East.
View Gaia Photographers other stories from Cambodia:
Cambodia: Poverty On Smokey Mountain by John Brown
Cambodia: Asia’s Highest HIV Rate by Thomas De Cian
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John Brown Photojournalist On LIGHTSTALKERS
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Cambodia: Kids Sniffing Glue
The Cambodian tourist mecca of Siem Reap is home to Angkor Wat, the largest religious building ever constructed in world. To document the plight of the hungry and impoverished street children who wage a daily fight for survival there, Zann Huizhen Huang set off to Siem Reap, Cambodia to take a closer look.
"Cambodia is still recovering from decades of a civil war which ended in 1998. Poverty is widespread and is the root cause of many social problems. Homeless children living on the streets of Siem Reap, Cambodia resort to solvent abuse to forget the pain of hunger and to escape from the harsh reality of street life. Glue-sniffing causes a brief respite from reality but it has long-term detrimental effects on the brain, a fact which the street children are either unaware of or can’t be concerned with at this stage in their lives." said Zann Huang.
In Sept 2007, her photos of the ‘Cambodian Glue Kids’ were chosen to be among the 5 finalists selected for the 2007 Care International Humanitarian Award and were exhibited at Visa Pour L’image in Pepingnon, France.
Cambodia: Kids Sniffing Glue is now appearing on Gaia Photos, a new international photography source comprised of 40 photojournalists from around the world whose mission is to promote quality and diversity in documentary photography.
Zann Huizhen Huang left Singapore for a backpacking trip around Asia in December 2004 and began her first serious foray into photojournalism. As a self taught photographer, she has been adding to her portfolio while living on the road.
As an emerging photographer, Zann was received Honorable Mention for the 2006 UNICEF photographer of the Year Award as well as the 2006 International Photographer of the Year Award.
In 2007 Zann Huizhen Huang received awards from PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris for her work on 'Ayatollah Khomeini and his legacy’ and ‘Cambodian Glue Kids’.
She also clinched the 2006 UNESCO Humanity Photo Awards in the documentary category. That same year her works were exhibited in Noorderlicht : Another Asia.
Since joining World Picture News in December 2005, Zann’s work has been published in TIME, Choc, IKONO, Le Monde, L’expresso, Geo Italia, AOL, United Nations (UNFPA) and Asian Geographic.
Zann contributes to the United Nations on humanitarian and environmental issues and is based in the Middle East.
View Gaia Photographers other stories from Cambodia:
Cambodia: Poverty On Smokey Mountain by John Brown
Cambodia: Asia’s Highest HIV Rate by Thomas De Cian
Please Visit Us
Please view more of Zann Huang's photography and search for assignment photographers at Gaia Photos, a place to explore and discover the issues facing the diverse population and locations of our world, both near and far. Please subscribe to our new features page to keep track of new stories too!
John Brown Photojournalist On LIGHTSTALKERS
My Mondo Library Photography
My Photoshelter Photography Archive HomepageGAIA Photography and Photojournalism
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