P03258.456 Accession Number: P03258.456

Description

A team of workers attempts to haul a trailer loaded with heavy timber beams over rough ground to a building site in central Phnom Penh. As one man supports the motorcycle, others steady the overloaded two wheeled trailer, and according to photographer Heide Smith, the operation placed a huge strain on the motorcycle's engine. The relative political stability brought about with the coming of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) was accompanied by an unprecedented period of rebuilding in Phnom Penh, which had suffered from decades of civil war and neglect.

Details

Accession Number
P03258.456
Maker
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Date Made
1993
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor H Smith
Copyright
AWM copyright

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