On Thursday evening, a crowd of art lover came to the French Institute of Cambodia, despite the heavy rain to catch a glimpse of the latest exhibition in the institute’s gallery featuring one of the simplest but most captivating subjects among artists in Cambodia.
It is history in the unmaking, as Siem Reap-based and internationally-renowned photographer John McDermott – famed for the dreamy beauty of his temple photography – shuts his gallery shops and hangs out a new business shingle.
His gallery is a mixture of the traditional and the modern, the colourful and the monochromatic, abstract works and the portraits.
