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VICE Asia removes article with altered S21 photos, issues apology
Mon, 19 April 2021
VICE Asia has removed an article featuring Irish photographer Matt Loughrey from its website and issued a letter of apology to the families of the victims of the Khmer Rouge and to the Cambodian people.
The article and interview with Loughrey was focused on his colourised versions of the black and white photos of Khmer Rouge victims at the Tuol Sleng Genocidal Museum that he used in a project titled “These People Were Arrested by the Khmer Rouge and Never Seen Again”.
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Culture ministry: Take Tuol Sleng photos down, or else
Sun, 11 April 2021
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts has told Irish photographer Matt Loughrey to take down the photos of Khmer Rouge victims at Tuol Sleng Genocidal Museum which he allegedly colourised and altered to show them smiling.
The ministry said Loughrey s work is unacceptable, affecting the dignity of the victims, the reality of Cambodia s history and in violation of the rights of the museum as the lawful owner and custodian of the photographs.