Marylise Vigneau

Marylise Vigneau (b. 1965, France) is a photographer currently based in Venice, Italy. Raised in Paris, Vigneau originally came from a literary background but photography has increasingly become her language. Her work mainly documents life in Asia, having spent a number of years in Cambodia and Pakistan.

Little Stories of Phnom Penh

Reality might be witty, inventive or mischievous despite a derelict or tragic background. This is particularly true in Phnom Penh where different levels of reality get blended into each other, building a unique crossover. The opening picture of an old man sitting near a staircase painted with a real fake, idealized view of Phnom Penh, is an illustration of this. These little stories of Phnom Penh are a play between fondness and irony, grace and kitsch, the inner and the strange.

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