PORTRAYING PEOPLE: Cordelle Feau took about 3500 photos in 12 days while travelling in Cambodia.
NICOLA MURPHY
Last updated 24/06/2011
NICOLA MURPHY/Western Leader
Spending 12 days in Cambodia was eye-opening for Cordelle Feau.
She's hoping the exhibition of the photographs she took there will do the same for others.
The Te Atatu Peninsula resident in New Zealand is in her second year at Elam School of Fine Arts but took time out in April to travel to the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to do charity work.
Along with 11 other members of her church, Te Atatu Bible Chapel, she spent time in orphanages and volunteered for the Rock Foundation Cambodia, a non-profit organisation that works to improve conditions for squatters who spend their days breaking rocks.
Miss Feau says it wasn't easy to select nine photos from the 3500 she took for the exhibition at Abundance Art Gallery in Te Atatu Peninsula.
"The trip was mind-blowing," the 19-year-old says.
"It was crazy to see so much poverty."
The group was horrified by the conditions the squatters live in. Their drinking water is muddy and they sleep under tarpaulins – even during monsoon season.
Miss Feau wanted to show other Aucklanders the qualities of the Cambodian people.
"I like their smiles," she says.
"It's such a different culture. They have so little but they're willing to give you so much."
The exhibition is on at Abundance Art Gallery, 617 Te Atatu Rd, until July 3.
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NICOLA MURPHY
Last updated 24/06/2011
NICOLA MURPHY/Western Leader
Spending 12 days in Cambodia was eye-opening for Cordelle Feau.
She's hoping the exhibition of the photographs she took there will do the same for others.
The Te Atatu Peninsula resident in New Zealand is in her second year at Elam School of Fine Arts but took time out in April to travel to the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to do charity work.
Along with 11 other members of her church, Te Atatu Bible Chapel, she spent time in orphanages and volunteered for the Rock Foundation Cambodia, a non-profit organisation that works to improve conditions for squatters who spend their days breaking rocks.
Miss Feau says it wasn't easy to select nine photos from the 3500 she took for the exhibition at Abundance Art Gallery in Te Atatu Peninsula.
"The trip was mind-blowing," the 19-year-old says.
"It was crazy to see so much poverty."
The group was horrified by the conditions the squatters live in. Their drinking water is muddy and they sleep under tarpaulins – even during monsoon season.
Miss Feau wanted to show other Aucklanders the qualities of the Cambodian people.
"I like their smiles," she says.
"It's such a different culture. They have so little but they're willing to give you so much."
The exhibition is on at Abundance Art Gallery, 617 Te Atatu Rd, until July 3.
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