Raven & Lily in Cambodia


  • Photographer
    Susan Chen
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Susan J Chen Photography
  • Date of Photograph
    January 2012
  • Technical Info
    Digital C-Prints, 20 x 24

She began to sob heavily before her first spoken word. Jane (real name withheld) tells us in between breaths her life story: how she was sold at the age of 10 by her own mother, then repeatedly raped by her "owner". Jane, 21 now, is HIV+, and one of many victims of the sex trade industry in Cambodia. In Phnom Penh, I follow the founders of Raven & Lily and KeoK'jay. Both are socially-responsible brands dedicated to fighting poverty and marginalizing of women. They are creating job opportunities, confidence and a slow road to rehabilitation for Jane and others.

Story

She began to sob heavily before her first spoken word. Jane (real name withheld) tells us in between breaths her life story: how she was sold at the age of 10 by her own mother, then repeatedly raped by her "owner". Jane, 21 now, is HIV+, and one of many victims of the sex trade industry in Cambodia.

In Phnom Penh, I follow the founders of Raven & Lily and KeoK'jay. Both are socially-responsible brands dedicated to fighting poverty and marginalizing of women. They are creating job opportunities, confidence and a slow road to rehabilitation for Jane and others.

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