Soun Sayon is on construction sites everyday, and his work leads him to be permanently in relationship with the construction workers. Thus he decided to make their portraits by having them pose with their tools, which designate their specialty. As the digital image is everywhere he decided to work with Polaroids and also black and white film to avoid any anecdote that could give color and to demonstrate his attachment to photography. His classical, frontal portraits, attentive to the light, highlight the looks and bring him close to the workers he meets and allow him to better know and understand them.
Biography
Born in Battambang province in April 1986, he is a civil engineer and manages the construction of sites and organizes the progress of the works. He was interested in photography in 2008 and studied at Studio Images at the French Institute of Cambodia, as well at the workshop of Patricia Lanza (Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, California) organized by PPP and at Angkor Photo Festival in 2015.
Soun Sayon is every day on construction sites and his work leads him to be permanently in relation with the construction workers. Thus he decided to make their portrait by having them pose with their tools, which designate their specialty. While digital image is everywhere he decided to work with Polaroid, but also with black and white film, to avoid any anecdote that could give color and to demonstrate his attachment to photography. His classical, frontal portraits, attentive to the light, highlight the looks and bring him closer to the workers he meets and allow him to better know and better understand them.