Gordon sent me this picture that I never saw while researching the book, Hand-Painted Signs of Kratie. It is from Roka Kandal, just South of Kratie town, and reads ‘Repair Television, Tape Player, VCD’ (VCDs are Video CDs). Like Gordon…
Tag: Mobile Phone
On the Screens of Cambodia’s Hand-Painted Signs
Posted in Enthusiasts, Individual Signs, Sign Features Tagged with: Bantaey Minchaey, Cambodia, Computer, Gordon Congdon, Kampong Cham, Khmer, Kratie, Mobile Phone, Phnom Penh, Ratanakiri, Roka Kandal, TV
Signs of change in Kratie
More examples today of the changing face of Kratie’s signage and, in the case of Pal Nget’s printing shop above, the loss of a hand-painted sign and the introduction of a big and bold printed update. This type of ‘organic’…
Posted in Individual Signs, Sign Features Tagged with: Change, Evolution, Mobile Phone, Pal Nget, Photo Shop, Pros Mobile, Repainting, Replacement
