Much as a marketplace is where day-to-day business transactions are carried out, Siem Reap marketplaces are also spaces where the children eventually grow up to inherit, almost akin to becoming a neighbourhood of sorts.
Singaporean photographer Zinkie Aw was inspired by how mothers in the area make use of each allotted space situated from within a hustle-and-bustle larger world.
Mothers turn each shopfront into a playground; a sanctuary for their little ones to grow up in.
In all likelihood, each child would eventually grow up to replace their parents’ roles in this society.
Zinkie Aw, 2012 (Singapore)
Thank you all those who helped on this project and the friends I’ve made along the way.
