Thousands were killed by the Khymer Rouge at the in Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh between 1975 and 1979 AFP/TANG CHHIN SOTHYPHNOM PENH: Cambodians who lost family during the Khmer Rouge genocide Sunday slammed an Irish artist's decision to digitally add smiles to old black and white pictures of victims killed by the regime.
Artist Matt Loughrey has been adding colour to the black and white photos of victims as part of a personal project, but claims that he added smiles to some of those killed has provoked a backlash.A selection of the images and an interview with Loughrey was published on the Vice news website over the weekend, attracting a torrent of criticism both within Cambodia and social media.
"We the victims who entered S-21 never had a chance to smile. I don't support any changes to the pictures. We were suffering."
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