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With his UNTITLED series Samnang Khvay fixes attention on a development that is having a deep influence on the urban planning of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh and the lives of thousands of poor families: the privatization and filling of public lakes for the benefit of developers. Khvay distances himself from the traditional practice of documentary photography by photographing himself while he pours a bucket of sand over himself, a metaphor that is open to various interpretations.