PETE PIN

Sonny Vaahn, 25, holds the refugee identification card of his family members, which was given upon initial 

entry into a refugee camp along the Thai-Cambodian 

border following the end of the Killing Fields in 

Cambodia. Bronx, New York, Sept. 2011.

Valentine Street in the Grand Concourse section of the Bronx, New York. For many Cambodians, the 

resettlement was difficult due to cultural barriers and a feeling of fear and isolation. Sept. 2011.

Om Savaeth, 58, in the backyard of the Vaahn family 

home. Bronx, New York, Aug. 2011.

Phatry Derek Pan, 30, prays at an altar in the backyard of a Cambodian Buddhist temple in the Bronx, New 

York. The temple was founded in 1981 by Cambodian 

refugees, who collectively pooled their resources to 

raise $100,000 within a year of their arrival in the 

Bronx. Feb. 2011.

Living room of Ung family, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. Apr. 2011.

From left to right, Kaylee Tuy, 2, and Kevin Vann, 4, 

in the living room of their Lowell, Massachusetts home. Feb. 2011.

Cambodian Buddhist temple in the Bronx, New York, 

which was collectively founded and financed in 1981 by community members shortly after their arrival in 

America. There is little engagement by the youth in 

temple activities, and many elders fear the eventual 

disappearance of the temples after the passing of the 

first generation. Bronx, New York, Sept. 2011.

A Cambodian/Vietnamese auto repair shop in 

Cambodia Town in Lowell, Mass, October 2012. 

An estimated 1 in 3 residents of Lowell, the historic 

home to the Industrial Revolution, are Cambodian.

Shorty, 28, shows his Killing Field's tattoo, 

Philadelphia, PA Apr. 2011.

Bunthoeun Kann, 29, aka T-Money, who was born in a 

refugee camp, shows his gunshot wounds from a 

Cambodian gang member who fired on a crowd of 

Cambodian teenagers in the parking lot of a Denny's 

following their prom. He was shot five times. 

Long Beach, California. Mar. 2011.

Cambodian Buddhist temple in the Bronx, New York 

during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the 

passing of In Ma, a Cambodian elder, by her family 

members, Bronx, New York. Aug. 2011.

Cambodian neighborhood adjacent to the "Ditch," a 

focal point of gang violence, Long Beach, California. 

Mar. 2011

Cambodian Buddhist temple, Philadelphia, PA. Mar. 

2011.

Football trophies accumulated by Sovann Ith, 23. The Bronx is a multi-racial community; Cambodian youth in the Fordham area played league football for "racial 

respect" in the neighborhood.

Community garden at Park Village in Stockton, CA 

June 2013.  From the 1980's through the early 2000's, Park Village was essentially a "Village" of Cambodian refugees, the largest concentration of Cambodians in Northern California. 

Thon Khoun, 47, cooks in the kitchen of her Bronx 

apartment. Mrs Khoun immigrated as a refugee in 1985 and is a single mother of four. Like many Cambodian 

refugees, she speaks no English and her children are incapable of speaking Khmer. Bronx, New York, Oct. 

2011.

From left to right, Kaylee Tuy, 2, and Kevin Im, 4, 

second generation Cambodian Americans in Lowell, 

Mass, Feb. 2011.

Joseph, 30, Sothea, 28, and Sovahnny, 2, at 

Montefiore hospital in the Bronx, NY, hours after the 

delivery of the newest adition to their family.

Wedding of Molly Sopuok, 38, and Todd Prom, 38, in a Cambodian home. Bronx, New York. Sept. 2011.

Funeral of Vanna "Tiny" Sok, 25, who was shot and killed by a patrol officer in the Olney neighborhood of 

Philadelphia in July 2012.

Monks and community members at Wat 

Dhammararam, Stockton's oldest and largest 

Cambodian Buddhist temple, work sculpting a lotus 

perch for a 12' statue of Buddha, Stockton, CA Mar. 

2013.

Members of the Angkor Dance Troupe, the oldest and most celebrated Cambodian classical dance group in 

America, prepare for the opening of their 25th 

Anniversary performance in Lowell, Mass, Oct. 2012.

Cambodian Halloween party at Sampov Meas 

restaurant featuring Cambodian pop stars Sokun Nisa & Rin Saveth, Lowell Mass, Oct. 27, 2012.

Southeast Asian Water Festival, in Lowell, Mass. 

Aug. 17, 2013. The Festival, which is is dedicated to the preservation, protection and sharing of the cultural 

heritages of the Southeast Asian communities in 

Lowell, is among the largest gatherings of Cambodians in America.

From left to right, Joshua Vatthanavong, 11, Joey Vatthanavong, 16, and Sanet Kek, 28, fish without poles, as 

their father's did when they first arrived to America, at Ferry Point Park in the Bronx, New York. Sept. 2011.

My grandfather, Nem Seung, 85, at his home in 

Stockton, CA, hours before the natural death of Ieng 

Sary, one of the senior architects of the Killing Fields 

on trial by a hybrid international tribunal for crimes 

against humanity and genocide, Mar. 2013.