| Accession Number | P03258.298 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Smith, Heide |
| Place made | Cambodia |
| Date made | 1993 |
| Conflict |
Period 1990-1999 Cambodia (UNTAC), 1992-1993 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Two Vietnamese prostitutes soliciting for business appear bemused to discover photographer Heide ...
Description
Two Vietnamese prostitutes soliciting for business appear bemused to discover photographer Heide Smith and journalist Marje Prior in the back seat of a UN vehicle on a street in Phnom Penh. The arrival of over 20,000 personnel with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) brought with it an influx of prostitutes from neighbouring countries and the start of an HIV/AIDS epidemic which increased infection levels from less than 10 recorded cases in 1991 to 100 cases a day by 1998. Marje Prior and Heide Smith visited Cambodia in January and August 1993 to document Australian involvement with UNTAC, later publishing a book entitled 'Shooting at the Moon - Cambodian Peacekeepers tell their stories'.