"Children Running to Angkor Wat"

"This country has been through a lot of sad things."

That was my first impression when I arrived in Cambodia.

But when he sees a little girl on the side of the road,

I intuitively felt something more than the sadness I had felt at first.

I chased after the boy who was running frantically.

And I quickly pressed the shutter.

This photo was the first one I took after arriving in Cambodia.

The "something" I felt when this work was created remains deeply engraved in my heart to this day.

[Photographer: Hideki Fujii]

“A Boy Running To Angkor Wat”

My first impression upon arriving in Cambodia was :

“This country has experienced too much sadness.”

But, watching the little girl I met on the street,

I instinctively realized that there was “something” more than that

“sadness” that I had initially felt. And almost subconsciously,

I started following the running boy. In a rush of emotion,

I pressed the shutter. This is the first picture I took in Cambodia.

That “something” that I felt when I made this image has stayed with me to this day,

deeply engraved in my heart.

[Photographer: Hideki Fujii]