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Eva looking at herself in a scooter’s wing mirror at night, waiting, flash-lit, taken with a film camera in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Photo Metamorphosis by Jonathan Pannetier
Tropical plant with pink flowers on the street, flash-lit, captured beautifully, taken with a film camera in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Photo Metamorphosis by Jonathan Pannetier
LGBT bar scene with people dancing, smiling, and enjoying themselves, flash-lit, taken with a film camera in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Photo Metamorphosis by Jonathan Pannetier
Eva’s birthday party with gay ladyboy friends, celebrating with a cake, flash-lit, taken with a film camera in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Photo Metamorphosis by Jonathan Pannetier
Tropical plant with a large flower at a bar, flash-lit, vibrant, taken with a film camera in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Photo Metamorphosis by Jonathan Pannetier
Eva posing, showing a breast, smiling, wearing a boy-girl baseball cap, on her scooter in a parking lot, taken with a film camera in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Photo Metamorphosis by Jonathan Pannetier
Eva’s ladyboy friend in a tuk-tuk at night, heading to Eva’s birthday party, in a white dress, with a monkey teddy bear, humorous, taken with a film camera in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Photo Metamorphosis by Jonathan Pannetier
Two gay friends of Eva leaving her birthday party on a scooter at night, bar in the background, taken with a film camera in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Photo Metamorphosis by Jonathan Pannetier
Riverside neighbourhood by the river, with grass, boats, a pink love boat for parties, taken with a film camera in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Photo Metamorphosis by Jonathan Pannetier
Eva in the morning, looking moody, wearing pink sunglasses, covered up, gazing down, taken with a film camera in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Photo Metamorphosis by Jonathan Pannetier

Eva Cambodia

 

Eva Cambodia" was her Facebook name. I met Eva one evening at the Heart of Darkness, an LGBT bar on Street 51 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. New to Cambodia and navigating a difficult time in my life, I was intrigued by Eva, a ladyboy who lived as a boy by day and a ladyboy by night, yearning to embrace her true identity full-time. She mirrored my own struggles in many ways. Being a ladyboy in Cambodia is less accepted than in Thailand, making her a troubled yet kind soul. We spent much time together, and I captured her story of culture, identity, and intimacy. Continue to the next series of pictures.

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