Associated Press Wire Photograph – Cambodian Refugee Mother with Malnourished Infant, Thailand Refugee Camp – 1979

Description

An original Associated Press wire photograph documenting the humanitarian consequences of the Cambodian refugee crisis of the late 1970s.

The image depicts a Cambodian refugee mother resting beside her infant child in a refugee camp in Thailand. The accompanying Associated Press caption identifies the mother as suffering from malaria, while the child is described as suffering from malnutrition. Produced during the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge period and the continuing instability in Cambodia, the photograph records the severe health and humanitarian challenges faced by refugees who fled across the border into Thailand.

The composition is particularly moving, focusing closely on the relationship between mother and child rather than wider camp scenes. The intimate nature of the image gives it considerable emotional impact and reflects the type of humanitarian photojournalism that brought international attention to conditions within refugee camps across Southeast Asia during the late 1970s.

As an original Associated Press wire photograph created for newspaper publication, this image represents a contemporary historical record of one of the major refugee crises of the twentieth century. It survives as an authentic period press photograph and retains provenance from the photographic archive of the Shields Gazette.

A poignant and historically important documentary photograph relating to Cambodia, refugee history, humanitarian aid, public health and twentieth-century photojournalism.

Condition

Very good condition. Minor edge wear and creasing consistent with newspaper archive storage and handling. Light handling marks. Shields Gazette archive stamp to the reverse.

Agency: Associated Press (AP)
Date: 1979
Size: 27.4 x 21 cm
Medium: Original wire photograph
Photographer: Not named
Provenance: Shields Gazette photographic archive
Subject: Cambodia, refugees, Thailand refugee camps, malaria, malnutrition, humanitarian aid, Southeast Asia

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