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Kam Lou Lopez


Kam Lou Lopez with family in their village southeast of Phnom Penh, near the Mekong River, Cambodia 1980. From left to right: Kam’s older sister, Amanda; older brother, William; younger sister, Meicy Lou; mother, Fang Phar; Kam; and her father, Man Lou. After the Khmer Rouge period ended in 1979, the family went back to their village where her father tried to start his watch business again, but he was warned to leave. Her father suspected the family might be separated during the journey to the border, so he had this photo taken of them together.
Kam Lou Lopez with family in their village southeast of Phnom Penh, near the Mekong River, Cambodia 1980. From left to right: Kam’s older sister, Amanda; older brother, William; younger sister, Meicy Lou; mother, Fang Phar; Kam; and her father, Man Lou. After the Khmer Rouge period ended in 1979, the family went back to their village where her father tried to start his watch business again, but he was warned to leave. Her father suspected the family might be separated during the journey to the border, so he had this photo taken of them together.

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