GALLERY

*There were no names for these paintings in Vann Nath's autobiography so I decided to use a more interprative approach. Instead, I wrote simple descriptions that I belived matched my interpretation of the paintings. Feel free to interpret them as you see fit and conctat me if you have any questions. Contact information can be found at the bottom of the source page.

Woman & Child In this picture a mother holds her child for dear life.	Innocent traitors In this image two men are tortured by soldiers of the Khmer Rouge. They are belived to be enemies of Angkor Wat, the apparent head of state at the time.
Struggling Man In this painting a man struggles to live.He slowly dies of starvation because he has been imprisoned by the Khmer Rouge.	Torture In this painting a man is waterboarded- suffication. This was a common method of torture during the time and is present in other governments.
Powerless In this image a man is held in a position where he is absolutely powerless. He is so weak that he can barely hold his head up.	Trapped In this picture prisoners are strapped together in shackles. They are strung together like cattle instead of human beings.
Contorted In this picture a man is twisted like a spider. As the soldiers attack him he blindly resits although he is binded.	Bullies & Beatings In this image Khmer Rouge soldiers beat the life out of a man. The reason is unknown, but most likely unfair.
Chopped In this picture a man's hand is detached from the rest of his arm. It was most likely cut off because this man failed to answer a question the way the leaders would have wanted

GALLERY

Woman & Child

In this picture a mother holds her child for dear life.

Innocent traitors

In this image two men are tortured by soldiers of the Khmer Rouge. They are belived to be enemies of Angkor Wat, the apparent head of state at the time.

Struggling Man

In this painting a man struggles to live.He slowly dies of starvation because he has been imprisoned by the Khmer Rouge.

Torture

In this painting a man is waterboarded- suffication. This was a common method of torture during the time and is present in other governments.

Powerless

In this image a man is held in a position where he is absolutely powerless. He is so weak that he can barely hold his head up.

Trapped

In this picture prisoners are strapped together in shackles. They are strung together like cattle instead of human beings.

Contorted

In this picture a man is twisted like a spider. As the soldiers attack him he blindly resits although he is binded.

Bullies & Beatings

In this image Khmer Rouge soldiers beat the life out of a man. The reason is unknown, but most likely unfair.

Chopped

In this picture a man's hand is detached from the rest of his arm. It was most likely cut off because this man failed to answer a question the way the leaders would have wanted