“There’s No Place Like Home” records the everyday life of The White Building, a huge, iconic 1960’s apartment block in central Phnom Penh, now a designated slum under threat of demolition. The multiple apartment block was built to house artists and low-income workers in the time of Cambodian urbanisation in early ‘60s. It has been a place of creativity, inspiration and extremes, but is now stigmatized by poverty, crime, drugs and prostitution. Photographer Tariq Zaidi was granted unprecedented access to its hidden homes, work and play spaces. His images are a vibrant encounter with the dignity, creativity and human spirit of the residents of The White Building, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
