The photographic collection

Angkor Wat, in photographs.

16 perspectives on Angkor Wat, from the familiar view to details worth a closer look. Select a photograph to open it at full size.

Photographs show different viewpoints, dates and conditions. They do not establish current access to a particular route. Every image is credited below.

The story behind the picture

A temple is a sequence

At Angkor, scale is only the beginning. Moving from an approach to a gallery and then an enclosed court changes what you can see and how the building feels. Reliefs reward a much slower pace than a circuit of viewpoints. Compare one carefully studied passage with the larger composition, then take the same approach to a contrasting temple.

Choose a manageable group of temples instead of treating every available circuit as compulsory. Leave a shaded break between concentrated visits.

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