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Some years ago I joined The Giving Lens on a trip to Cambodia. It was a fantastic experience to meet other photographers and work with some local NGOs that supported local children. Unfortunately while I was there, I and a few others caught some virus. It was quick, I was better in ~36 hrs but I did miss a day or two of photos to sleep. However, I didn't miss Ta Prohm, the "Tomb Raider" temple.

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A large tree grows over the face of a stone temple structure slowly eating the structure, looking like water flowing down the structure's stone face.

An ancient, intricately carved stone temple covered in moss is slowly devoured by tree roots. Other building blocks lay about haphazardly in the foreground hinting at the grandeur in the heyday.

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I call it a dancing tree of life

It is a classic shot of one of the main entrances to Ta Prohm Temple, but sometimes cliché becomes iconic.

The Ta Prohm is somehow most known for its tall trees and solid root system entangled in the buildings structure.

But it is also one of the more challenging temples to explore, because the structure itself, the park around it and the entrance gates. The area is so filled with interesting details and unexpected turns and ideas. This is one of the temples worth spending some time studying.

Ta Prohm (Khmer: ប្រាសាទតាព្រហ្ម, "Ancestor Brahma") is the modern name of the structure. Originally it was called Rajavihara (Khmer: រាជវិហារ, "royal monastery"). It was built during the reign of Jayavarman VII, the great ruler who is known for Bayon, the final version of Angkor Thom city and other massive social public works like hospitals and safe guesthouses all over the realm.

It was a monastery and university, build to honour the kings mother, with the gates honouring his brother and his guru. At the peak of its operation, 12 500 people lived within Ta Phrom temple complex and appx 80 000 lived in villages around it, supporting the institution.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Prohm

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Photo shows an old temple gate in the middle of several trees, of which one is extremely tall, white and rises as an "umbrella" over the main gate. In front of the temple gate there is a low stone bridge leading into to the fundament of the temple. The stone is coloured in shades of brown, beige and reddish. It is a sunny day and the sky in the background is blue with some light white clouds.

The local Angelina in the tree of life

I have no idea who she was, but she modelled like she was born for it.

And after I had asked her for a photo sitting in the tree trunk of one of the large "trees of life" in the temple, she accepted. And then she suddenly did this.

Giving me an amazing shot from my first visit to Ta Prohm in 2011.

Ta Prohm (Khmer: ប្រាសាទតាព្រហ្ម, "Ancestor Brahma") is the modern name of the temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara (Khmer: រាជវិហារ, "royal monastery").

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Prohm

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Photo shows a young Khmer sitting in a tree trunk, posing with her hair covering most of her face except an eye focused on the photographer. She is wearing a pink blouse, a blue shirt and a bright red purse. The trunk background are shades of brown and black.

Framing the temple to the tree

Ta Prohm temple is often refered to as the the trees of life temple.

It was only proper to find a way of making the temple frame oe of the famous tall trees.

Several of the Banyan trees in this temple served as background in the Tomb Raider movie, making them instant, yet woody, celebrities.

Ta Prohm (Khmer: ប្រាសាទតាព្រហ្ម, "Ancestor Brahma") is the modern name of the structure. Originally it was called Rajavihara (Khmer: រាជវិហារ, "royal monastery"). It was built during the reign of the great ruler Jajavarman VII. Originally a monastery and university, and built to honour the kings mother, with the gates each side honouring the kings brother and his guru.

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Photo shows a tall, white tree stretching up towards a blue sky. It is framed by ancient temple structures on three sides, and some lower trees on the fourth side.

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If you’ve been following my work, you’ll know that I LOVE to take pictures of open doorways or windows. Early in my photography journey a close friend and I would send each other these shots back on MySpace. We called them ‘portals’ and would invite the other to imagine where they would lead. I’ve always enjoyed finding these portals where I can. Let me know what you think? Where would these portals take you?

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The main entrance to Ta Prohm shows the path leading into this beautiful temple.

The halls in Ta Prohm create beautiful shadows and highlights with the morning sun.

A window at Ta Prohm has a view of the pillars around the temple

Another hallway at Ta Prohm with minimal light creates beautiful textures and colors in the shadows and highlights.

Ta Prohm... Grüße an Herrn Jones und Frau Croft! 😉

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The overgrown ruins of Ta Prohm Temple, Angkor, Cambodia

Part one of exploring Angkor Wat, starting with Ta Prohm. Or as every guide let us know: 'Tomb Raider'. Because it was in the first Tomb Raider movie. I did not know this but I did enjoy exploring this area in Angkor Wat.

I had heard of Angkor Wat in passing and had listened to 'The Fall of Civilizations' podcast about it (and again while exploring cause why not?). But the vastness of this place blew me away.

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Ruins on the side of the path leading to Ta Prohm.

Close up of the ruins off the path to Ta Prohm

A down low view of tree roots that are growing over many parts of Angkor Wat

Wall art to the side of the main entrance of Ta Prohm

Heute wieder ein neuer Beitrag in ReiseFreak's #ReiseMagazin und #ReiseBlog

Kambodscha: Tempel über Tempel

Kulturreise nach Kambodscha
Am 19.04.2017 sollten wir mit anderen Angehörigen unserer Gruppe die Weiterreise von Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt nac

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A day discovery at the Tomb raider temple "Ta Prohm", stunning trees combine nature followed by mix songs from wild birds. #travel #tombraider #taprohm #cambodia #southeastasia

Ta Prohm is a 12th-century Buddhist temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia

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#AngkorWat #TaProhm #StranglerFig #AncientSite #Cambodia #bwphotography #photography Taken in 2005 with an 8 megapixel Olympus DSLR.

A strangler fig growing over the ruins of Ta Prohm temple at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia 2005

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Go on a special trip of Angkor Temple Guided Tours in Special Styles | Angkor Hidden Trail Trek | The Lost Temples of Angkor
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A Concession to Taste

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An ancient temple covered in moss and trees fills the frame under dappled sunlight. The ground in front of the building is littered with cut stones that may be part of another building. A large tree root runs through the stones on the ground.

check out this absolute unit, crushing all of our feeble human works and dreams! #thickTrunkTuesday #taProhm #cambodia

A ‘thitpok’ tree, sometimes also known as a ‘spung’ or Tetrameles nudiflora if you’re fancy, grows on one of the outer temple walls at Ta Prohm temple in the Angkor Wat complex. It looks for all the world like a giant hand that has reached down and crushed the wall, knocking the entranceway askew. The photo was taken in March 2105.

Ta Prohm or The Jungle Temple emerges the most stunning giant tree roots, notably where Tomb Raider was filmed in Angkor Complex.
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Mysterious blind door in Ta Prohm temple ruins, Angkor complex, Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Southeast Asia. https://artur-bogacki.pixels.com/featured/blind-door-in-forgotten-temple-ruins-artur-bogacki.html #Cambodia #door #portal #mysterious #blinddoor #doors #adventure #travel #Asia #SiemReap #Angkor #TaProhm #temple #ancient #gate #buyintoart #ayearforart #mastoart #forgotten

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