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Dorothy Pelzer

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CreatorDorothy PelzerBiographical Notes

Dorothy West Pelzer was an architect and ethnographer with a deep interest in Southeast Asia. Born in 1915, she obtained her Master’s degree in Architecture in the 1950s before joining the International Voluntary Service (IVS), where she was posted to Vientiane and throughout Laos from 1962 to 1963. After leaving IVS, she stayed in Southeast Asia to continue her research.

Between 1962 and 1970, as part of her goal to document ethnographic information and cultures of Southeast Asia, Dorothy Pelzer travelled extensively throughout the region, often under difficult conditions, eventually visiting nine Southeast Asian countries: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. In the course of her field research, she assembled an astounding 31,000 black & white photographs and 7,000 colour slides. Her intention was to collect her materials into a book titled Houses Are People to demonstrate the intimate relationship between a house and the community that created it.

Link to more informationHouses are People: The Dorothy Pelzer Photograph CollectionUsing the collections

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DP100_00 - A view of the sanctuary tower of Neak Pean, Angkor, Cambodia

DP100_01 - A view of a giant face of a gopura of Ta Som, Angkor, Cambodia.

DP100_03 - A view of a gallery of the inner enclosure of Ta Som, Angkor, Cambodia.

DP100_04 - A view of the gallery of the inner enclosure of Ta Som, Angkor, Cambodia.

DP100_05 - A view of a giant face of a gopura and the inner enclosure of Ta Som, Angkor, Cambodia (?)

DP100_06 - A close-up of a giant face on the tower of Ta Som, Angkor, Cambodia.

DP100_07 - A close-up of a giant face on the tower of Ta Som, Angkor, Cambodia.

DP100_08 - A view of the inner enclosure of Ta Som, Angkor, Cambodia. (?)

DP100_09 - A view of East Mebon, Angkor, Cambodia.

DP100_10 - A view of East Mebon, Angkor, Cambodia

DP100_11 - A view of East Mebon, Angkor, Cambodia.

DP100_12 - A view of Pre Rup, Angkor, Cambodia

DP100_13 - A view of Pre Rup, Angkor, Cambodia

DP100_14 - A view of Pre Rup, Angkor, Cambodia

DP100_15 - A view of Pre Rup, Angkor, Cambodia.

DP100_16 - A view of Pre Rup, Angkor, Cambodia

DP100_17 - A view of Srah Srang, Angkor, Cambodia.

DP100_18 - A view of Srah Srang, Angkor, Cambodia

DP100_19 - A snapshot of two Cambodian girls at Srah Srang, Angkor, Cambodia

DP100_20 - A snapshot of a deer at Banteay Kdei , Angkor, Cambodia

DP100_21 - A snapshot of a deer at Banteay Kdei , Angkor, Cambodia

DP100_22 - A snapshot of a deer at Banteay Kdei , Angkor, Cambodia

DP101_00 - A view of the cross-shaped terrace of Banteay Kdei , Angkor, Cambodia

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DP106_24 - A view of a mbaru niang (round conical-shaped house), Pongkor, Manggarai, Flores, Indonesia, 1965.

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