Cambodians condemn Irish artist’s digitally altered photos of genocide victims

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum chronicling the Cambodian genocide. Located in Phnom Penh, the site is a former secondary school which was used as Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its fall in 1979. Picture: @Freudianneslip/Twitter

An Irish photo restoration artist has been widely criticised after he allegedly added smiles to images of Cambodian genocide victims.

Matt Loughrey, who is based in Mayo, uses three-dimensional technology to recreate old images.