"Portrait of A Khmer Rouge Soldier"

In a soon to be cornfield in Pailin, Cambodia, I photographed this ex-Khmer Rouge soldier I'm 2003.  It did not start out well.  He and his wife were suspicious of a westerner carrying expensive looking cameras.  Slowly my minder that day, Pon Lok, himself a former soldier under the command of Pol Pot convinced the man that I was ok and that photographing him would be a good thing.  I was looking for a serious pose but was getting nothing back. It was clear he would not reveal much.  And then looking out over the lens I was using I made a face "such as a old man with no teeth would.  He began to laugh , I began to shoot.