In the middle of the forests of Cambodia lies Angkor, an impressive temple complex full of Buddhist and Hindu elements. The thousand-year-old shrine was until recently threatened chiefly by the climate, war and art thefts. In 1992 UNESCO named Angkor as a world cultural treasure. In 2002 this place of tranquillity, harmony and contemplation is once again threatened. Project developers have large-scale plans to increase the attraction potential of the shrine. They want to cater to the increasing streams of tourists with people-movers, son et lumière shows and smoke effects. In the photo series 'Angkor: Matter and Spirit, Light and Conflict', photographer Linus Harms (b. 1957) makes a visual plea for a respectful approach and the preservation of Angkor as it now is. Over the last decades Harms has worked in Albania, Nigeria, Cambodia and Afghanistan for various assistance organisations such as Memisa and Médecins sans Frontières.