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Optimism LG-Blurb Book
The “optimism” photos by Michael Klinkhamer refer to a series of selected smartphone photographs submitted by the Dutch photographer during the global 2015 LG Life’s Good campaign. ORDER HERE These images were part of a wider international push promoting everyday optimism and positivity. Michael Klinkhamer is a Netherlands and Cambodia-based international documentary and portrait photographer…
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Into Cambodia Instagram
#CAMBODIA #INSTAGRAM Our latest visual diary scrapbook is a selection of more than 100 of photos posted on Instagram covering Cambodia. Over the last few years, my Instagram hunger waned; in 2020, the world took a different turn and everything shut down, including cambodiaphotours.comNow in 2026 we are back in Cambodia and open…
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Face to face with Jan Cremer and La Guerre Japonaise
Finally, in the summer of 2026, I stood face to face with Jan Cremer’s masterpiece ‘La Guerre Japonaise.’ Cremer painted the work, a five-panel piece, in 1959.When compiling the magazine ‘HIJ JAN CREMER’ in 2023, the canvas was stored in the depot. Now is the moment for a confrontation! In the museum’s spacious hall, there…
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Vann Molyvann House & BROWN Coffee
If there is one architectural discovery you definitely do not want to miss in Phnom Penh, it is the Vann Molyvann House. Phnom Penh has been undergoing a rapid transformation in its urban landscape for several years now. I lived in Phnom Penh from 2012-2020 and whenever I went back in 2024-2026 the sky is…
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Cambodia Wants Peace
Cambodia Wants Peace At the end of 2018, I visited the Preah Vihear temple and its surroundings. That day, the weather was remarkably beautiful and peaceful. The presence of armed soldiers on duty surprised me, because as an outsider, I thought the final and definitive ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2013…
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MONK DANCE CAMBODIA
Text and Photography by Michael Klinkhamer. The art of becoming a monk in Cambodia Before monks prepare themselves to leave their pagodas and venture out into the city, a remarkable – almost dance-like – performance unfolds with steady, practiced body movements. Quickly and securely, the monks cocoon themselves within their robes and emerge a couple…
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Apsara of Angkor Wat
There she was, suddenly! An Apsara goddess from Angkor.Under a messy canopy in the pouring rain stood a woman in traditional Cambodian clothing, fully made up, ready and on her way to a wedding.I carefully approached the situation while a carriage (tuk tuk) was just bringing a few monks home. I photographed that moment but…
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From the Archive; Roman Polanski
Special encounters through the lens with legendary genius Roman Polanski. Who: Roman Polanski Location: Sonesta Renaissance Hotel Amsterdam When: Late 1980s Publication: HP/de Tijd magazine Journalist: Rob van Scheers The power of photography definitely lies in ‘the moment’, but certainly also in what happens afterwards.Of course I was ready to photograph film director Roman Polanski.…
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Real Estate and Architecture Productions
Knai Bang Chatt Resort in Kep The Chemosphere is a modernist house in Los Angeles, California, designed by John Lautner TAO Riverside Residence is a centrally located 4-star urban-style design hotel and short-stay accommodation situated right on the lively Sisowath Quay in Phnom Penh Yellow Tower Office Space located in Phnom Penh Terminal 3, Beijing Capital International…
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Sheltering Skies over Morocco
