Category: Blog

  • Eye (I) Care for Cambodia

    Eye (I) Care for Cambodia

    At least 1 billion people have a vision impairment that could have been prevented or has yet to be addressed.  In 2016 I was asked to do some portraits for an NGO called Seeing is Believing. Two American brothers volunteering for this NGO were in Phnom Penh at the time and managed to find me…

  • ”Harvest for the World in Cambodia.”

    ”Harvest for the World in  Cambodia.”

    NGOs in Cambodia provide a wide range of services to communities across the country.

  • Ferrari 488 Spider, a Superb Visual Driving Experience.

    Ferrari 488 Spider, a Superb Visual Driving Experience.

    Looking at the Ferrari 488 Spider for the first time is an overwhelming visual experience.  Photographing the Corso Red color Ferrari on a beautiful Sunday morning is an invitation to the eyes and a great way to unravel the intriguing Ferrari design details, and let’s not forget it’s full F1 race pedigree. Follow me on…

  • Phnom Penh Photo Walks

    Phnom Penh Photo Walks

    Does street photography make you a better photographer? The definition of street photography is often debated. For me, it means, at its core; taking non staged spontaneous pictures of people within their environment in a city or within a place. By doing so showing a fleeting moment caught in time. A moment frozen in time…

  • UN-SEEN in Cambodia documentary photobook by Elly Valk

    UN-SEEN in Cambodia documentary photobook by Elly Valk

    Text by Michael Klinkhamer. UN-SEEN is a gripping documentary photobook by Elly Valk that shows us the close encounter of a Dutch sociologist and photographer with a common rural Cambodian family. Like so many Khmers, they are still living with the wounds and scars of the past wars. “Living in a war zone for 30…

  • Cars & Motorbikes shoots by Michael Klinkhamer Fotografie Studio Amsterdam

    Cars & Motorbikes shoots by Michael Klinkhamer Fotografie Studio Amsterdam

    Selection of remarkable international road trips and photoshoots in Europe for magazines and some of the best automobile manufactures in the world. Porsche Boxter S Roadtrip on the Route Napoleon in France. (official press kit images Porsche A.G. production ©MK)  BMW 6 Series shoot in Normandy at Omaha Beach. Station Azur Shoot for Porsche in the Cote…

  • Peter Beard;‘I am a full time escapist’

    Peter Beard;‘I am a full time escapist’

    Peter Beard, an interview in Manhattan,  N.Y.C 2012. Words: Michael Klinkhamer.Photography: Peter Beard, Michael Klinkhamer, Pirelli, Taschen.First published in Big Black Book magazine. and GUP, special edition booklet. Wherever he is, at a New York nightclub or deep in the African wilderness, the world famous nature and fashion photographer, pop-art artist, adventurer, womanizer, party animal…

  • The Art of Portrait Photography

    The Art of Portrait Photography

    Peter Klashorst is after 60 years of making art a certified “art barbarian” and one of the last art Mohicans. He was at a very young age confident enough to sell his first paintings and never stopped.

  • Art photographs from Michael Klinkhamer for on your wall.

    Art photographs from Michael Klinkhamer for on your wall.

    Now order your “Moodimage‘‘ directly from for on your wall here for custom orders and affordable deals directly from the artist. Frangipani Flowers in the Rain by Michael KlinkhamerBuy this work on canvas, aluminum dibond, (framed) photo print, wallpaper and print on canvas, custom printed in Fine-Art quality. Imagine this Moodimage printed on plexiglass-dibond! Stunning…

  • Beautiful & powerful portraits from Cambodia

    Beautiful & powerful portraits from Cambodia

    In 2016 I was in the privileged circumstances to photograph some older authentic men in Cambodia. These men hadn’t lost their pride and spirit despite the sometimes miserable circumstances.