Category: Cambodia

  • On a raw empty stomach in Phnom Penh Cambodia.

    On a raw empty stomach in Phnom Penh Cambodia.

    Phnom Penh 20 January 2022 While we in the west are deliberating over our viruses, self proclaimed problems and media engulfed fake doom. Being back in Phnom Penh after almost two years is wonderful experience and reconnecting with the Cambodian reality again. During my early morning walk to get a coffee and some food I…

  • Urgency for a cataract surgery in Cambodia, and my tribute to W. Eugene Smith.

    Urgency for a cataract surgery in Cambodia, and my tribute to W. Eugene Smith.

    During my Phnom Penh photography walks I regularly came across a small community of the poorest. On a small plot of waste land, right on the edge of the Mekong River. Named Areyksat, its located next to a busy ferry crossing. There are about twenty five or more huts built of waste wood on stilts…

  • 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…

  • Cambodia is open for photographers to discover NOW!

    Cambodia is open for photographers to discover  NOW!

    Now more than ever we like to prove to be the perfect photography tour experience into mystical Cambodia The results of some pictures captured on film are now published is 36 exposures Magazine. It’s time to get back to the life we love and support the local Cambodians that were hit so hard during the…

  • ”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.

  • Street Photography and how it can make you a better photographer.

    Street Photography and how it can 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 that will never happen again, exactly like that…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • Flowers in the Dirt

    Flowers in the Dirt

    Flowers in Dirt is a series of portraits of underprivileged children that I photographed in Cambodia. My aim is to show the potential of these children and look reality in the eyes.