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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…
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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…
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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…
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”Harvest for the World in Cambodia.”
NGOs in Cambodia provide a wide range of services to communities across the country.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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Little humanity in the streets of Phnom Penh Cambodia
It is hot, 30c something and it’s raining a little. As I walk off my jet-lag over the Sisowath Quay also known simply as “Riverside” there was this boy utterly naked on his knees carefully removing some splinter from his dog’s paw.
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Mekong river Chams community around Phnom Penh
One of the most fascinating communities for me around Phnom Penh is the “Chams” and over the years I was able to visit them several times during my Phnom Penh photo tours.
