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About the most prominent professor of Khmer/Cambodian History and it’s hidden secrets.
Jean-Michel Filippi is the most prominent professor of linguistics at the Royal University of Phnom Penh- Cambodia.For historical and current Khmer knowledge his website is a great source of information.https://www.publikam.com/en/All pictures taken at the National Museum of Cambodia by MK For more than a century, Angkor Wat has been beyond any reasonable doubt equated with…
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Phnom Penh Brutalism-Modernism Architecture re-Discovered.
Brutalism is derived from the French term, beton brut, which translates to “rough concrete”. Phnom Penh Brutalism-Modernist ArchitectureDiscovered in Cambodia before its been demolished. All images by Michael Klinkhamer in Phnom Penh January 2022. This remarkable building in Phnom Penh Cambodia.Chenla Theatre is originally opened in 1969 as the Cinéma d’Etat (State Cinema), the Chenla…
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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…
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Urgency for a cataract surgery in Cambodia.
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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”Harvest for the World in Cambodia.”
NGOs in Cambodia provide a wide range of services to communities across the country.
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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. The whole year is good for travel in Cambodia. In 2025 we will offer our proven comprehensive photography safari adventures in Cambodia.…
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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.
