A guide to the 2016 Angkor Photo Festival

The 12th edition of the annual Angkor Photo Festival returns to Siem Reap tomorrow evening, with an ambitious schedule, a larger venue than ever before, and expanded opportunities for Cambodian photographers.

The festival – the longest-running of its kind in Southeast Asia – this year places a strong focus on regional work, according to program coordinator Françoise Callier. “We are always trying to help emerging photographers, and to tell untold stories,” Callier says. “It’s very difficult for Asian photographers to get exposure on the world stage.”

But she points out that this challenge to exposure is changing slowly: Photographers from previous festival workshops, which are hosted during the course of the week, have had their work displayed across the globe during the past year. This year’s program features the work of more than 130 photographers from 45 countries, including 11 Cambodian photographers. The new venue – dubbed the Festival Zone and located near the Amansara Hotel – is designed as an inclusive space for the crowds descending on Siem Reap this weekend. “You won’t miss it,” says Callier.

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