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PHOTO CHALLENGE SUBMISSIONS

Women and girls around the world play important roles in their communities, but their lives and work are often overlooked or unappreciated. Through this competition and exhibition PhotoForward challenged our photographers to share the amazing stories of women and girls from their families and communities through individual photographs and/or photo sets.
View the galleries below!

Congratulations to All of Our Challenge Candidates!

  • ​Sing Chamroeun
  • Pem Dany
  • Sovan Davit
  • Eng Kea
  • Oeurn Malin
  • Khav Meth
  • Lorm Narith
  • Srey PichSok
  • Suem Sokhea
  • May Sokunlanita
  • Rong Somanang
  • Tear Srey Mom​
  • Has Sreyna
  • Tit Thol
  • AE Phally
  • PomPov
  • Ly Reaksa
  • Toeurn Sa Em​
  • Nhem Sarong
  • Vern Sarun
  • So Sil
  • An Sarout
  • Ek Savry

Single Photo Submissions

For this Challenge, candidates were asked to create a compelling visual story illustrating the value and strength of Cambodian women in a single photo. 
Click here or scroll down to see the complete Single Photo: Submission Gallery

Photo Set Submissions

For this Challenge, candidates were asked to tell a compelling visual story from multiple perspectives. Each Photo Set can contain 2 or 3 photos and should illustrating the value and strength of Cambodian women in their community. 
Click here or scroll down to see the complete Photo Set: Submission Gallery


​PHOTO CHALLENGE SUBMISSIONS GALLERIES:

SINGLE PHOTOS: Submission Gallery

For this Challenge, candidates were asked to create a compelling visual story illustrating the value and strength of Cambodian women in a single photo. Click the thumbnails to see the full images and scroll through the complete gallery.

Note: The authorship of each photograph will be withheld from the International Jury and the public throughout the duration of the Photo Challenge. In May 2016, the Challenge Results will be announced and the photographers' names will be revealed.

Farmer in the Siem Reap countryside watering her garden in the morning
Rattan weaver and young mother works from home as part of a village handicraft collective
Woman transports rescued recyclables to the depot where she exchanges them to supplement her family's income
Professional dressmaker fixing her sewing machine
Grandmother makes 20-50 clay replicas of the artwork from the Bayon and Angkor per day and sells them to help support her granddaughters
Young agriculture student reading by the water in Siem Reap
Young woman dances through the fields while harvesting rice
Cambodian students and their teacher on a study trip in Angkor Park
'Cake lady' is preparing food for lunch time customers over an open-fire cook stove
Computer teacher who has learned to speak and read three languages despite having a life-long hearing and speaking impediment
Young artist working in a painting shop where she makes pictures of Angkor Wat for the tourist market
Woman makes and sells the Nom Banh Chok (traditional Khmer rice noodles - she generally earn about $2 per day
Basket weaver makes traditional handicrafts for sale at local and tourist markets while caring for her grandchildren
Rural farmer sells her vegetables at the local market
Farmer collects water to manually irrigate her crops
Widow manages her family farm and cares for the cattle so they can plow the fields and transport her rice harvest to the market
Weaving team smooths each rattan stalk to prepare them for making baskets
Roadside vendors selling skewered fish and vegetables
Rural mother washes the family's clothes at the village water source
Cambodian woman repairing the family's fishing net
Food vendor selling soup to customers before sunrise
Khmer woman prepares a Buddhist offering using natural and modern materials to bring her family good health and luck
Ancestral shrine honoring the photographer's mother
Young woman selling hand-woven rattan baskets from her bicycle
Roadside vendor preparing meats for lunchtime customers
Woman making and selling Nom Pom (Cambodian Waffles) to pre-dawn clients
Female tuktuk driver working for an NGO in Siem Reap to support her children who participate in the NGO's programs
Cambodian woman tends to her family's spirit house which combines Buddhist, animist and ancestral traditions of worship
Vendor preparing 'Kralan' Khmer sticky rice in bamboo for road-side customers
Cambodian university students studying and completing their class projects
Rural woman repairing a fishing net
Rural woman combines traditional and modern techniques to cultivate her crops
Farmer manually waters her fields in rural Siem Reap
Young mother takes an afternoon break with her child while repairing her mobile phone
A member of the maintenance team at Angkor Wat cleans the gutters by hand to keep them free of leaves and debris
A grandmother buys palm sugar from villagers and sells it along the road. On an average day (7am-5pm) she earns about $1.50
Roadside vendors selling chili and salted cockles - a popular snack around Cambodia
Woman hand-weaving the traditional Kendal sedge floor-mat for use in her home
Women making palm sugar to be sold at the local market. When business is good, palm sugar makers earn up to $2.50 per day
Rural woman waters her crops
Roadside vendor selling her hand-made 'Kralan' Khmer sticky rice in bamboo from her bike basket to a young Khmer University student
Roadside vendor earns money for her family by making 'Nom Pom' Cambodian rice pancakes with coconut milk
Member of a social enterprise collective demonstrates how she makes palm sugar
Young woman repairs her bicycle
Woman irrigates her family garden

PHOTO SETS: Submission Gallery

For this Challenge, candidates were asked to tell a compelling visual story from multiple perspectives. Each Photo Set can contain 2 or 3 photos and should illustrating the value and strength of Cambodian women in their community. Click the thumbnails to see the full images and scroll through the complete set.

Note: The authorship of each photo set will be withheld from the International Jury and the public throughout the duration of the Photo Challenge. In May 2016, the Challenge Results will be announced and the photographers' names will be revealed.

Women work to earn income while their daughters and granddaughters watch and contribute. Cambodian women's work is often combined with multigenerational childcare

Women receiving training and job opportunities at a Cambodian social enterprise reviving traditional Khmer craftsmanship including stone and wood carving
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Grandmother caring for her daughter's child while working on their family farm
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Woman from Tapiem village in Siem Reap province making traditional palm sugar
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​Women make and sell the Nom Banh Chok (traditional Khmer rice noodles). Noodle makers/sellers generally earn about $2 per day
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Cambodian woman preparing Am Bok (flattened rice) as an offering for the ceremony on the full moon day of the 12th Lunar month. Ambok is only available one week before and one month after the ceremony 
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Woman grows mushrooms and cares for livestock as part of a community enterprise project in rural Siem Reap that combines modern farming techniques with traditional practices
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Cambodian widow makes sun hats for the tourist market combining traditional and techniques and modern designs
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Woman watering young trees on her land to provide shade for the new home she is building
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Cambodian woman weaving sedge floor-mats to earn an income. It takes up to two weeks to make each one, for which she earns $5 per mat.
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Women weaving and selling baskets made from vines they harvest from the forest. Women earn about $1 per day for making 4 baskets
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Vendor sells fruit shakes to tourists from her food stand in Old Market area of Siem Reap
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Cambodian grandmother contributes to the the heavy-lifting chores around the family home including splitting wood for the cooking fire
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Young artisan practicing traditional Khmer pottery at a Cambodian social enterprise 
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Rural women making and selling Kendal Province-style sedge floor-mats earn income to support their families
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Women farmers planting and tending crops in rural Siem Reap
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 Weaver making basket sets for a sale at the tourist markets
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Woman selling Khmer meatball and vegetable dish from her roadside food-stand
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Vegetable seller with her daughter at Derm Kro Lang Market, selling produce to Cambodian customers 
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Woman hand-weaving and selling the traditional Kendal sedge floor-mat to contribute to her family's income
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Weaver making the top and the bottom of baskets using traditional materials and modern designs at a community enterprise project
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Farmer and her husband tending their crops in rural Siem Reap
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Cambodian woman and her husband collaborating on housework and childcare
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 Weaver making large vine baskets at a community enterprise project in Siem Reap Province

Making low wood stools - a common feature in many rural homes across South East Asia 
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Cambodian woman prepares firewood for the cook stove and maintains the chicken house to minimize the risk of bird flu


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      • PHOTO SUBMISSIONS >
        • 2016 PHOTO CHALLENGE!
      • MEET THE JURY
    • Cambodia: Our View, Our Story >
      • Our View, Our Story
      • Our View: Photo Gallery
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      • Our View: Behind the Lens
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      • Through Our Lens (TOL)
      • TOL Artist Gallery
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      • Stitching Our Stories (SOS)
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