The technology available to health care professionals is rapidly improving in today’s Cambodia. But at the same time, traditional medicine is still commonly used. Cambodians have a lot of faith in traditional doctors – not only in the countryside, but in the city as well.

Wearing a loose T-shirt and shorts, 50-year-old Ros Sereyvuth shows off a tattoo covering his entire right arm. Smiling, he says the tattoo gives him the energy and good luck that carried him through war, and now through his normal day. A soldier at 18, he needed the tattoo’s magic to protect him from bullets and landmines, but most importantly, to give him strength and spirit.

“I don’t believe in ghosts and evils and I’m not superstitious. These things are just abstractions. No one can identify or prove that these things exist in the world. I might not be superstitious, but I do pray when I walk through a forest or rural area, especially in the dark. It doesn’t mean that there is some spirit to protect me, but it just helps me feel calm and comfortable when I do.”

Lisa Mam is a driven 22-year-old studying to be one of the Kingdom’s future dentists. But don’t be duped by her brains and poise – she’s one of Phnom Penh’s most notorious street artists.

For most people, the life of an artist is not an easy one.  But for 21-year-old Yean Reaksmey, that assumption is far from the truth.

People think that a photo is simply a picture with something pretty, fun or interesting in it, but it can be a true piece of art with stunning depth.