Cambodian school children

Don’t these Cambodian schoolchildren just melt your heart? These portraits were snapped five years ago at a small, local school in Kompong Phluk, a floating village southeast of Siem Reap.

Cambodian Schoolchildren

Cambodian Schoolchildren

Cambodian Schoolchildren

Cambodian Schoolchildren

Cambodian Schoolchildren

Cambodian Schoolchildren

Their smiles were so contagious. I’ve never met people so grateful for the little they had than those I met in Cambodia.

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Photography by Rachel Bale and Benjamin Last