Biography
Stéphane Janin was born in France in 1968. He has photographed Cambodia Since the early 90s, visiting the country on numerous occasions, until he settled in Phnom Penh and live there permanently from 2004 to 2007. His emphasize is on daily life activities, arts and culture.
Janin was the founder of the Popil PhotoGallery in Phnom Penh, the first independent art space totally dedicated to photography where he has organized a dozen of exhibitions of local and international photographers. At the same time, Janin taught photography to students in his gallery and to students of the Royal Fine Arts School and Department of Media and Communication, tutoring them to build their own body of work.
Since September 2007, Janin is based in Washington DC. From the USA, he documentes the life stories of the Cambodian American communities.
You can see Janin's work at:
http://www.stephanejanin.com
http://khmerabroad.blogspot.com
http://www.thesubstancebeneaththevisible.com
contact: mondolkiri@hotmail.com
