Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
$300 - $600 / Day
Request QuoteKhairil Safwan graduated with a diploma in Graphic design. He first started photography as a hobby, and he decided to pursue his passion in photojournalism at University Teknologi Mara (SPACE), Malaysia. He always wanted to create awareness about what is going on around him through his photograph. He is one of a few young and emerging Asian photographers who has been chosen to attend the prestigious free workshop at the Angkor Photography Festival. His work has been pubilshed in The Guardian, The Star(Malaysia), Jessica Men Malaysia, POSKOD, Daily Mail UK, Corbis, Wall Street Journal.
The province of Siem Reap in Cambodia is one of its poorest, despite a booming tourism industry fuelled by Angkor Wat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. For its population of 85000, the Siem Reap Provincial Hospital is their only access to healthcare. Despite the heavy demand, the hospital is severely lacking in resources.
I arrived in Tacloban, the city hit hardest by Typhoon Haiyan, just as desperate families were trying to flee. The airport was chaotic and barely functioning. Located on a thin peninsula, it had been slammed on both sides by huge surges of water and battered by some of the highest wind speeds ever recorded on land.
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