On the Edge presents a sobering and often unnerving vision of the urban landscape by examining Siem Reap. It is one of Cambodia’s fastest growing cities – filled with hotels, shops, markets as well historical landmarks, all of which fuel its tourist industry and account for its increasing number of developments.

However, in this collection there is little visual reference to these sites and instead viewers are exposed to another side to the region. Away from the hordes of tourists and hectic commerce, along the outer edge and in and around the Siem Reap lie natural, dry, unkempt grasslands, which remain untouched by these major developments.

This photographic study looks at the relationship between the people of Siem Reap and these distinct areas – locals, who seem caught between rural life of the past and the ongoing development of the surrounding city.

In many of the images, viewers will find an undercurrent of tension. Subjects appear at odds with, or displaced from, these surreal landscapes, with people seeming ambivalent towards the scenery, or are merely transient visitors passing through these areas that seem to be on the edge of disappearing.

This series of images aim to shed light upon these surprising and overlooked areas of Siem Reap - environments which are likely to become more and more compromised as modernisation of the city continues.