Nicholas Coffill studied stage design at NIDA in Australia. In the 1980s he began a career as an exhibition designer and museum planner. He has specialized in using photography as a medium of storytelling for over 35 years and has worked and consulted for museums in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, the UAE, Israel, Qatar and China. Since 1992 he has lived in Malaysia, Singapore and now Cambodia. In 2016 he created the acclaimed live performance SNAP! 150 Years of Photography in Cambodia held in Siem Reap, upon which this book is loosely based.