Prum Ero (b.1989, Site B Cambodia-Thai border) lives and works in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He is a documentarian working in photography and videography. Besides his works, he also worked with a number of renowned artists and filmmakers in Cambodia and beyond on various projects. Ero’s practice focuses on the documentary in digital photography and video. It centers on documentation as a form of preserving history, memory, and also reminds us of what may happen in our future. His works are based on nature, architectural landscapes, and the process of information. Importantly, it serves as an archive for present and future use. 

Ero has worked with some of the leading contemporary Cambodian artists like Khvay Samnang, Svay Sareth, Thang Sothea, and Vuth Lyno. His exhibitions included Invisible Voices (Treeline Artist Grants) “Songket Sakor”, Treeline Urban Resort, Siem Reap (2020); Projection evening, Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap (2018); Bring Forest to the City, Bophana, Phnom Penh (2017); Phnom Penh’s Corner Architecture, Bophana, Phnom Penh (2015); and Sangker Memories, Sangker Gallery, Battambang (2014).

Solo Exhibition

  • 2015  Phnom Penh’s Corner Architecture, Bophana, Phnom Penh

Group Exhibitions

  • 2020 Invisible Voices (Treeline Artist Grants) “Songket Sakor”, Treeline Urban Resort, Siem Reap
  • 2018 Projection evening, Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap 
  • 2017 Bring Forest to the City, Bophana, Phnom Penh
  • 2014 Sangker Memories, Sangker Gallery, Battambang

Commissioned photographic and video documentation work

  • 2021 Director of photography in SEA WITHIN A SEA, directed by Danech San
  • 2020-21 Artist assistant and second cameraman, Calling for rain, Video art by Khvay Samnang
  • 2020 Direct and edit artist profile of Eng Daneth video
  • 2020 LGBT family photo portraits, Rainbow Community Kampuchea (RoCK)
  • 2019 Photo documentation of paintings and studio of artist Mit Jai Inn, Chiang Mai
  • 2019 Short report video for ARTE by Danech San
  • 2018 Photo documentation of House – Spirit project by Vuth Lyno
  • 2016- present Photo documentation of artworks by artist Thang Sothea
  • 2019-2020 Cameraman, RoadHome3, a video series directed by Kimlong Meng
  • 2018 Artist assistant and second cameraman, Popil, a video art by Khvay Samnang
  • 2017 Videographer, research interviews, Asia Culture Center (ACC), Gwangju
  • 2016-17  Artist assistant and second cameraman, Preah Konlong, a video art by Khvay Samnang for documenta14
  • 2016 Production assistant and cameraman, Remember, a media project on Cambodia’s Tampuen indigenous weavers by artist Arin Rungjang, Bangkok
  • 2015 Production assistant, The Age of Vision, a video documentary on Cambodia’s architect Vann Molyvann by artist Hyun-Suk Seo
  • 2015 Cameraman and editor, I, Svay Sareth, eat rubber sandals, a video performance by artist Svay Sareth

Work Experiences

  • 2014-present Freelance videographer 
  • 2014-present Freelance art installer and art documentarian 
  • 2014-18 Documentarian and operation manager, SA SA BASSAC

Other projects

  • 2019 Photo documentation, behind the scene of …far away, over there, the ocean By Van, a film directed by Vandy Rattana
  • 2018 Photo documentation, behind the scene of New Land Broken Road, a short film by Kavich Neang, Anti-Archive
  • 2017-18  Photo documentation, behind the scene of Echoes From Tomorrow, short films directed by three Cambodian female filmmakers, Anti-Archive
  • 2017 Photo documentation, behind the scene of Funeral of My Father, a film by Vandy Rattana
  • 2017 Co-founder, Bring Forest to the City, a VR project on life of Cambodian forest

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