Announcing the PhotoKTM5 Reading and Listening Room, where we delve into the fascinating and complex world of nature, indigenous stories, and the relationship between humanity and the land we call home. In this space, we explore alternative...
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And it’s a WRAP
And it’s a WRAP! What an intense, beautiful and inspiring journey it has been and we could not have done it without you! THANK YOU for going on this magical journey with us for this fifth edition of PhotoKTM, for slowing down and paying attention,...
Reflections on my time at the Jatayu Vulture Restaurant
With just a couple of days of preparation, I left Kathmandu for a month-long stay in Kawasoti with fellow participants Jonas Böttern from Sweden and Nilanjana Nandy from India for the residency. I don’t recall myself staying outside the valley in a...
The First Impression
Random words...not so random either. It won’t be a bad idea to ruffle some feathers. No, not with the winged one, rather the one who seeks the winged? Are the Red and the Green in conflict with each other? In the colour wheel, they are...
Custodians of the dead
Vultures are purifiers. They are disposers of the dead and eat what others cannot. Vultures are scavengers. They consume carcasses before decay sets in, quickly removing bacteria and other poisons and stopping them from spreading. Vultures are the...
PhotoKTM 5 Theme Announcement
How do we come to terms with the staggering planetary crisis that is unfolding around us every day? What are the stories and histories that we have been told that have shaped our common understanding of current urgencies, despite our disparate...
Closing Quick Time, Old River, and a Sky full of Dreams
This past July to October, we were thrilled to be able to exhibit ‘QUICK TIME, OLD RIVER, AND A SKY FULL OF DREAMS’ at Patan House. This was our inaugural exhibition at our brand new programming space in Patan. After two long years of...
Note on shapeshifting and continuum
In 2020, as the pandemic hit the world hard, PhotoKTM attempted to rethink notions of time, space and gathering. We asked ourselves what might be possible if we shifted from a 5-week festival format to approaching the festival programming as a...
PhotoKTM 4 in the Nepali Times
Read all about what The Nepali Times has to say about PhotoKTM 4! Article by Alisha Sijapati - November 3, 2020 https://www.nepalitimes.com/review/photo-kathmandu-in-a-new-avatar
PhotoKTM 4 – Update
Dear friends, I hope we find you in good health and spirit in the new world order! We have been so inspired to see communities everywhere digging deep into their resolves, despite the many crises this year, to find ways to survive, respond and...