by photo@ktm | Jul 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
When the 25 April 2015 earthquake struck Nepal, photo.circle was in the midst of planning for Photo Kathmandu, Nepal’s first photography festival. The disaster put all festival plans on hold, diverting much-needed attention towards humanitarian work. The team from...
by photo@ktm | Jun 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
In the dim, cool, ground floor of the Dhakhwa House in Patan, I spot a photograph of an awkward teenager. She’s clad in a shin-length dress. Her hair is pasted to one side of her forehead with a pin. She stares at the photographer in part nervousness, part curiosity,...
by photo@ktm | Nov 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
By the time I reached Patan Museum at around 1 pm to check out the photo studio set up by the BIND Collective, in collaboration with the Nepal Picture Library (NPL), there was already a group of friends waiting their turn to be photographed. Sitting on the stone...
by photo@ktm | Nov 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
I have been wandering the streets of Patan the last few days, often finding myself among a group of strangers, contributing to their collective response to the 18 exhibitions spread across the ancient city whose exposed walls have been given new meaning. The Bind...
by photo@ktm | Nov 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sustained attention, even when it pains. This seems to be the guiding principle of photographer Kevin Bubriski, whose exhibition ‘Portraits of Nepal’ currently stands in Patan Durbar Square. First arriving in Nepal in the 1970s as a Peace Corps Volunteer, Bubriski, an...
by photo@ktm | Nov 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
On Saturday 7th November, around 35 Instragrammers and photographers gathered under the Pipalbot Chautari in Patan Dhoka, for Kathmandu’s first official Instameet session. The gathering organized by Nepal Photo Project’s Sumit Dayal and Tara Bedi in association with...
