Each edition of PhotoKTM strives to serve as a platform for emerging photographers to meet with more experienced and established practitioners – photographers, photo editors, curators, writers – to share and discuss their work and practice at large. This year we have an incredibly diverse pool of professionals who have volunteered their time to meet […]

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 continue to nurture purpose. As you know, PhotoKTM was born at […]

नेपालमा रहेका फोटोग्राफर, पत्रकार र मल्टिमिडिया कथावाचकहरुलाई यो महामारीको दौरान कोभिड १९ को असर र प्रतिक्रियाहरुबारे बताउन र त्यसको दस्तावेज बनाउन सहयोगका उद्देश्यले थप ५ साना अनुदानको घोषणा गर्न पाउँदा फोटो सर्कल उत्साहित छ । आर्थिक सहयोगका साथै, अनुदान प्राप्त गर्नुहुने महानुभावहरुलाई अनुसन्धान र सम्पादकीय सहयोग समेत प्रदान गरिने छ र कृषि, जनस्वास्थ्य, शिक्षा लगायत अन्य […]

THE MILL OF LIFE: If these were normal times, the markets all over Nepal would be bustling with activity. Dasain, the Hindu festival, which is just around the corner, gives the Nepali economy the yearly boost. Almost a third of the yearly consumption in Nepal occurs during this time, which puts production and distribution in […]

COMPELLED TO LEAVE: Savir Mian Dhovi, 24, of Bhauratar, Parsa, had left for Malaysia a year ago to work in a bottle factory. When the world started shutting down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, his company had to close and they let him go. Dhovi was stuck in Malaysia for five months when he could […]

On 9 August, Budhiganga River swelled and swept away the Bailey bridge, and five other suspension bridges. For a month, Bajura, some 950 KM from Kathmandu has been cut off from the district headquarters, Martadi. The flood swept away houses, farmlands, cattle, which has added to the challenges of the community, already grappling with the […]

@Nepalphotoproject is thrilled to collaborate with Nepali & English-language news media. Please check out stories produced by @photocircle_np 2020 grantees. Here we share some of the #tearsheets of stories that were published in the past few months. @nepalitimes @himalkhabar #deshsanchar @pahilopost #pahichan @the_record_ @eastern_keen @rakeshsenior @sikuma_rhiannon @sabrinadangol @aerawbic @kishor.maharjan @purnimashahi572020 @mmhisimmy @bunudhungana @tri3pty @mikaness @nishastoryteller […]

BIRGUNJ’S FOOD BANK: Rajesh Man Singh, 46, is a Birgunj-based businessman and a social worker. Whenever a disaster strikes, he gets busy providing relief to the people. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, he understood that the daily wage earners, the homeless and the poor would be hit hard. “One day, not long after the first […]

Roji Maharjan, 25, did not have a fixed daily routine before the COVID-19 lockdown was first imposed. Maharjan is a psycho-social counsellor and researcher. As lockdown continued she worked from home but soon realized she needed to reorganize her life. “I needed a separation from professional time and personal time,” says Maharjan. Maharjan began doing […]

SHATTERED DREAMS: Kishori Raut Kurmi, 65, of Bishrampur, Parsa has a family of seven. He lives in a small house with a thatched hay roof. Four years ago his son Mukesh, 39, left to go to Saudi Arabia, where he would get a job and support his family. He borrowed Rs 1,50,000 from someone from […]