PHOTO EXHIBITION: उनी, SHE BY UMA BISTA

SHE remains SILENT.
SHE is HAPPY with small things.

SHE ENCOURAGES all.

That is why SHE is,

Loving and daring,

Caring and protecting goddess,

Dedicated.

उनी,SHE: SHE is more than a mere word. SHE is multiple. SHE plays different roles in our life and fully dedicates herself to each of them. The title "Uni, SHE " relates to all things around us, like the river where SHE washes her sorrow, and draws the courage to flow again and again, whatever the hardships. SHE also relates to white floating clouds moving here and there, spreading love and care wherever SHE reaches. And the love SHE gives her two families, the one SHE was born to, and the one SHE marries.

In our male dominated society, HE is the subject and the leading character while SHE is taken as an object, as “other”. Men and women are equal, because both are equally important to each other. SHE always remains silent, but it does not mean that SHE does not have any dream. SHE always smiles but it does not mean SHE does not suffer from stress. However, SHE wants to share happiness with all, and remains satisfy with herself.

About the photographer
UMA BISTA is a photojournalist and documentary photographer currently working with leading daily Nepali newspaper Annapurna Post. Born and raised in Suntakhan, Kathmandu, she dreamt of becoming a nurse as a child. But in grade 12, a compulsory participation in a photography course changed her life as she passionately fell in love with the profession.

She took part in workshops conducted by renowned photographers: Jodi Bieber, Frederic Lecloux,
Mads Nissen, Frank Fourner and Morten Krogvold organized by Photo Circle in Nepal and in Bangladesh.
In 2011 and 2012 Uma won the Mega Bank Photo Competition in the Photo Story Category.

Her works have been displayed in various exhibitions: "Kathmandu, Kathmandu", "The Constant Change", "Mega Bank Photo Exhibition", and Chobi Mela VII in Dhaka in 2013.Her works published in the books “The Constant Change” and “Nepal The Land of Contrast”. Uma produced stories on the Single Woman theme that have been published in book form and featured in daily newspapers.

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