PHOTO KATHMANDU 2015

Photo Kathmandu, a new addition to the international photography festival circuit, will take place from 3-9 November 2015. The first edition of the festival aims to serve as a platform for interaction between photography, history, anthropology and a wide array of the arts. The festival will host exhibitions, slide shows, artist talks, workshops, portfolio reviews and other events, working primarily in public spaces in and around the historic city of Patan.

A photograph, created in a fraction of a second, can embrace years and decades, and sometimes immeasurable expanses of time. Time that is gained or lost; time that records and repeats, challenges and celebrates. Time that is sometimes still and sometimes racing. The first edition of Photo Kathmandu is working with this central theme of TIME. Print exhibition feature works of Nepali and visiting photographers who have documented different periods of Nepali history over the past 6 decades.

Photo Kathmandu is organized by photo.circle, a vibrant platform for photography founded in 2007.

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EXHIBITIONS
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All exhibitions are open to the public from 3-9 November

BIND Photo Book Exhibition and Library by The Bind Collective 
Venue: Newa Chen, Kulimha | 10am-5pm

Change Of Course by Prasiit Sthapit 
Venue: Chyasal | 10am-7pm

Everyday Epiphanies by Frédéric Lecloux 
Venue: Dhaugal - South Wall | 10am-7pm

Facing The Camera: A History of Nepali Studio Photography by Nepal Picture Library 
Venue: Keshav Narayan Chowk, Patan Museum | 10am-4pm

History Begins at Home: Diverse Narratives of Young People Living in Kathmandu by Nepal Picture Library 
Venue: Adarsha Kanya Niketan School, Patan Durbar Square | 10am-7pm

Hope for Tomorrow by Nicolas Marie and Swotha Community
Venue: Swotha Square | 10am-7pm

In the Shadow of Hope by Philip Blenkinsop 
Venue: Old Court House, Hakha | 10am-7pm

Juju Bhai Dhakhwa: Keeper of Memories by Nepal Picture Library 
Venue: Dhakhwa House, Nagbahal | 12pm-4pm

Living In The Mist – The Last Nomads of Nepal by Kishor Sharma 
Venue: Twilako Tol (Adarsha Kanya Niketan School - North Wall) | 10am-7pm

North Fake by Maia Ruth Lee & Peter Sutherland 
Venue: Pim Bahal | 10am-7pm

Patan Camera Obscura by Laura Diamond Dixit, Miku Dixit & Réne Fan 
Venue: Yala Guest House, Patan Durbar Square | 10am-5pm

Patis in Patan by Christiane Brosius, Rajendra Shakya & Sujan Chitrakar 
Venues: Patan Durbar Square, Chyasal, Sundhara and Chakrabahil | 10am-7pm

Portraits of Nepal by Kevin Bubriski 
Venue: Bhai Dega, Patan Durbar Square | 10am-7pm

The 90s: A Democratic Awakening by Bikas Rauniar 
Venue: Dhaugal - East Wall | 10am-7pm

Time Maps and Memories: The Sumitra Manandhar Gurung Collection by Nepal Picture Library 
Venue: ZYU, Swotha | 10am-7pm

WE by Tuomo Manninen 
Venue: Mulchowk Entrance, Patan Museum | 10am-7pm


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SCHEDULE
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All events listed below except SLIDESHOWS take place at Yala Maya Kendra, Patan Dhoka; unless otherwise specified.


WEDNESDAY, 4 NOVEMBER
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10:00 - 12:00
Portfolio Review with Søren Pagter

3:00 - 3:45
Artist Talk with Philip Blenkinsop

4:00 - 4:45
Presentation: Student Works from DMJX by Søren Pagter

4:45 - 5:30
Talk: Strangers at Home: Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong - Using Stories for Change by Robert Godden

6:30 - 7:30 | Mangahiti, Patan Durbar Square
Slideshow



THURSDAY, 5 NOVEMBER
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10:00 - 12:00
Portfolio Review with Thomas Borberg

3:00 - 3:45
Talk: Iraqi Photography with Philippe Van Cauteren

4:00 - 4:40
Artist Talk with Anne Golaz

4:40 - 5:30
Discussion: History of South Asian Photography with Christopher Pinney and Tanzim Wahab moderated by Pratyoush Onta

6:30 - 7:30 | Chyasal
Slideshow



FRIDAY, 6 NOVEMBER
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10:00 - 12:00
Portfolio Review with Philip Blenkinsop

3:00 - 3:40
Artist Talk with Kevin Bubriski

3:45 - 4:35
Discussion: The Journey of the Photobook Through Two Bookmakers with Dragana Jurisic and Sohrab Hura, moderated by Nishant Shukla

4:45 - 5:30
Presentation: World, Press and Photo Reflected! by Micha Bruinvels, World Press Photo

6:30 - 7:30 | Bikalpa Art Center, Pulchowk
Slideshow



SATURDAY, 7 NOVEMBER
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9:00 - 12:00
Instameet by Nepal Photo Project

10:00 - 12:00
Portfolio Review with Sohrab Hura


BAGGIKHANA HALL

2:00 - 2:40
Artist Talk with Dragana Jurisic

2:40 - 3:30
Talk: Living with Photographs: Being a Collector with Isabelle Darrigrand

3:40 - 4:20
Artist Talk with Rohan Thapa

4:20 - 5:30
Discussion: Jazz + Photo Residency with Brianna Bartelt, Ralph Smit, Tushikur Rahman, Indu Antony, Sanjeev Maharjan and Ankit Suwal, moderated by Philippe Van Cauteren

6:30 - 7:30 | Nagbahal
Slideshow


GAUSHALA HALL

2:00 - 2:40
Talk: Why are You Looking at Me Like That? by Andrea Stultiens, HIPUganda

2:40 - 3:30
Discussion: Seeing Comes Before Words, but Who Tells the Story? with Alisha Sett, Sohrab Hura and Frédéric Lecloux, moderated by Rabi Thapa

3:40 - 4:20
Artists Talk with Gareth Bright

4:20 - 5:30
Discussion: Professionalizing Nepali Photography with Bikash Karki and Raj Bhai Suwal moderated by NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati



SUNDAY, 8 NOVEMBER
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10:00 - 12:00
Portfolio Review with Surendra Lawoti

3:00 - 3:40
Presentation: Retelling Histories - Arts and Education Program by Sharareh Bajracharya, Niranjan Kunwar

3:40 - 4:20
Artist talk with Sailendra Kharel

4:30 - 5:30
Panel Discussion :The Earthquake & The Image with Athena Zelandonii, Narendra Shrestha and Samantha Reinders moderated by Austin Lord

6:30 - 7:30 | Kontibahi
Slideshow



MONDAY, 9 NOVEMBER
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10:00 - 12:00
Portfolio Review with Tanzim Wahab

6:30 - 7:30 | Swotha
Slideshow