The idea of a network and its scope – the evolving role of the practitioner and his/her field of reference – stands at the shifting horizon of viewer engagement, where Nepal today contributes to a global visual culture while examining its own, unique history with a more speculative approach – minority issues, constitutional amendments and restitution efforts following the devastating earthquake in 2015. Here, little known studios, family photographs and images of state culture all seem to merge, creating a new visual genealogy in the region.
The current issue is a foray into emerging, contemporary photo narratives in Nepal, and the ways in which they mobilise viewership through socio-political, personal and artistic strands. This ‘scope’ is about how lines of sight are being established by practitioners within the country, as well the larger South Asian region to surmount visual hierarchies and redraft the vernacular.

Featured photographers in the issue include:
Frédéric Lecloux, Karan Shrestha, Karma Tshering Gurung, Narayan Tushar Kaudinya, Nirman Shrestha, Philip Blenkinsop, Rajan Shrestha, Sagar Chhetri, Sharbendu De, Shikhar Bhattaarai, Surendra Lawoti, Tuomo Manninen and Zishaan Akbar Latif.

With featured texts by:
NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, BIND, Nepal Photo Project, Kanak Mani Dixit, Muna Gurung, Nandita Jaishankar, Nischal Oli, Pranab Man Singh, Pranaya SJB Rana, Prawin Adhikari and Yukta Bajracharya.

Organized in partnership with

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Mr Roshan Mishra – Museum Manager
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