«Also This Will Change» – photojournalism workshops in Kathmandu
22 students from Nepal, Bangladesh and Norway have concluded a 6 week international visual storytelling program in Nepal.
By: Ellen Lande Gossner
Photos: Sagar Chhetri
The participants improved their skills in research, safety training, work ethics, photographic fieldwork and visual editing. Topics like gender issues, women’s rights, migration, tourism, climate changes, minority groups and religious rituals were some of the topics explored.
The participants all made handmade books presenting their projects during a final presentation at the venue Yellow House in Kathmandu. The projects were also screened outdoors for a large audience.
Sagar Chhetri and Uma Bista were mentors from photo.circle and Nepal, Ashraful Huda and Turjo Mushifiq from Pathshala in Bangladesh and Ellen Lande Gossner from OsloMet.
«Also This Will Change» is the main title of the program, and the 22 documentary projects will be displayed and presented in different forms in the respective countries – book, exhibition and online presentation.
