International Visual Storytelling Program in Nepal

taherinima on 25. February 2025

The 22 nd collaborative international visual storytelling program is taking place in Kathmandu and Nepal in February and March, starting with a fiveday workshop February 10.

Ellen Lande Gossner

22 participants and four mentors from thre countries.

22 participants from Bangladesh, Nepal and Norway were preparing for their four week field trip working on individual documentaries. 8 students from Nepal, 8 from Bangladesh and 6 from Norway. Photo.circle was the organizer and host of the program, and Pathshala and OsloMet contribute with mentors. The project is supported by Norad through the collaboration with OsloMet to strengthen freedom of speech and journalism internationally.

The participants introducing each other the first day of the workshop.

Sagar Chhetri, Ashraful Huda, Turjo Mushfiq and Ellen Lande Gossner lectured and mentored the students in one to one sessions and facilitated group discussions. The students were very much engaged in groups discussions regarding storytelling, editing, journalistic methods and ethics. The aim for the workshop was to prepare the students for their travels all over Nepal. They will work on topics like healthcare for women, minorities, migration, religion and climate changes with the overall title for the projects: “Also This Will Change”.

March 17 the group and mentors will gather for an editing workshop to complete the program.

The workshop at Yala Maya Kendra in Kathmandu.
Dinner and dancing at the end of the week.
Walking down Kathmandu valley together.

Online editing workshop 2022

taherinima on 11. April 2022

By: Ellen Lande Gossner

After a month in the field in Nepal, Bangladesh and different European countries working on individual projects, the students returned for a five day online editing workshop led by Munem Wasif. 

Munem Wasif from his intro lecture on editing principles. 

The editing process was a part of the International Storytelling project 2022 for the 6 students from photo.circle in Kathmandu, 6 students from Pathshala South Asian Media Institute in Dhaka and 9 students from OsloMet. 

The week consisted of lectures on the editing process and different editing exercises. The participants edited and gave feedback to each other in groups. 

Berlin-based Barbara Stauss, a photo director and founding member of Mare magazine, gave a lecture on editing work in editorial spaces.  

Katrin Koenning showing images from her own exhibitions.

Katrin Koenning gave an engaging and personal artist talk where she shared and explained the various processes of editing in books and exhibitions.   

The main questions for the students’ individual editing were: 

·   What is the story all about? 

·   Does the edit reflect the idea behind the story? 

·   Does the edit have enough visual variety or is it repetitive? 

·   Do you develop any logic for editing it? 

Students and teachers meeting online for the workshop.

The five day workshop ended Friday April 1 with a an online presentation session, where each of the students had to critique another student’s work.  

Online International Storytelling Workshop 2022 

taherinima on 27. February 2022

By: Jon Petter Evensen 

6 students from PhotoCircle in Kathmandu, 6 students from Pathshala in Dhaka and 9 students from OsloMet have started the International Storytelling project 2022: 

An online start-up workshop lead by the Indian photo editor, curator and writer Tanvi Mishra together with the Bangladeshi photographer, tutor and curator Sarker Protick. 

At photo circle 4 Nepali students gathered in person to join the rest of the class for the opening week (16 – 20 Feb 2022) of the International Storytelling Workshop 20222. Whereas the rest of the 2 Nepali students joined remotely as they were already on the move for their fieldwork. PHOTOS by photo.circle.

From 15thto 20thFebruary the students worked on the story pitches, research, further development and preparation of the coming project and field work inspired and tutored by Tanvi Mishra and Sarker Protick. 

In the coming weeks the students will work on their individual projects and will meet again for the online editing workshop on the 28thMars. 

One of the regular meetings between Jon, Ashraf, and Sagar. The three are coordinating the workshop on behalf of their respective institutions – OsloMet, Pathshala, and photo.circle.

More information:  

https://www.photocircle.com.np/workshops/international-storytelling-workshop-2022/

https://pathshalainstitute.org

https://www.worldpressphoto.org/person/detail/39137/tanvi-mishra

https://sarkerprotick.com/Bio