Uma Bista
Visual Storyteller / Documentary Photographer / Based in Kathmandu
Uma Bista is an artist based in Nepal. She uses the camera as a tool to tell visual narratives that focus on social, cultural, familial, personal, political, and psychological perspectives, on gender inequality. She is an alumnus...
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Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Researcher, Health, Fine Art, Environment, Documentary, Film, Photography, Portraiture, Lifestyle, International News, Freelance, Humanitarian, Assignments, Communications, International, Artist, Magazine, Editorial, Storyteller, Visual Artist, Arts Journalism, International Photo Editor, Health Stories, International Stories, Digital Media Production, Social Justice, Associate Photo Editor, Nature
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Available in: Kathmandu
Focused on:
Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Researcher, Health, Fine Art, Environment, Documentary, Film, Photography, Portraiture, Lifestyle, International News, Freelance, Humanitarian, Assignments, Communications, International, Artist, Magazine, Editorial, Storyteller, Visual Artist, Arts Journalism, International Photo Editor, Health Stories, International Stories, Digital Media Production, Social Justice, Associate Photo Editor, Nature
Coverage Regions:
Asia
Languages Spoken: English, Nepali
Years of experience: More than 10
Uma Bista is an artist based in Nepal. She uses the camera as a tool to tell visual narratives that focus on social, cultural, familial, personal, political, and psychological perspectives, on gender inequality.
She is an alumnus of Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, Bangladesh, Angkor Photo Festival, Cambodia, and VII Academy, France. Uma was named in the British Journal of Photography’s annual Ones to Watch 2019 and awarded the Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellowship in 2020. She is also a participant in the South Asia Incubator program (PhotoKTM). Uma has worked as a photojournalist in the daily newspaper since 2011-2021.
Her works are being published and exhibited nationally and internationally, including Growing Like a Tree: Sent A Letter, Breda Photo Festival, Chobi Mela, Photoville, Rubin Museum , Pen & Brush Gallery, and Caravan Magazine, among others.
She is an alumnus of Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, Bangladesh, Angkor Photo Festival, Cambodia, and VII Academy, France. Uma was named in the British Journal of Photography’s annual Ones to Watch 2019 and awarded the Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellowship in 2020. She is also a participant in the South Asia Incubator program (PhotoKTM). Uma has worked as a photojournalist in the daily newspaper since 2011-2021.
Her works are being published and exhibited nationally and internationally, including Growing Like a Tree: Sent A Letter, Breda Photo Festival, Chobi Mela, Photoville, Rubin Museum , Pen & Brush Gallery, and Caravan Magazine, among others.