Two girls in kurtas along the road
Two girls in kurtas along the road
Betrawati, 2000
Teachers at Niharika school
Teachers at Niharika school
Balaju, Kathmandu, October 4th, 2015
Three teachers that work with the youngest children at Niharika school—Anupama, Purna and Beli.
A candid taken between a series of posed photos.
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Arju and Puja
Arju and Puja
Manamaiju Marg, Manamaiju, Kathmandu, October 18th, 2015
I was walking down Manamaiju Marg, watching children play on the ping [swing] to my right, when I saw Arju giving her sister Puja a ride on their bike.
A week later, when I found their house to give them their photos, their mother said one word: "Beautiful".
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Celebrating the end of exams
Celebrating the end of exams
Baundeshwor waterfall, Jhor Mahankal, Kathmandu, Monday, September 5th, 2015
Third-year students from the Shankarapur Academy celebrate the end of their exams.
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Sabina and Debika, eleven and six
Sabina and Debika, eleven and six
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, 2003
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Trio of friends
Trio of friends
Dadagaun, Kathmandu, 2006
There is a path that runs behind Sunita's house; so thin, that as you walk it, you can hold out your left hand and run your palm along the back wall of her house.
Near the start of the path there is a communal spigot, where pots are washed—the crumbs and water streaming away between rounded pebbles. The path continues back to a few doors leading to small rectangular rooms of an apartment block.
The young woman in turquoise was my friends neighbor. I believe her two friends were over visiting the day of the photo. When I returned five years later, I asked after her, but she had since moved.
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Sunita’s family's house.
Laughter on the front step
Laughter on the front step
Balaju, Kathmandu, 2005
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Trio near the Bishnumati river
Trio near the Bishnumati river
Balaju, Kathmandu, 2005
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Sisters, Ambika and Kopila
Sisters, Ambika and Kopila
Kathmandu, 11 June 2011
With an old 2005 photo of Kopila and Ambika in my hand, I asked around the neighborhood and was able to find these two sisters again. Looking now, at first I thought Ambika was laughing in both photos, but it was Kopila in the older photo.
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I ran across another photo taken on the porch of their family's house on the same day.
And another photo of their younger sisters, I believe.
Friends on Manamaiju Marg
Friends on Manamaiju Marg
Dadagaun, Kathmandu, May 2011
On the way to my friend Sunita's house, I would regularly pass by these women who lived nearby. Reena, the woman in red, has a son named Sweeker with a wonderful smile.
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Reena's son