POSTCARDS AND BEYOND is an exhibition featuring the works of Mukunda Bahadur Shrestha, a Patan-based photographer who dedicated more than 25 years of his life to photography. Mukunda ji spent the 70’s and 80’s travelling across Nepal, photographing mountains, culture and people. His photographs introduced Nepal to the world. Since early 2011 NEPAL PICTURE LIBRARY has digitized more than 11,000 of his slides and negatives.

The exhibition has been jointly curated by Nepal Picture Library and anthropologist ALBAN VON STOCKHAUSEN. “Personal historical photographic archives such as Shrestha’s pose a dramatic task to the anthropology of tomorrow. In the future, scholars wishing to work on the cultural systems of vanished cultures will have to heavily rely on archives and other historical collections.” says Alban.

11-20 AUGUST 2012
12 NOON – 7 PM
SIDDHARTHA ART GALLERY, BABER MAHAL REVISITED

THANK YOU

We would like to thank the following people for pre-purchasing photographs and supporting Nepal Picture Library.

Jagadish Tiwari, Justine Coulson, Thomas Bell, Anagha Neelakantan, Jan Brunson, Jyoti Upadhyay, James Sharrock, Frances Klatzel, Palistha Kakshapati, Jemima Sherpa, Alexis Ellicott, Mary O’Shea, James Sharrock, Muna Gurung, Philippe Martin, Kevin Wenzel, Anne-Sophie Le Beux, Axel Plathe, Scott Faiia,
Carlo Pandolfi and Francesco Goletti