Uma Bista
Women Photograph
Gokarneshwor, Nepal
Uma Bista is a photographer from Nepal. She works on visual narratives that focus on issues of gender inequality in South Asia. She is a graduate of the International Photography Program run by Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, Bangladesh. Uma was named in British Journal of Photography’s annual “Ones to Watch 2019”. She is mentee of Women Photograph 2020. Uma receives Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellowship 2020. Currently she is working as a Deputy Photo Editor at Annapurna Post, a leading daily newspaper in Nepal.

- Arts
- Audio capture
- Crisis
- Editorial
- Environment
- Interview
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Still life

My Own
Uma Bista
The photographs of several girls in their teen ages to mid twenties reflect the dreams of females in my country. How the girls in such a tender age dream of working for their own, making a living and pursuing a career. These women staring in a direction reflect their thoughts and wishes of making a life of their own and creating an identity.