January sunset and January sky

January sunset and January sky on a cold cloudy day, I went to a small hike with my friend Madhu around Changunarayan, Bhaktapur. It looks like a Black & White photograph but it is not, nature has the best artistic brush to paint a photographs.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

A poem begins…

Heaps of books
Clutter a study room
Cutting and pasting
A word of choice
Is picked out from the original.
This is how a poem begins
But not a poet
Who still has nothing?
Of his own!

Taken from book “Anonymous fathers and others poems” by Tek B. Karki

I think, I am also a poet, but a visual poet and you are watching my poem. I think, all photographers are visual poet, what you say? Do you agree with me or not?

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

The playground….

Children are playing at a dump ground of machinery tools. As the Kathmandu valley is growing with buildings, children have to risk their life to play at such a place.

Hope that every child has a safe playground!!

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Biru in Godavari

Biru in Godavari, just a fun short clip of visit to Godawari Botanical Garden, Godwari, Laltipur. Biru in Godavari is in Maithali language.


by Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Ayush 4th birthday

Ayush just turn 4.







Taken by Ayush Khadka

Magha Sankaranti

On Magha Sankaranti, we use to eat ghee, chaaku, meetha and tarul along with til.

“Meetha” is made from sugarcane juice and is also known as “Gud” and “Chaaku” is made from meetha.

Good old days…

My early day’s photography, this was taken by Kyocera Yashica AF DX 35mm compact camera. I lost all my negatives but have prints, this was made from print. I was not that aware to save negatives at that time, because I was only 7 back than.

My granny and cousin at store room of my home at Malangawa, Sarlahi. Granny is now too old than what she looks at this photograph and now she use spectacles. And cousin is now a bit fatter than what she looks at this photograph and now she is married and has a wonderful 4 years old daughter.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Love Candy

As one moment melts into another….
I find myself,
Sinking deeper into your eyes….
Perhaps,
That’s what love is all about…

to, JOY.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Light up!

First photograph of a first day of a new year…

I hope this year I will do some more experiment with photographs and learn more things that I like. This year, I hope I will be able to play with 120mm camera and also with LOMOgraphy and as usual with some new digital camera also. I also love to take more photographs with “Through the Viewfinder [TtV]” photography and “CMYK” photography.

Mission I am working is on: to put 100000 photographs online, to do 10 group photo exhibition and 1 solo photo exhibition before I die.

1000 photographs online 99000 to go,
Done 2 group photo exhibition and 8 to go and
1 solo photo exhibition left to do.

In 2008, I will try to uplift my mission.

Normal light bulb hanging on and made with “CMYK” photography.

Enjoy the life!

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Photography exhibition invitation cards

“I did not have the imageless vision…
I did not see forms whirl until they vanished
In unmoving clarity”

This is an invitation card of photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



William Mebane photographs were on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu.

This is an invitation card of William Mebane photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



“Personal Encounters on the Journey of Life” by Prakash Chandwadkar was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu.

This is an invitation card of “Personal Encounters on the Journey of Life” photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



“Photo Document: Nineteen Seventies” by Kanak Mani Dixit was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu.

This is an invitation card of “Photo Document: Nineteen Seventies” photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



“Spectrum of moments” by Sushma Amatya was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu from 17th February to 1st March 2006.

This is an invitation card of “Spectrum of moments” photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



“Inside Information, a walk along the edge of sharing – Hiding the Balls” by Peter Schrader was on exhibition on Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Bhaktapur from 28th February 2006.

And “Inside Information, a walk along the edge of sharing – Performance Blowing up the Balls” by Peter Schrader was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu from 5th March 2006.

This is an invitation card of “Inside Information, a walk along the edge of sharing” photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



“Images of a Lifetime….A Historical Perspective” by Tej Bahadur Chitrakar was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu from 20th November to 5th December 2005.

Exhibited photographs were taken from 1899 to 1971.

This is an invitation card of “Images of a Lifetime….A Historical Perspective” photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



“Silent doorways, dark windows and soulful streets” by Herbert Grammatikopoulos was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu from 23rd October to 15th November 2005.

This is an invitation card of “Silent doorways, dark windows and soulful streets” photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



“Brief Encounters” by Holly Holzer was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu from 13th July to 30th July 2005.

This is an invitation card of “Brief Encounters” photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



“Thalara Framed. Glimpses of Western Nepal” by Devendra S Rana was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu from 15th April to 30th April 2005.

This is an invitation card of “Thalara Framed. Glimpses of Western Nepal” photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



“Historic Pillar Stones” by Tim Harward was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu from 16th September to 24th September 2004.

This is an invitation card of “Historic Pillar Stones” photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



“Samayak Drishti” by Shekhar Kharel was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu from 1st September to 14th September 2004.

This is an invitation card of “Samayak Drishti” photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



“Himalayan Mandala” by Paula Wenzl & Joseph Bellacera was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu from 28th November to 10th December 2003.

This is an invitation card of “Himalayan Mandala” photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.

Photograph on the card is entitle “Stupa” and made with pigmented photograph medium.



“Secrets of Angkor” by Paulius Normantas was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu from 24th September to 13th October 2003.

This is an invitation card of “Secrets of Angkor” photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



“West of the Silk Route” by Ben Schonveld was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu from 26th May to 1st June 2003.

This is an invitation card of “West of the Silk Route” photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



“Photographs” by Ann Hunkins was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu from 17th November to 4th December 2002.

This is an invitation card of “Photographs” photography exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.



“Impressionistic Photography” by Sandy Shum was on exhibition on Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu from 4th October to 24th October 2002.

This is an invitation card of “Impressionistic Photography” exhibition and is also on display at Siddhartha Art Gallery.

Artist Statement: “I wish to provide a moment to a pause and reflect on the wonder and grace in the dream light of the daily life.
I work by hand on each photograph to create a painterly quality, resulting in image full of death and texture.” [ As printed on card ]

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Merry Christmas card

Merry Christmas to you all [belated].

I just receive this card today from my friend from Germany. So, here it is for you.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Chaturman live alone...

Chaturman live alone in a small hut in Sundarijal, Kathmandu. He was going back to home from market with food supply. So on the way to Sundarijal I meet him and he was happy to share his story with me and also ready for few snap.
Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Line abstract

Some line abstracts !!....: )
Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Light abstract