THOMAS L. KELLY
Thomas L. Kelly first came to Nepal in 1978 as a USA Peace Corps Volunteer, and has since worked as a photo-activist, documenting the struggles of marginalized people and disappearing cultural traditions all over the world. Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation he has been recording the lives of sex workers and the traditions of prostitution across South Asia. Thomas has worked extensively for the German Government’s Development Agency, GIZ, and accompanied international journalists on press trips to Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Furthermore, he documented for GIZ in Bangladesh, the Rule of Law/Restorative Justice, Sustainable Energy Development, Improvement of Textile Factory Standard projects and Adolescent Girls in Nepal, Between Tradition and Modernity for an International Traveling Exhibit.
He has also worked for UNICEF, Save the Children Fund (USA), DFID, U.K., Aga Khan Foundation, Institute of Child Health (ICH), U.K., Family Health International, on the subject of Early Child Development Support Program, Bangladesh National Midwifery Program, Safer Motherhood/Saving Newborn Lives, Conflict and Resolution and Violence Against Women among other subjects. Thomas has also taught digital photo workshops in Nepal, India, Bhutan, and Portugal with the Fred Robert’s Photographic Workshop to High School students. The collaborative Development Agencies have been Save The Children, Aga Khan Foundation, and the Bhutan Foundation. His editorial work has appeared in publications worldwide, including, the New York Times, Time, Newsweek, National Geographic, and The Observer, U.K., From 1990-1991 he was the Corporate photographer for The Body Shop Int., UK specializing in documenting the Press Campaigns of the Company.
He currently leads National Geographic’s expeditions and represents the quarterly magazine Hinduism Today, USA, throughout South Asia covering feature stories. Apart from photography, he has produced and directed films and videos on prostitution, violence against women, and esoteric ethnic practices, among other subjects for Discovery Communications, USA, National Geographic, and the BBC. He has researched and photographed the books: Himalayan Style, Sacred Landscape-Pilgrimage in Tibet: In Search of the Lost Kingdom of Bon, Tibet: Reflections from the Wheel of Life; The Hidden Himalayas; Kathmandu: City on the Edge of the World, Abbeville Press, N.Y., N.Y., Himalayan Style, Fallen Angels: Sex Workers of South Asia, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Roli Books Int. New Delhi, India,) Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World, Viking Penguin, N.Y., N.Y. and Cultural Traditions on Hinduism- Sadhus, Cuerpos Pintados, Santiago, Chile.
Thomas was the AV Technical Advisor for The Youth Expression Project, YEP, a program in South Asia to help young people (ages 15-23) to identify and voice their concerns about parental and societal values, HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, unwanted pregnancy, and sexual abuse. The project was about aiding them to understand their problems, concerns, hopes, fears, frustrations, and learning how to use media (writing, photography, video) to express those concerns on a public platform. Their media outputs were directed to parents, teachers and the general public.
Thomas Kelly and his wife, Carroll Dunham operate the National Geographic Adventure trips in Mongolia and Nepal < http://www.wildearthjourneys.com>;
E-Mail: tkelly@thomaslkellyphotos.com
URL: http://www.thomaslkellyphotos.com,
http://www.wildearthjourneys.com
Tel/Fax: 977-1-4018568
Tayam's Cot, Dhapasi Marg,
House No# 1190, Kathmandu,
Nepal.
Read MoreHe has also worked for UNICEF, Save the Children Fund (USA), DFID, U.K., Aga Khan Foundation, Institute of Child Health (ICH), U.K., Family Health International, on the subject of Early Child Development Support Program, Bangladesh National Midwifery Program, Safer Motherhood/Saving Newborn Lives, Conflict and Resolution and Violence Against Women among other subjects. Thomas has also taught digital photo workshops in Nepal, India, Bhutan, and Portugal with the Fred Robert’s Photographic Workshop to High School students. The collaborative Development Agencies have been Save The Children, Aga Khan Foundation, and the Bhutan Foundation. His editorial work has appeared in publications worldwide, including, the New York Times, Time, Newsweek, National Geographic, and The Observer, U.K., From 1990-1991 he was the Corporate photographer for The Body Shop Int., UK specializing in documenting the Press Campaigns of the Company.
He currently leads National Geographic’s expeditions and represents the quarterly magazine Hinduism Today, USA, throughout South Asia covering feature stories. Apart from photography, he has produced and directed films and videos on prostitution, violence against women, and esoteric ethnic practices, among other subjects for Discovery Communications, USA, National Geographic, and the BBC. He has researched and photographed the books: Himalayan Style, Sacred Landscape-Pilgrimage in Tibet: In Search of the Lost Kingdom of Bon, Tibet: Reflections from the Wheel of Life; The Hidden Himalayas; Kathmandu: City on the Edge of the World, Abbeville Press, N.Y., N.Y., Himalayan Style, Fallen Angels: Sex Workers of South Asia, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Roli Books Int. New Delhi, India,) Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World, Viking Penguin, N.Y., N.Y. and Cultural Traditions on Hinduism- Sadhus, Cuerpos Pintados, Santiago, Chile.
Thomas was the AV Technical Advisor for The Youth Expression Project, YEP, a program in South Asia to help young people (ages 15-23) to identify and voice their concerns about parental and societal values, HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, unwanted pregnancy, and sexual abuse. The project was about aiding them to understand their problems, concerns, hopes, fears, frustrations, and learning how to use media (writing, photography, video) to express those concerns on a public platform. Their media outputs were directed to parents, teachers and the general public.
Thomas Kelly and his wife, Carroll Dunham operate the National Geographic Adventure trips in Mongolia and Nepal < http://www.wildearthjourneys.com>;
E-Mail: tkelly@thomaslkellyphotos.com
URL: http://www.thomaslkellyphotos.com,
http://www.wildearthjourneys.com
Tel/Fax: 977-1-4018568
Tayam's Cot, Dhapasi Marg,
House No# 1190, Kathmandu,
Nepal.
