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PHOTOGRAPHIC MASTERCLASS NEPAL 2025-2026

A creative Pilgrimage to the Roof of the world.

Twelve days. A small group. One goal: to create something real.

Whether you’re a photographer, filmmaker, entrepreneur, philanthropist or storyteller, this is where ideas take shape.
No fluff. No distractions. Just the time, space, and guidance to do your best work.

Applications are open. Spots are limited.

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DEBRA KELLNER

Award-winning Filmmaker & Photojournalist

Debra Kellner’s work explores themes of displacement, resilience, and human connection. With over three decades of experience and roots in National Geographic, Paris Match, and other leading international publications, her storytelling bridges photography and film with emotional depth.

She has lived and worked across Nepal, India and South America and now leads a masterclass in the Himalayas — teaching others how to see, connect, and tell stories that matter.

  • “IN A WORLD WHERE DESPERATE REFUGEES ARE USED AS PAWNS FOR OFTEN VIOLENT POLITICAL ENDS, THIS POIGNANT FILM SHOWS US THAT REFUGEES ARE ORDINARY MOTHERS, FATHERS, BOYS, AND GIRLS – PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME, WHO USUALLY UPLIFT AND ENRICH THEIR NEW COMMUNITIES.”

    – CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR

  • “INTIMATE AND DELICATELY ASSEMBLED. DEBRA KELLNER'S DOCUMENTARY TELLS THE STORIES OF PEOPLE LOST AND IN PAIN. SOBERING STUFF.”

    – KEVIN MAHER, CHIEF FILM CRITIC FOR THE TIMES

  • “INTIMATELY POWERFUL, HEARTBREAKING … A MASTERFUL DOCUMENTARY”

    – MICHELLE MACLAREN, FILM DIRECTOR BREAKING BAD, GAME OF THRONES, WESTWORLD, THE DEUCE

  • "DEBRA KELLNER LIKES TO TELL THE STORIES OF WOMEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE UNSEEN."

    ELLE Magazine

ETERNAL SKY

DEBRA KELLNER’S AWARD-WINNING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY OUT ON ALL PLATFORMS

“A beautiful homage to visionary thinkers and the human quest to unravel the mysteries of the cosmos.” — Brian Greene

DEBRA’S PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE

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DEBRA’S FIELD NOTES FROM RAJASTHAN

Published in ELLE magazine

What Debra found wasn’t just labor.
It was life unfolding in dust and silence.
Three generations building a canal, side by side.
Giving birth on site. Raising children in tents.
A world rarely seen — not staged, not rushed, just witnessed.