BORN IN 1989, DEHRADUN (INDIA), MANIK KATYAL HOLDS A DEGREE IN COMMERCE ALONG WITH BACHELORS IN LAW & IS PURSUING A DEGREE IN MASTERS IN CRIMINOLOGY.
KATYAL IS A CULTURAL ENTREPRENEUR WHO AT THE AGE OF 21, FOUNDED EMAHO MAGAZINE IN THE YEAR 2011, WHICH IS A DESTINATION FOR IN-DEPTH FEATURES FOREGROUND TODAY’S MOST INNOVATIVE PRACTITIONERS ACROSS PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART WORLD. KATYAL WAS NOMINATED FOR THE ‘CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR OF 2012’ AWARD BY THE BRITISH COUNCIL INDIA.
IN HIS DECADE OLD CAREER, KATYAL HAS BEEN FEATURED MORE THAN 130 TIMES IN WORLD’S TOP PUBLICATIONS LIKE TIME, VOGUE ITALIA, LE MONDE, THE HINDU, BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND MANY MORE. AFTER HAVING WORKED IN 27 COUNTRIES, KATYAL SET UP EMAHO FOUNDATION IN 2015 TO IDENTITY AND HIGHLIGHT MEANINGFUL PHOTOGRAPHY FROM ASIA. THE FOUNDATION IS RELENTLESSLY FORMULATING PROGRAMMES AND PLATFORMS FOR NEW AND ESTABLISHED PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM ALL OVER. KATYAL ALSO CO-FOUNDED ‘FOTOPAPER’ AND ‘JUST ANOTHER PHOTO FESTIVAL.
KATYAL HAS BEEN LEADING EDITORIAL PROJECTS FOR YEARS, DISCOVERING YOUNG TALENT AND HAS CURATED MANY MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS INCLUDING ‘KASHMIR’ IN THAILAND’, ‘LOK SABHA’ IN ITALY AND AN EXHIBITION ON EMERGING LATIN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHERS AT GUIZHOU PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL IN CHINA. KATYAL AS A GUEST CURATOR FOR THE THE THIRD EDITION OF THE FINNISH MAGAZINE ‘RAW VIEW’, PRESENTED SOME OF THE BEST EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE TIME LIKE DAISUKE YOKOTA, XIAOIAO XU, SARKER PROTICK AND PRASIIT STHAPIT.
KATYAL WAS INVITED BY FABRICA: A BENETTON GROUP’S COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTRE, TO GIVE A TALK AND TEACH A PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP IN TREVISO, ITALY ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE MOST RESPECTED CURATORS LIKE CHRISTIAN CAUJOLLE, ERIK KESSELS, JAMES WELLFORD, DEWI LEWIS AND MANY OTHERS.
IN THE YEAR 2017, KATYAL ALSO FOUNDED ‘THE KITAB’ – INDIA’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, WHICH IS PASSIONATE ABOUT BRINGING EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND INNOVATIVE BOOK-MAKING PRACTISES TO NEW AUDIENCES IN INDIA.
KATYAL HAS BEEN A NOMINATOR FOR WORLD’S SOME OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING DEUTCHE BORSE PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATION, BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHY AND PARATAY EM FOCO.
Jury
Manik Katyal has been on the jury for various photography awards and festivals across the world.
National Institute of Design – India
The National Institutes of Design are a group of autonomous public design universities in India, with the primary institute, founded in 1961, in Ahmedabad, with extension campuses in Gandhinagar and Bengaluru. The other NIDs are located in the cities of Kurukshetra,
International Photography Awards – USA
The International Photography Awards™ conducts an annual competition for professional, amateur, and student photographers globally, creating one of the most ambitious and comprehensive competitions in the photography world today. Our mission is to salute the achievements of the world’s finest photographers,
Emaho Foundation – India
The Emaho Foundation is dedicated to preserving and sharing Tibetan culture, supporting humanitarian projects, and assisting with spiritual development.
FotoVisura – USA
An international self-publishing community and resource for art and documentary photography. FotoVisura.com is a tool for student, alumni and emerging photographers as well as photography editors and curators. This project is focused on creating opportunities to connect photographers with hiring professionals
FotoDoks – Germany
FOTODOKS is organised and carried out as an independent festival by a curatorial collective of photographers who strive to turn the festival into a special and exciting event every two years with great enthusiasm and idealism.
Reminders Photography Stronghold – Japan
Reminders Photography Stronghold is a curated membership gallery in Tokyo making multi-photographic activities possible (exhibitions, workshops, events, photobook room, photographers in residence, photography grants, publishing).
Daylight Photo Awards – USA
The Daylight Award honors and supports daylight research and daylight in architecture. It acknowledges and encourages scientific knowledge and practical application of daylight, which interlink disciplines that are usually addressed in separated, monocultural spheres, professional circles or practices.
POPCAP AWARD – Africa
Édition POPCAP is a limited photography edition comprising works from the winners of the CAP Prize (Formerly POPCAP), the international Prize for contemporary African photography. The outstanding works of the participating artists are printed in a circulation of 7 + 2
FotoBookFestival – Germany
The Kassel Fotobook Festival has been inviting photographers worldwide to take part in the competition, and year after year many photobooks have been submitted from all over the globe. Over this period of time, a lot of highly interesting photobook dummies
LUCEO – USA
LUCEO is a U.S. based SAP Solution provider that is very strong in the ERP marketplace joined with Detaysoft, an SAP Platinum Partner in Europe. We have been in business since 1999 and are a solid partner choice. We service over
Portfolio Reviews
Manik Katyal was invited to perform portfolio reviews at 14 different photography festivals across the world.
Chaing Mai Documentary Arts Festival – Thailand
The Chiang Mai Documentary Arts Festival was one of the major projects ran Documentary Arts Asia. It was bi-annual photography and film festival designed to serve the growing number of people interested in documentary photography and film in Thailand and Asia.
FotoFestiwal – Poland
Fotofestiwal was established in 2001 as one of the first photography events in Poland. Since then it has grown into one of the most relevant photographic festival.
PhotoIreland – Ireland
PhotoIreland is an Irish cultural organisation which organises the annual PhotoIreland Festival, and runs an exhibition space, book shop, and library called The Library Project in Temple Bar, Dublin.
The New York Times – USA
The New York Times is dedicated to helping people understand the world through on-the-ground, expert and deeply reported independent journalism. This mission is rooted in our belief that great journalism has the power to make each reader’s life richer and more
Angkor Photo Festival – Cambodia
The Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops launched its first iteration in 2005 with the aim of providing an affordable and accessible educational and professional platform for the region’s emerging photographic community. We have maintained this mission ever since, even as we
Delhi Photo Festival – India
Delhi Photo Festival is a biennial photography festival organised by the Nazar Foundation in Delhi. The third edition of DPF held from 30 October to 8 November
Lensculture Fotofest Paris – France
LensCulture is one of the most comprehensive and far-reaching resources for discovering contemporary photography talent around the world. We believe that recognition and exposure are essential for photographers of all levels to move forward creatively and professionally, and this belief underpins
Voies Off – France
The not-for-profit organisation Voies Off is the organiser of the Festival Voies Off. Since 1996, it has held a special place during the Rencontres d’Arles as a complementary initiative, open to the whole city and free to enter. The Festival Voies
Cortona On The Move – Italy
Cortona On The Move is an international festival of photography which surveys the world for new visions and concepts, from its privileged position in the ancient Tuscan hills, famous for their artistic and cultural tradition.
FotoFestiwal – Poland
Fotofestiwal was established in 2001 as one of the first photography events in Poland. Since then it has grown into one of the most relevant photographic festival.
Format International Photography Festival
FORMAT International Photography Festival was established in 2004. FORMAT is the UK’s leading international contemporary festival of photography and related media. It organises a year round programme of international commissions, open calls, residencies, conferences and collaborations in the UK and internationally
Encontres Da Image – Portugal
The Encontros da imagem photography festival, is held in Braga, and constitutes a leading visual arts event at the national and international level.
Les Rencontres Arles Photographie – France
The Rencontres d’Arles is an annual summer photography festival founded in 1970 by the Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, the writer Michel Tournier and the historian Jean-Maurice Rouquette. The Rencontres d’Arles has an international reputation for showing material that has never been
Athens Photo Festival – Greece
Athens Photo Festival is a leading international festival dedicated to photography and visual culture. Through its programming, the Festival is committed to offering a diverse and inclusive international platform, for the exchange of ideas, artistic expression, and engagement with photography in
Curation
Manik Katyal has curated multiple photography projects in different parts of the world and given voice to many young and upcoming photographers.
Organ Vida International Photography Festival – Croatia
Organ Vida, an international festival of contemporary photography, is an annual festival which has been promoting and researching modern photography disciplines in Croatia and on the international scene since its foundation in 2009.
Fabrica’s Lok Sabha Project – India
Fabrica, communication research centre of Benetton Group, presents Lok Sabha: ten young Indian photographers describe their country in the five weeks of the greatest election in the world, 814 million voters to renew the Lower House of Parliament.
FotoBookFestival – Germany
The Fotobookfestival Kassel is a charitable foundation that has been engaged with the artistic medium of the photobook and has presented it in all its facets, since 2008, in a festival program of international standing. The annual festival shows works by
Triennial of Photography – Germany
The Triennial of Photography (Triennale der Photographie) is a festival of photography in and around Hamburg, Germany. Originated as an initiative of photographer and collector F. C. Gundlach, currently director of Deichtorhallen Art Center, the Triennale takes place every third year
PhotoBookMuseum – Germany
The PhotoBookMuseum was founded in Cologne in 2014 as a non-profit organisation that aims to foster the photobook as a significant photographic medium. It serves as a public platform for collections, exhibitions and events and is committed to research and education
FABRICA – Italy
Fabrica is a communications research centre in Treviso, Italy financed by the Benetton Group. It produces Colors magazine amongst other projects. The centre aims to combine culture with industry and offers young people the opportunity for creative growth and multicultural, multidisciplinary
Raw View Magazine – Finland
Raw View was a magazine of documentary photography. It was established in 2007 as Photo Raw and obtained its current title in November 2014. The editor-in-chief was Hannamari Shakya who works as a producer at the publishing company Musta Taide of
Delhi Photo Festival – India
Delhi Photo Festival is a biennial photography festival organised by the Nazar Foundation in Delhi.
Warsaw Photo Days – Poland
Warsaw Photo Days is a Festival of Photography in Warsaw, Poland.
PhotoOriginal – China
Photo China Original International Photographic Exhibition (中国原生态国际摄影大展), a photography festival and competition in China organised by China News Service
Encontres Da Imagem – Portugal
The Encontros da imagem photography festival, is held in Braga, and constitutes a leading visual arts event at the national and international level.
Nominator
Manik Katyal has been nominator on some of the most prestigious photography organisations.
Paratay Em Foco
Paraty em Foco is held in Paraty Paraty on 21 to 25 September 2022 showing the companies news of Brazil and internationals related to sectors Photography, Art. Paraty em Foco takes place in Paraty, Brazil and is held at Paraty on
European Photography Magazine
European Photography, based in Berlin, is an independent art magazine for international contemporary photography and new media. It was founded in 1980 and is published by the German artist Andreas Müller-Pohle.
Photo Eye
A collaborative project led by Wolfgang Zurborn, a respected photographer ·18 amateur photographers created a remarkable appraisal of their home country, portraying everyday Indian life A total of 18 Indian photographers, all taking part in master classes directed by Wolfgang Zurborn,
British Journal of Photography
The British Journal of Photography is a magazine about photography, published by 1854 Media. It includes in-depth articles, profiles of photographers, analyses, and technological reviews.
Deutsche Borse Photography Foundation –
As a non-profit organisation, the work of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation centres on collecting, exhibiting and promoting photographic art work. With the Art Collection Deutsche Börse it has compiled an internationally renowned collection of contemporary photography, comprising 2,200 works by
