Manik Katyal
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.

INTERVIEWS BY MANIK KATYAL

Jury

Manik Katyal has been on the jury for various photography awards and festivals across the world.

National Institute of Design – India

International Photography Awards – USA

Emaho Foundation – India

FotoVisura – USA

FotoDoks – Germany

Reminders Photography Stronghold – Japan

Daylight Photo Awards – USA

POPCAP AWARD – Africa

FotoBookFestival – Germany

LUCEO – USA

Portfolio Reviews

Manik Katyal was invited to perform portfolio reviews at 14 different photography festivals across the world.

National Institute of Design – India

International Photography Awards – USA

Emaho Foundation – India

FotoVisura – USA

FotoDoks – Germany

Reminders Photography Stronghold – Japan

Daylight Photo Awards – USA

POPCAP AWARD – Africa

FotoBookFestival – Germany

LUCEO – USA

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

Fabrica’s Lok Sabha Project – India

FotoBookFestival – Germany

Triennial of Photography – Germany

PhotoBookMuseum – Germany

FABRICA – Italy

Raw View Magazine – Finland

Delhi Photo Festival – India

Warsaw Photo Days – Poland

PhotoOriginal – China

Encontres Da Imagem – Portugal

Nominator

Manik Katyal has been nominator on some of the most prestigious photography organisations.

Paratay Em Foco

European Photography Magazine

Photo Eye

British Journal of Photography

Deutsche Borse Photography Foundation –

BOOK REVIEWS BY MANIK KATYAL

International
Press

MUSEE – USA

ITALIA ART – ITALY

GRAZIA – INDIA

EL DIARIO – SPAIN

FORMAT – UNITED KINGDOM

RAW VIEW – FINLAND

LE JOURNAL – FRANCE

The Eye of Photography

INTERNATIONALE – ITALY

PHOTO ORIGINAL – CHINA

BRITISH JOURNAL – ENGLAND

SANAT – TURKEY

PHOTO PHOTO – CHINA

Loeil De La Photographie

LE MONDE – FRANCE

Akskhaneh

Zaman

The New Yorker

SAMSN DIGITAL – PHILIPPINES

Rappler

Photographic Museum of Humanity

PHOTO FANS – CHINA

PHOTO DOT – SOUTH KOREA

LEICA – GERMANY

KYOORIUS – INDIA

Iran

PARATY EM – BRAZIL

BLOUINART – USA

TIME – USA

VOGUE ITALIA

SANAT – TURKEY

Corriere Della Sera

VOGUE ITALIA

L’Œil De La France

Indian
Press - English

The Indian Express

The Hindu

The Times of India

Verve

The Sunday Guardian

The Indian Express

Kyoorius

The Pioneer

Mid Day

The Statesman

The Sunday Guardian

Hindustan Times

Tehelka

The Tribune

The Sunday Guardian

The Statesman

The Statesman

The Statesman

The Quint

The New Indian Express

The Hindu

The Hindu

The Hindu

The Pioneer

Indulge

India.com

Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times

Eastern Chronicle

Business Standard

The Times of India

Rising Kashmir

Blouinart Info

Banglore Mirror

Deccan Herald

Hindustan Times

DNA

Condenast Traveller

Deccan Herald

The Hindu

Bangalore Mirror

The Indian Express

PLATFORM

Kyoorius Magazine 27

THE HINDU

THE FINANCIAL WORLD

Hindustan Times

The Hindu

Indian
Press - Hindi

Dainik Bhaskar

Punjab Kesari

Amar Ujala

News Today

Dainik Jagran