Outofthinair-14

Outofthinair-14

Kathmandu (Nepal), October 14th 2018. Using a scarf to prevent her nose and mouth to breath polluted air, Shamiskha Karki (18) poses for a portrait inside her family’ shop in the busy Kalanki area of Kathmandu.

“Not protecting your lungs is dangerous here. If we don’t do that, in one or two years we will get sick. After the [2015] earthquake things got worse due to the dust provoked by the reconstruction works”, says Ms. Karki.

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