Nepal Earthquake: Where were you? / Nepal Bhukampa: Kaha thiyau?

10 years ago — on 25 April 2015 at 11.56am — a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal. The devastation from the temblor claimed close to 9,000 lives and left 22,000 others injured. In the aftermath of the earthquake, we remember its impact.

This photo-journalism project documents the stories of survivors — at the exact moment and place — when the earthquake struck. We travel back in time where a single event reverberates into the future.

A young mother saving two babies with her bare hands near the epicentre; a husband searching for his wife when a temple collapses; a priestess who felt uneasy that fateful morning; a Singaporean couple frantic to return home to save their unborn baby; a woman mountaineer narrowly escaping death at Everest Base Camp; the baby that survived, 22 hours under the rubble.

— from Pagesetters

If there was one event that altered your life forever, what would that be? For local photographer Zakaria Zainal, it was surviving a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal in 2015 with his wife.

This photo-journalism project shares the memories of the survivors ten years later.

Also, this book can be purchased from Basheer Graphic Books at Bras Basah Complex.

— Maliah, PS (Lit Arts & NRM)