earthquake – Tom Vater

After the Quake… in the Mekong Review

January 27, 2019tomLeave a Comment

My piece on my return to Nepal three years after I was caught up in the devastating earthquake of 2015 and the journey to overcome my sense of trauma is published in the Mekong Review, Southeast Asia’s literary journal, next month.

Nepal Earthquake – One Year On

April 25, 2016March 2, 2019tomLeave a Comment

One year ago today I got caught up in the Nepal Earthquake. I was covering with 5th international Nepal tattoo convention with Laure Siegel and Dom Pichard. The first big quake took place as we were interviewing tattooists in the ballroom of the Yak and Yeti Hotel. We spent the next four days wondering through […]

The Nepal Tattoo Convention in RISE TATTOO

July 30, 2015September 6, 2016tomLeave a Comment

Journalist Laure Siegel, photographer Dom Pichard and myself produced 16 pages of features in this month’s edition of RISE TATTOO, France’s #1 tattoo magazine on the 5th International Nepal Tattoo Convention and the Nepali earthquake which took place during the convention weekend in late April. The reportages included a portrait of hobo tattooist Chris Powers, […]

The 5th International Tattoo Convention in Kathmandu

June 14, 2015September 6, 2016tomLeave a Comment

I am currently wrapping up a bunch of stories about the 5th International Tattoo Convention in Nepal and its aftermath. It’s been a pleasure working with French journalists Laure Siegel and Dom Pichard as well as meeting countless interesting and wonderful tattoo artists and punters on the roof of the world. The […]

Dans Katmandou en deuil – Reporting from Nepal for Mediapart with Laure Siegel

April 30, 2015September 6, 2016tomLeave a Comment

Ces journalistes étaient à Katmandou au Népal, ce samedi 25 avril 2015, lorsque la terre a tremblé. Le séisme, le plus grave depuis 1934, a coûté la vie à plus de 5 500 personnes et le bilan n’est pas définitif. Des dizaines de milliers de familles sont à la rue, le pauvre réseau d’infrastructures a été […]

Kathmandu – A City in Shock in The Nikkei Asian Review

April 28, 2015May 19, 2015tomLeave a Comment

Numerous aftershocks wracked Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and surrounding regions into Monday, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region Saturday afternoon, killing more than 3,700 people and injuring at least 6,500. Many more people have been left homeless, while others are camping in the streets for fear that aftershocks could hit their residences…. Read the […]

Trembling Kathmandu – my on the ground view in The Nikkei Aisan Review

April 27, 2015March 2, 2019tomLeave a Comment

My on the ground view of the earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal in the Nikkei Asian Review.