Photography licensing, commissions and production from the Himalaya.
Khagta is the business practice of Himanshu Khagta, photographer and filmmaker based in Shimla, published in The New York Times, BBC Travel and Condé Nast Traveller.
Commissions
Assignments in the mountains, planned and shot by someone who lives there.
- Brand and campaign shootsProducts, apparel, vehicles and outdoor gear photographed in real Himalayan terrain.
- Tourism and destinationsImage libraries and campaigns for tourism boards, hotels and travel companies.
- Editorial assignmentsCulture, faith, agriculture and remote communities, from Spiti to Assam.
- Films and productionBrand films and documentaries through QUROST, plus scouting, permits and fixing for visiting crews.
Licensing
An archive built since 2008, available in full resolution for editorial, commercial and advertising use.

Spiti Valley
Monasteries, high villages and a winter of daily life

Hikkim and Kibber
Among the highest villages in the world

Kinnaur
Orchards, architecture and the Sutlej gorge

Shimla in winter
Snowfall, deodar forests and hill-town life

Apple harvest
Picking and packing across Shimla district

Deities of Kullu
Village gods, processions and ritual

Ladakh
Hanle, Zoji La and the high roads

Across India
The Kumbh, Braj Holi, Assam and Arunachal
Usage
- EditorialMagazines, newspapers, books, documentaries and educational use.
- CommercialWebsites, brochures, packaging, hotel and brand collateral.
- AdvertisingCampaigns, outdoor, social and broadcast, priced by reach and term.
- PrintsSigned fine-art prints for homes, hotels and offices.
- Choose images from the collections, or describe what you need.
- Send the image names, intended use, territory and duration.
- Receive a quote and licence agreement within one working day.
- Pay the invoice and receive full-resolution files with a GST invoice.
Ventures
QUROSTHimalayan production company: films for streaming and design for brands, with a road-film channel followed by more than 100,000 people.
From ShimlaRegeneratively farmed apples shipped from the orchard to your home.
Tinmo’sSpeciality coffee and ice cream in Rohru, made with small-batch Indian estate coffee.
Life in SpitiA winter in a Himalayan desert. The photobook from a season in Spiti, 2014.
Published in
- The New York Times
- BBC Travel
- Condé Nast Traveller
- National Geographic Traveller
- Lonely Planet
- DestinAsian
- The Caravan
- Outlook Traveller
- Hindustan Times
- Himachal Tourism
Finalist, Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest, 2008. Photographer of the 3,623 km Himalayan tractor expedition recorded in the Limca Book of Records, 2012.
Contact
For licensing, include the images you want and how you plan to use them. A quote follows within one working day.