Uma Bista adalah fotografer yang tinggal di Kathmandu, Nepal. Beliau menekuni bidang narasi visual yang fokus pada permasalahan kesenjangan gender. Dia adalah lulusan International Photography Program di Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, Bangladesh. Uma Bista mendapatkan gelar tahunan "Ones to Watch 2019" oleh British Journal of Photography. Beliau adalah salah satu peserta dalam Women Photograph 2020 serta merupakan salah satu Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justric Fellow tahun 2020. Uma Bista juga bekerja sebagai jurnalis foto pada harian di Nepal.

Uma Bista is a photographer based in Kathmandu, Nepal. She works on visual narratives that focus on issues of gender inequality. She studied International Photography Program at Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, Bangladesh. Uma was named in British Journal of Photography’s annual “Ones to Watch 2019”. She is a mentee of Women Photograph 2020. She is a Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellow 2020. She has been working as a photojournalist for the national daily newspaper in Nepal.