Join our judges as an observer
Just as in 2018, we are inviting ONE follower of KLPA, to sit-in on the judging process for KLPA2019 which will take place on the weekend of the 11/12 May 2019 at The KL Journal Hotel, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.
The lucky person will be selected by a draw on Saturday 4 May 2019.
1. You must be available for both days, Saturday and Sunday, 11 and 12, May 2019 from 10:30 to 18:00.
2. You must make your own way to the venue, be on time and you will not be paid any travel expenses etc.
3. You will be provided with coffee, drinks, snacks and also join the team and judges for lunch.
4. You cannot participate in the judging process, but only be an observer.
5. You can blog, Instagram or tweet about your experience, please tag #klpa @klphotoawards
6. You cannot divulge the selections, finalists and winners until the official announcements are made in mid-June, 2019.
7. You must be a LOVER of photography, especially Portraiture.
1. Join our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/klphotoawards if you have not already done so.
2. Put your name down in this same post under the comments section, from today.
3. Message us with your mobile number and email, you must be contactable by phone and email, or email [email protected]
4. The posting of names will close at midnight Malaysian time, on 30 April 2019.
5. A Facebook Live broadcast will be made from the Facebook page by the KLPA media team, at 3.00pm, Saturday 4 May 2019 where they will draw a lucky winner from the list of names gathered then. Tune in to see if you will be the Fly on the Wall!
We have often been asked about the judging process for KLPA and since many people are interested to know the decision-making process, perhaps this could be educational to them in evaluating their own photography. Logistically, we are unable to record the entire process, unfortunately.
At KLPA, we are selective of our judges and over the 10 years, we try to cast a fairly wide net, although, they are by and large in the arts industries, and mainly photographers, curators, educators, artists and editors.
[Read last year’s report by Raja Indra Putra - observer here ]
Many contests hold online judging, where jurors from across the world make their selections on their own, online, but for KLPA, we truly value the face-to-face live discussions and interactions, where ideas and thoughts are often exchanged, sometimes heated (but always for the sake of the art form, and calmed by gallons of coffee).
When judging photography contests, objectivity matters a lot, and the visual knowledge and depth of a juror is therefore important, in being able to defend one’s selection. However, it is also important to lend credence and value to a wide range of subjective emotive responses and broad audiences, so as not to be ‘industry blinkered’. Ultimately, a good portrait will always be valued and acknowledged.
This is a fantastic opportunity and an invaluable experience for one lucky person from the general public to participate as an observer in the selection process, and to listen in on the discussions and exchanges that the public isn’t so often privy to, since most if not all judgings events are closed sessions.
KLPA would like to thank all our past jurors for 10 years from 2009 :
Beverly Yong - arts consultant
Pang Khee Teik - arts program director
Majidah Hashim - travel writer, photographer, entrepreneur
Lim Chee Wah - writer, editor
Gwen Lee - SIPF festival director, gallerist
Soraya Yusof Talismail - photographer
Stephanie Fong - gallerist
Khairul Azrul Ismail - photographer, educator, researcher
Eva McGovern - curator, gallerist, arts consultant
Gilles Massot - lecturer, photographer
Nirmala Karrupiah - photographer
Yumi Goto - curator, photo editor and researcher
Kevin W Y Lee - photographer, curator
Poh Si Teng - video journalist, filmmaker
Halim Berbar - photojournalist
Bernice Chauly - writer, photographer, actor, filmmaker
Eiffel Chong - photographer, educator
Zarina Holmes - photographer, graphic designer, journalist
Salina Christmas - digital anthropologist
Syahrin Abdul Aziz - photojournalist
Zhuang Wubin - photographer, researcher, educator
Rachel Jena - arts editor, writer
Adeline Ooi - curator, arts writer
Snow Ng - gallerist, curator
She Fah Szetu - journalist, writer
Tay Kay Chin - photographer, educator
Ashraf Saharuddin - photographer, editor
Kong Wai Yeng - writer, editor
Takeki Sugiyama - festival director, educator
Suzanne Lee - photojournalist, filmmaker
Che Ahmad Azhar - photographer, lecturer
Vignes Balasingam - festival director, photographer
Elin O’Hara Slavick - educator, photographer
Cheryl Hoffmann - photographer
Dr. Oh Soon Hwa - lecturer, photographer
Amber Terranova - photo editor, curator
J Redza - photographer, multi-disciplinary artist
Nadirah Zakariya - photographer
Andreas Muller-Pohle - editor or European Photography, photographer
Lee Kuen - photography writer and researcher
Azrul Kevin Abdullah - photographer and educator
Laura Valenti - photographer, educator, OutReach director at Photo Lucida
Julia Durkin - Auckland Festival of Photography Public Participation director
Ihiro Hayami - T3 Photography Festival director
Fadhil Kamarudin - photographer and lecturer
Gwen Lee - Singapore International Photography Festival director
Silke Schmikl - National Gallery of Singapore curator