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Thank you to Digital SLR Photography magazine for covering KLPA16. SEPTEMBER 2016 issue. @DSLRMY #dslr #klpa16 #klpa #portrait #photography

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KLPA2016 Stillness&Distance 2nd Prize / MICHELLE SANK, UK Olly - Transgender Female to Male. 3 months into hormone transition therapy I am photographing Olly every 3 months over the next 2 years till he completes his transition. I was born in South Africa and have been living in the UK since 1987. My practice is concerned with the notion of encountering, collecting, and re-telling. I am interested in creating sociological landscapes, interplays of human form and location that are significant in their visual, sociological and psychological nuances. My photographs have been exhibited and published in England, Europe, Australia and Mexico, South Africa and the U.S.A and are held in collections in the UK and the USA. www.michellesank.com Exhibition of Finalists 6 - 17 August at Whitebox Gallery, MAP, PUBLIKA, Kuala Lumpur #klpa16 #klpa #portrait #photography @mapkl_publika @timeoutkl

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KATHRIN TSCHIRNER, Germany / KLPA Stillness&Distance Winner 2016 “#14-09-03 - Frau VII,” from the series “Kurfürstenstraße” A sex worker for more than 30 years, Sabine (not her real name) stands in a quite backyard, 300 meters from Kurfürstenstraße. The photo series and accompanying book “Kurfürstenstraße” is a portrait of the area in and around Kurfürstenstraße (Kurfürsten Street) in Berlin. The area has been a known haunt of prostitution for the past 130 years. The German capital is one of only two cities in the country which does not have a restricted area for sex work; contact between sex workers and customers and the sex work itself often take place within residential areas. Due to the rapidly changing demographics of the area, streetwalking is becoming more marginalized and tensions are rising as secluded places to do sex work are fast disappearing. I met Sabine when she was sitting on the stairs next to my house. It demanded all my courage to ask her if I could take a picture. Before this evening I’d never thought to take pictures of prostitution. Living around the Kurfürstenstraße it's really rare that you’re able to look into the eyes of one of the sex workers when you’re a woman, there’s always this barrier. But my encounter with Sabine blew open the boundaries between this profession and myself. I wasn’t interested in making portraits of sex workers; it was more about showing the character of the district. Through my persistence to learn more I ended up stepping into OLGA, a counseling center. Together with them we attained a grant to implement a initiative with PhotoVoice and the women of the street. I was allowed to get a deeper insight into the day-to-day struggles that these women have to handle. I wanted to create a feeling, which lingers with the viewer without being explicit. The photograph should work like a piece of a puzzle; portraying only a fragmented idea of the reality. www.kathrin-tschirner.com Exhibition of Finalists 6 -17 August Whitebox Gallery, MAP Publika, Kuala Lumpur #klpa16 #portrait #photography @mapkl_publika @timeoutkl

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Schedule of Events - KLPA2016

This August, KLPA Events have lined up the following happenings in conjunction with the exhibition of winners and finalists of this year’s KLPA2016 Stillness & Distance competition. The venue is at WHITEBOX, MAP Publika, Solaris Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur.

SATURDAY 6 August

KLPA Exhibition opens. The exhibition runs to 17 August and the gallery is open from 10 am - 7pm daily. Free Entry. In addition, a side exhibition, FOCUSJAPAN - Concepts in Portrait Photography will also run concurrently.

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5:30pm - 7:00pm  : KLPA AWARDS PRESENTATION

Awards and prizes will be presented to the Prizewinners at this event, all welcome to attend and to meet with the judges, winners and finalists.

8:30pm  - 10:30pm - Cocktail Reception for Winners & Finalists, guests - invitation only - The KL Journal Hotel Rooftop Pool level.

SUNDAY 7 August

2:00pm - 3:30pm : GALLERY WALKTHROUGH / Q&A with the winners - Free entry

The winners will share their experiences and methodologies about their winning portraits with the public, in a casual format. This is an invaluable session for all photographers and students to gain an insight into how photographers develop ideas, execute and finish their projects. Feel free to engage with them.

3:30pm - 4:30pm - TALK BY ALIA ALI - Free entry .

ALIA ALI, is a talented photographer combining multi-media to communicate her visual stories. Come and listen to Alia present her current series ‘Cast No Evil’ and share her experiences as a visual artist. More here.

FRIDAY 12 August (Note new date)

6:30pm - PRIVATE VIEW - VERNISSAGE : SHINYA MASUDA ‘KATSUKO’

A private view will take place at Artemis Art, Publika Shopping Centre.

As part of the FOCUSJAPAN exhibition, SHINYA MASUDA will be exhibiting 15 pieces of his graphically inspired ‘food’ portraits as a tribute to his mother and grandmother. This exhibition runs from 6 to 17 August.

SATURDAY 13 August

1:30pm - 4:00pm FOCUSJAPAN presentation by exhibiting photographers

Opening speech by NAOKO OHTA from KLEE Inc/ Director of Tokyo-Ga.org

Official Launch of KL-GA.org

Presentation by photographers of FOCUSJAPAN

MAYUMI SUZUKI

MITSU MAEDA

SHINYA MASUDA

WORKSHOP BY NADIRAH ZAKARIA

6, 13 & 14 August - Focussing on the KLPA2016 theme STILLNESS & DISTANCE, local creative photographer Nadirah Zakariya will lead a group of participants to shoot freely and creatively around this concept of the deadpan aesthetic, which stretches over 2 weekends. Nadirah will explore the works of famous portrait photographers, and guide participants to think and photograph outside personal boundaries. To sign up for this, send an email to : [email protected]

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For more information events please contact

Munira

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FEATURED FINALIST 2016 HEIKO TIEMANN, Germany Boy with drape, from the series "Infliction", 2014 This image is part of my long ongoing series ""Infliction"" which started in 2013 a school for children. It is within an area with a lot of social problems and it is a place where such problems resurface quite significantly. There are 'overlooked' individuals within our society and who have become more and more neglected by the mechanisms and dynamics of our system. There is a sense of deep respect and humbleness which I feel. I don‘t want to exploit the children, but to give them a visual voice which will have strong echoes of importance in a manner which is solely grounded within their own history, appearance and inner circumstances. They are individuals with a strong personality and deserve all the respect. First there is the process of involvement. I did have to integrate myself with empathy and curiosity. At the same time I have to keep my focus on my visual sensitivity. Who gives them a position of expressing or even the possibility of just being for the purpose of being? There is a sense of deep respect and humbleness which I feel. They are from difficult backgrounds like immigrant families, refugees, orphanages and dysfunctional families. Stillness and Distance Category Check out all 2016 finalists at www.klphotoawards.com #klpa16 #klphotoawards #photography #portraitphotography #portraiture @timeoutkl #mapkl #heikotiemann

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FEATURED FINALIST 2016 SADEGH SOURI Iran Somayyeh is 17. Her father kept beating her mother after using narcotics excessively. It always happened after he used drugs. Somayyeh, her sister and mother decided to kill him. They killed him one night and buried his body in the flowerbed in their yard. The body was discovered a few years later and they confessed to the crime. He sister and mother are in prison for adults and Somayyeh is in one for under-18s. Her grandmother requested a hanging sentence for the three of them. OPEN Category Check out all finalists at www.klphotoawards.com #klphotoawards #klpa16 #portraitphotography #documentaryphotography #portraiture @timeoutkl @mapkl_publika

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Thank you for your patience! Finalists will be announced on the 15th June! Are you one of them? Go to www.klphotoawards.com #klpa16 #winners #klphotoawards #photography #portraits #timeoutkl #mapkl #publika #makeportraits #portraitphotographer

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Good morning from Kuala Lumpur! Day 2 of final judging rounds starting soon right after breakfast. #klpa16 #klpa #photography #portraitphotography #portrait (at The KL Journal)