CALL FOR ENTRIES
A U T O P O R T R A I T
CLOSES 6 OCTOBER 2024
© DANI TERBLANCHE South Africa
The 'Self' in Portraiture
KLPA is excited to announce the Interim Edition Open Call this year examining and highlighting the power and artistic expressions inherent in self-portraiture. Photographers have turned their cameras on themselves ever since Robert Cornelius captured a daguerreotype self-portrait in 1839 at the dawn of photography. Seeing themselves via their chosen medium with roles as the photographer and sitter, may reveal, enrich and aspire to self-discovery as artists.
This Interim Edition prize is open for entries from 1 September to 6 October and the winners and finalists will be selected by a panel of international judges in mid-October 2024. The Top 30 finalists will have their portraits screened at selected venues by our partner festivals in 2024 and 2025, reaching a wide international audience and also being promoted online to our followers. A print exhibition is planned for 2025 at Hin Bus Depot in George Town, Penang, Malaysia.
© NADIRAH ZAKARIYA Malaysia - Hitam Manis (Vitiligo series)
© LAURENT MUSCHEL Belgium - My Self-Portrait!
Inward Gaze
Since the formation of KLPA in 2009, our annual themes have consistently explored the outward gaze of photographers. The portrait subject is nearly always in front of the photographer. In this edition, we turn our gaze inwards to face the camera, photographing ourselves, as provocateur, protagonist, director and subject all at once.
Impress the judges with originality, experimentation and personal expression. Some of the most influential self-portrait artists of the time have chosen various approaches to portray themselves. From the experimental and avant-garde styles of Claude Cahun and Man Ray to the whimsical and surreal portraits of Francesca Woodman, self-portraiture can delve deep into the photographer's psyche to reveal strengths or frailties that might otherwise be suppressed.
Ode to Self
More than often, creating self-portraits requires planning and certain self-intrusion, introspection, creativity and the placement of the camera in or out of the frame. Encroaching into our personal space may open up new visions of expression. We welcome submissions from all genres of photography - including street, documentary and fine art work.
Open to all international photographers at all levels, we hope to elevate the art of self-portraiture beyond the selfie.
© SAKURAKO KURODA Japan - "I Have To Be There" series
Judges
Yasemin Elçi
Yasemin Elçi is a curator and journalist based in Luxembourg. She served as the Director of Leica Gallery & Academy in Istanbul from 2016 to 2019, where she curated exhibitions featuring acclaimed photographers such as Thomas Hoepker, Horst P. Horst, Bruno Barbey, and Werner Bischof, as well as contemporary artists from Iran, Germany, Finland, and Turkey. Prior to this role, she directed Gallery x-ist in Istanbul from 2009 to 2016, showcasing contemporary artists in international art fairs. Elçi has been a nominator for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award since 2021 and served on the jury of the CineEast Film Festival in Luxembourg in 2020. She is a member of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) Turkey and holds a BA from Dartmouth College in the USA. Elçi contributed over 200 articles in English and Turkish to various publications including Artsy, The Luxembourg Times, and Harper's Bazaar. She advises private art collectors and collaborates with art foundations, galleries, and museums on exhibitions, workshops and artist residency programs. She recently curated a photography exhibition in Luxembourg titled "Earth Is Not Flat But Soon Will Be", in 2024. @yaselci
Jessica Hines
Artist and storyteller Jessica Hines uses the camera’s inherent quality as a recording device to explore illusion and to suggest truths that underlie the visible world. At the core of Hines’ work lies an inquisitive nature inspired by personal memory, experience, and the unconscious mind. Hines’ work is held in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, NYC, Sunnhordland Museum, Halsnøy Kloster, Norway, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Unitec New Zealand Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka, the State of Georgia, and numerous other museums and private collections. Her work has been seen in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Washington Post, 1854: British Journal of Photography, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Hyperallergic, De Standaard, Belgium, amongst others in the U.K., France, China, Korea, Argentina and Malaysia. My Brother’s War, Hines’ recently published monograph has won awards globally and most recently won First Place in International Photography Awards, Jury Top 5, and the work has been featured on ABC TV’s Good Morning Washington. Her award winning work has been exhibited throughout North and South America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Hines also consults privately, leads master workshops, and presents lectures internationally. www.jessicahines.com
Vincent Gouriou
Vincent Gouriou lives in Brest, France. He is interested in diversity, and his work leads him to explore intimacy and identity. Since 2012, he has held several group exhibitions. His work has appeared in CNN International, Lensculture, Visavisphoto, Fisheye, Réponse Photo, and has been selected to enter the collections of the MEP (Maison Européenne de la Photographie) and BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France). Vincent works for French newspapers and magazines such as Télérama, Le Monde, Libération, La Croix, Néon, La Vie, and Le Pèlerin. Vincent was awarded 1st prize in KLPA2017 and 2nd prize in KLPA2014. @vincentgouriou
Shuchi Kapoor
Shuchi Kapoor is a former documentary photojournalist from India and is the co-founder of the Chennai Photo Biennale Foundation - an initiative that facilitates learning and promotion of photography as practice and an art form. Shuchi works at the intersections of visual storytelling as a medium of critical inquiry, research, and education, and is deeply curious about regimes of representation and visual cultures. She is a Dart Asia-Pac Fellow and was awarded the fellowship on Trauma & Journalism (2015). While her origins are from Gujarat & Delhi, she has made Chennai her home, where she shapes community engagements, inclusivity initiatives, education programs, and partnerships at the Chennai Photo Biennale Foundation and the CPB Learning Lab. Follow her on @girlinthegalli and @chennaiphotobiennale @cpblearninglab.
Nadirah Zakariya
Born and raised in Malaysia, Nadirah Zakariya draws inspiration for her works through her non-specific geographic upbringing, focusing on the emotional impact and how it shapes who she is. Currently based in Kuala Lumpur, Nadirah received her Bachelor in Fine Arts from the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. In 2011 Nadirah was invited to hold her first solo exhibition “Daughters Ago” in New York. She later exhibited “GIRLHOOD”, another solo show, in 2016 at the Leica Gallery Kuala Lumpur. In 2018, her series “Fuji-san Love Letters” was showcased at Ilham Gallery. Her latest and biggest solo exhibition is Feeling Feelings Makes Me, Me which took place at temu house in May 2023 and showcased nearly 40 of her photography works. Nadirah is an internationally published photographer with works in publications such as The New York Times Magazine, VICE, Dazed and Confused, Refinery29 and Vogue Italia. In 2022, her artwork was published in Thames and Hudson’s Flora Photographica : The Flower in Contemporary Photography by William A. Ewing and Danaé Panchaud. The book is described as “Vivid, bold, spectacular and unexpected: a definitive overview of one of contemporary photography’s most innovative fields, showcasing flower imagery by more than 120 of the world’s leading practitioners.”. With a passion in photography and film making, she is the co-founder of Layar Lucida, a women-led creative studio and also the co-founder of Exposure+ Photo Festival in Kuala Lumpur. @nadirahzakariya
Timeline
1 September 2024 - Submissions open
6 October 2024 - Deadline
Midnight Malaysian time (UTC+8)
Mid-October 2024 - Judging
Early November - Winners revealed
November 2024~2025 - International screenings at partner festivals
Prizes and Benefits
Open to all international photographers, subject to the theme Autoportrait
1st Prize USD$1,000.00
2nd Prize USD$500.00
3rd Prize USD$300.00
The Best 30 entries will have their portraits screened at our partner festivals
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