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Kent Klich

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Kent Klich (born 1952) is a Swedish photographer living in Copenhagen.

Life and work

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Klich studied psychology at the University of Gothenburg and worked with adolescent children before turning to photography. He joined Magnum Photos in 1998 and left in 2002.[1] His work is noted for a strong commitment to social issues and has worked with street children in Mexico and drug addicts in Denmark. In 2001 he collaborated with the author Herta Müller on a project and book Children of Ceausescu detailing the HIV crisis among Romanian children.

Solo exhibitions

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  • 1998: Street children, Mexico, Stockholm City Museum, Stockholm, Sweden, 1999; Center for Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1999; Wermlands Museum, Sweden, 1999; Center for Photography, Örebro, Sweden, 2000; Dunya Kitabevi, Istanbul, Turkey, 2000; City Hall, Sundsvall, Sweden, 2001.[citation needed]
  • 2001: Children of Ceausescu, The Swedish Cultural Institute, Paris, 2001; The Photo Museum, Sundsvall, Sweden, 2007; Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm. 2010.[2]
  • 2001: Work in progress, Beth, Fotografevi, Istanbul, Turkey.[citation needed]
  • 2004: "El niño" (Kaunas Photo Days 2004: Nordic Image), Kaunas House of Jesuits, Kaunas, Lithuania.[3]
  • 2006: A Family Story / Picture Imperfect, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark; Museum of Work, Norrköping, Sweden, 2006.[4]
  • 2007: A Family Story, Kunsthallen Brænderigården, Viborg, Denmark.[5]
  • 2008: Out of Sight Out of Mind, exhibition on the streets in the city of Copenhagen / The Danish Architecture Center, Denmark;[6] Museum of Malmö, Sweden, 2008.[7]
  • 2009: Mexico/Out of sight, Landskrona museum [sv], Landskrona, Sweden.[citation needed]
  • 2009: Gaza: Boningar, Tegen 2, Stockholm.[8]
  • 2010: Gaza Photo Album, Umbrage Gallery, New York;[9] Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2010.[10]
  • 2012: Killing time, Tegen2, Stockholm.[11]
  • 2013: Ceausescus barn, Malmö Museer, Malmö, Sweden.[12][13]

Publications

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  • The book of Beth
    • Beths bok. [Oslo]: Oktober, 1988. ISBN 9788270944798. (in Bokmål)
    • Beths bok. Stockholm: Norstedts, 1988. ISBN 978-91-1-883442-4. (in Swedish)
    • Beths bog. Copenhagen: Tiderne skifter, 1988. ISBN 8774453424. (in Danish)
    • The book of Beth. New York: Aperture, 1989. ISBN 0893813702. (in English)
  • El Niño, text by Elena Poniatowska
    • El Niño: En berättelse om gatubarn i Mexico City. Stockholm: Journal, 1999. ISBN 9197239569. (in Swedish)
    • El Niño: En beretning om gadebørn i Mexico City. Copenhagen: Tiderne Skifter, 1999. ISBN 8774458361. (in Danish)
    • El Niño, Children of the streets, Mexico City = El Niño: Niños de la calle, Ciudad de México. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1999. ISBN 0815605927. (in English and Spanish)
  • Children of Ceausescu, foreword by Herta Müller
  • Historien om et menneske: Eller når to plus to bliver fem. Copenhagen: Kunsthallen Nikolaj, 2006. ISBN 8788860817. Text by Mette Sandbye. (in Danish and English)
  • Picture imperfect / Beth R. (book and DVD). With Kim Fupz Aakeson.
    • Picture imperfect. Stockholm: Journal, 2007. ISBN 9197577065. (in Swedish and English)
    • Beth R. Copenhagen: Politisk Revy, 2008. ISBN 8773783099. (in Danish)
  • Out of sight. Stockholm: Journal, 2008. Published together with Dogwalk by Tina Enghoff. Text by Carole Naggar. ISBN 9197762539; ISBN 9197762520. (in English)
  • Gaza photo album
    • Gaza photo album. Stockholm: Journal, 2009. ISBN 919776258X. (in Swedish)
    • Gaza photo album. Copenhagen: Politisk Revy, 2009. ISBN 8773783234. (in Danish)
    • Gaza photo album. New York: Umbrage, 2010. ISBN 1884167861. (in English)
  • Världens mitt finns inte påkartan. Stockholm: Mormor, 2009. ISBN 9185841323. Text by Göran Odbratt. (in Swedish)
  • Where I am now. Little Journey no. 7. Munich: Bellyband, 2012. ISBN 978-3-9812498-6-6.
  • Gaza Works. Berlin: Koenig, 2017. ISBN 978-3960981442.

Prizes and awards

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  • 2002 Prize, the Museum of Work’s documentary photography prize, Norrköping, Sweden.[citation needed]
  • 2003 Prize, the city of Västerås, Sweden.[citation needed]
  • 2003 Grant, Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden.[citation needed]
  • 2003 Grant, Sveriges Författarfond, Stockholm, Sweden.[14]
  • 2004 Grant, Sveriges Författarfond, Stockholm, Sweden.[citation needed]
  • 2005 Prize, Fogtdals Forlag, Copenhagen, Denmark.[citation needed]
  • 2006 5-year grant, the Arts Grants Committee, Stockholm, Sweden.[citation needed]
  • 2006 Special mention, Beths dagbog (Beth's Diary), 17th Nordisk Panorama Film Festival, Århus, Denmark.[15]
  • 2006 GuldDok for Best Short Film in Copenhagen Denmark, Beths dagbog (Beth's Diary).[14][16]
  • 2008 ”Fotofrühling” The Kassel Fotoforum, Picture Imperfect among the 22 best photobooks of 2007/08.[citation needed]
  • 2009 Picture Imperfect winner of The Swedish Photo Book Prize[17][18]
  • 2010 First prize, General News Singles, World Press Photo awards (for a photograph of Gaza City)[19][20]
  • 2017: Special Mention for Author's Book Award, Rencontres d'Arles Book Award, for Gaza Works.[21]

References

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  1. ^ CV Archived 2018-04-20 at the Wayback Machine, Klich's website, accessed 3 Dec. 2010
  2. ^ Exhibition notice for "The Children of Ceauşescu", mutualart.com.
  3. ^ Kent Klich, Kaunas Photo Days. Accessed 18 September 2013.
  4. ^ Mats Granberg, "Återbesöken lång, osminkad och smärtsam familjehistoria", Norrköpings Tidningar, 30 December 2006. (in Swedish) Accessed 27 September 2013.
  5. ^ List of events at Viborg Kunsthal Archived 2013-09-18 at archive.today, Viborg Kommune. (in Danish) Accessed 18 September 2013.
  6. ^ Exhibition notice for "Get Lost", Dansk Arkitektur Center.
  7. ^ "Tidigare utställningar på Malmö Museer Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine", Malmö city website. (in Swedish) Accessed 25 September 2013.
  8. ^ Exhibition notice, Tegen2. (in Swedish) Accessed 29 September 2013.
  9. ^ R. Wayne Parsons, review of "Gaza Photo Album", New York Photo Review.
  10. ^ Exhibition notice for "Gaza Photo Album", Hasselblad Foundation.
  11. ^ Exhibition notice, Tegen2. (in Swedish) Accessed 29 September 2013.
  12. ^ Exhibition notice for "Ceausescus barn", Malmö city website. (in Swedish) Accessed 18 September 2013.
  13. ^ Magnus Fröderberg, "Kent Klich: Ceausescus barn", Fotosidan, 26 September 2013. (in Swedish) Accessed 28 September 2013.
  14. ^ a b "El fotógrafo del conflicto, Linea de Tierra, 28 April 2010. (in Spanish) Accessed 27 September 2013.
  15. ^ List of winners Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, 17th Nordic Short & Doc Film Festival. Accessed 22 September 2013.
  16. ^ "GuldDok og Roos Pris", Danish Film Institute, 10 November 2006. (in Danish) Accessed 22 September 2013.
  17. ^ Photo-Eye email newsletter, vol. 9.39, 30 September 2009. Accessed 22 September 2013.
  18. ^ "Kent Klich har tilldelats Stora fotobokspriset av Svenska Fotografers Förbund för boken Picture Imperfect", 30 September 2009; within this page of a chronicle, Journalisten.se. (in Swedish) Accessed 22 September 2013.
  19. ^ "Sweden photographer's Gaza photo wins news prize", Ma'an News Agency, 3 April 2010. Accessed 22 September 2013.
  20. ^ "World Press Photo awards 2010", Lensculture. Accessed 22 September 2013.
  21. ^ "2017 Book Awards". Rencontres d'Arles. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
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