Kent Klich
Kent Klich (born 1952) is a Swedish photographer living in Copenhagen.
Kent Klich
- Born
- 1952 · Sweden.
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- photographer
- Education
- University of Gothenburg
- Honours
- Swedish Photo Book Prize
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Kent Klich (born 1952) is a Swedish photographer living in Copenhagen.
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Life and work
Life and work
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. 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
Solo exhibitions
• 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. • 2001: Children of Ceausescu, The Swedish Cultural Institute, Paris, 2001; The Photo Museum, Sundsvall, Sweden, 2007; Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm. 2010. • 2001: Work in progress, Beth, Fotografevi, Istanbul, Turkey. • 2004: "El niño" (Kaunas Photo Days 2004: Nordic Image), Kaunas House of Jesuits, Kaunas, Lithuania. • 2006: A Family Story / Picture Imperfect, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark; Museum of Work, Norrköping, Sweden, 2006. • 2007: A Family Story, Kunsthallen Brænderigården, Viborg, Denmark. • 2008: Out of Sight Out of Mind, exhibition on the streets in the city of Copenhagen / The Danish Architecture Center, Denmark; Museum of Malmö, Sweden, 2008. • 2009: Mexico/Out of sight, Landskrona museum, Landskrona, Sweden. • 2009: Gaza: Boningar, Tegen 2, Stockholm. • 2010: Gaza Photo Album, Umbrage Gallery, New York; Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2010. • 2012: Killing time, Tegen2, Stockholm. • 2013: Ceausescus barn, Malmö Museer, Malmö, Sweden.
Publications
Publications
• The book of Beth • Beths bok. [Oslo]: Oktober, 1988.. • Beths bok. Stockholm: Norstedts, 1988.. • Beths bog. Copenhagen: Tiderne skifter, 1988.. • The book of Beth. New York: Aperture, 1989.. • El Niño, text by Elena Poniatowska • El Niño: En berättelse om gatubarn i Mexico City. Stockholm: Journal, 1999.. • El Niño: En beretning om gadebørn i Mexico City. Copenhagen: Tiderne Skifter, 1999.. • El Niño, Children of the streets, Mexico City = El Niño: Niños de la calle, Ciudad de México. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1999.. • Children of Ceausescu, foreword by Herta Müller • Ceausescus barn. Stockholm: Journal, 2001.. • Children of Ceausescu. New York: Umbrage, 2001.;. • Historien om et menneske: Eller når to plus to bliver fem. Copenhagen: Kunsthallen Nikolaj, 2006.. Text by Mette Sandbye. • Picture imperfect / Beth R. (book and DVD). With Kim Fupz Aakeson. • Picture imperfect. Stockholm: Journal, 2007.. • Beth R. Copenhagen: Politisk Revy, 2008.. • Out of sight. Stockholm: Journal, 2008. Published together with Dogwalk by Tina Enghoff. Text by Carole Naggar.;. • Gaza photo album • Gaza photo album. Stockholm: Journal, 2009.. • Gaza photo album. Copenhagen: Politisk Revy, 2009.. • Gaza photo album. New York: Umbrage, 2010.. • Världens mitt finns inte påkartan. Stockholm: Mormor, 2009.. Text by Göran Odbratt. • Where I am now. Little Journey no. 7. Munich: Bellyband, 2012.. • Gaza Works. Berlin: Koenig, 2017..
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Prizes and awards
• 2002 Prize, the Museum of Work’s documentary photography prize, Norrköping, Sweden. • 2003 Prize, the city of Västerås, Sweden. • 2003 Grant, Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden. • 2003 Grant, Sveriges Författarfond, Stockholm, Sweden. • 2004 Grant, Sveriges Författarfond, Stockholm, Sweden. • 2005 Prize, Fogtdals Forlag, Copenhagen, Denmark. • 2006 5-year grant, the Arts Grants Committee, Stockholm, Sweden. • 2006 Special mention, Beths dagbog (Beth's Diary), 17th Nordisk Panorama Film Festival, Århus, Denmark. • 2006 GuldDok for Best Short Film in Copenhagen Denmark, Beths dagbog (Beth's Diary). • 2008 ”Fotofrühling” The Kassel Fotoforum, Picture Imperfect among the 22 best photobooks of 2007/08. • 2009 Picture Imperfect winner of The Swedish Photo Book Prize • 2010 First prize, General News Singles, World Press Photo awards (for a photograph of Gaza City) • 2017: Special Mention for Author's Book Award, Rencontres d'Arles Book Award, for Gaza Works.
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- 1.CV , 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. Accessed 27 September 2013.
- 5.List of events at Viborg Kunsthal , Viborg Kommune. Accessed 18 September 2013.
- 6.Exhibition notice for "Get Lost", Dansk Arkitektur Center.
- 7."Tidigare utställningar på Malmö Museer ", Malmö city website. Accessed 25 September 2013.
- 8.Exhibition notice, Tegen2. 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. Accessed 29 September 2013.
- 12.Exhibition notice for "Ceausescus barn", Malmö city website. Accessed 18 September 2013.
- 13.Magnus Fröderberg, "Kent Klich: Ceausescus barn", Fotosidan, 26 September 2013. Accessed 28 September 2013.
- 14."El fotógrafo del conflicto, Linea de Tierra, 28 April 2010. Accessed 27 September 2013.
- 15.List of winners , 17th Nordic Short & Doc Film Festival. Accessed 22 September 2013.
- 16."GuldDok og Roos Pris", Danish Film Institute, 10 November 2006. 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. 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.Rencontres d'Arles. 2017 Book Awards. 4 July 2017.
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