Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards 2023

Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards 2023 now is over!

Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards 2023: Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards, now in its 15th year, continues to engage the global photographic community with the 2023 call for entries inviting all photographers from all over the world, including professionals, amateurs, keen hobbyists and students seeking for fresh and innovative photography.

Short description

Now in its 15th year, the Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards, an annual global portrait photography competition continues to engage the global photographic community with the 2023 Call for Entries, seeking fresh and innovative photography from new, emerging and established photographers from around the world.

This year's theme is 'Portraits of Intimacy'.

This year's theme seeks portraits that depict the concepts of a much-photographed genre - the closeness of space and time, the weight of memory we fall back to, and the subconscious desires which set off an emotional response. Intimacy can be many things to many people and yet in photography, we see it as a vital ingredient or requirement as to what is an engaging portrait. Intimacy means stepping into unknown and unfamiliar territory, allowing instinct and beauty to take over.

The theme is open to interpretation and in the main genres for eg. documentary, conceptual, fine art, photojournalistic. Photographers may submit up to 10 single images per entry. Multiple entries are allowed.

All photographs must have been taken between 2022 and 2023 or part of an on-going project. Minimal digital enhancement is advised, subject to basic darkroom techniques e.g. levels, curves, dodging, burning, minimal sharpening, colour correction. Photographs can be Black and White or Colour, in any format. Photographs must not have any digital borders, keyline, name, personal logos or watermarks. Scanned film images must be free of dust marks and borders. Alternative or vintage processes are allowed and must be appropriately stated, along with the technique and process.

40 photographers including the winners will have their portraits printed and exhibited at TEMU HOUSE, an intimate gallery space on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur from 8 September to 1 October, 2023 and will be part of the Exposure+ Photo festival schedule.

Submission requirements:

➜ Submission dimensions 1,500 pixels at its longest edge, saved as .jpg at high quality, approximately 1,500kb in size in SRGB colourspace, Quality 8 and above. Finalists may be required to submit their original RAW or JPEG files for verification.

Who may enter?

Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards 2023 is open worldwide to amateur and professional photographers. Entrants must be 16 years or over.