Kent Klich

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

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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. [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

Publications

Prizes and awards

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References

  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. 1 2 "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.