Kent Klich (born 1952) is a

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photographer living in

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Life and work

Klich studied psychology at the

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and worked with adolescent children before turning to photography. He joined

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in 1998 and left in 2002. His work is noted for a strong commitment to social issues and has worked with street children in

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and drug addicts in

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. In 2001 he collaborated with the author

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on a project and book ''Children of Ceausescu'' detailing the HIV crisis among Romanian children.

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;

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, 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,'' ,

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, 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

*''The book of Beth'' **''Beths bok.'' slo 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

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**''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

**''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. .

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.El fotógrafo del conflicto
Linea de Tierra, 28 April 2010. Accessed 27 September 2013. *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

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, 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,

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awards (for a photograph of Gaza City)World Press Photo awards 2010
, Lensculture. Accessed 22 September 2013. *2017: Special Mention for Author's Book Award,

Rencontres d'Arles The Rencontres d’Arles (formerly called ''Rencontres internationales de la photographie d’Arles'') is an annual summer photography festival founded in 1970 by the Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, the writer Michel Tournier and the historia ...

Book Award, for ''Gaza Works''.

References

External links

Klich's website

PixelPress
Interview
with Klich about ''Gaza Photo Album'', foto8.com *

Judith Butler Judith Pamela Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, queer theory, and literary theory. In 1993, Butler ...

with Kent Klich,
Dispossess: Kent Klich's Images of Vacated Life in Gaza after 2008
, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, 20 February 2013. With video. *Jeffrey Ladd

5B4 *Mats Granberg,
Den senaste berättelsen om Beth
, ''Norrköpings Tidningar,'' 1 September 2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Klich, Kent Swedish photographers University of Gothenburg alumni Living people 1952 births