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BE A ‘FLY ON THE WALL’ AT KLPA2018 Judging Weekend

Just as in 2017, we are inviting ONE follower of KLPA, to sit-in on the judging process for KLPA2018 which will take place on the weekend of the 19/20 May 2018 at The KL Journal Hotel, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.

The person will be selected by a draw on 5 May 2018.

Interested..?

Read on..!

CRITERIA

1. You must be available for both days, Saturday and Sunday, 19 and 20, May 2018 from 10:30 to 18:00.

2. You must make your own way to the venue, be on time and you will not be paid any travel expenses etc.

3. You will be provided with coffee, drinks, snacks and also join the team and judges for lunch.

4. You cannot participate in the judging process, but only be an observer.

5. You can blog, Instagram or tweet about your experience, please tag #klpa @klphotoawards

6. You cannot divulge the selections, finalists and winners until the official announcements are made in mid-June, 2018.

7. You must be a LOVER of photography, especially Portraiture.

SELECTION

1. Join our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/klphotoawards if you have not already done so.

2. Put your name down in this same post under the comments section, from today.

3. Message us with your mobile number and email, you must be contactable by phone and email.

4. The posting of names will close at midnight Malaysian time, on Friday 4 May 2018.

5. A Facebook Live broadcast will be made from the Facebook page by the KLPA media team, at 3.00pm, Saturday 5 May 2018 where they will draw a lucky winner from the list of names gathered then. Tune in to see if you will be the Fly on the Wall!

WHY?

We have often been asked about the judging process for KLPA and since many people are interested to know the decision-making process, perhaps this could be educational to them in evaluating their own photography. Logistically, we are unable to record the entire process, unfortunately.

At KLPA, we are selective of our judges and over the 9 years, we try to cast a fairly wide net, although, they are by and large in the arts industries, and mainly photographers, curators, educators, artists and editors.

Many contests hold online judging, where jurors from across the world make their selections on their own, online, but for KLPA, we truly value the face-to-face live discussions and interactions, where ideas and thoughts are often exchanged, sometimes heated (but always for the sake of the artform, and calmed by gallons of coffee).

When judging photography contests, objectivity matters a lot, and the visual knowledge and depth of a juror is therefore important, in being able to defend one’s selection. However, it is also important to lend credence and value to a wide range of subjective emotive responses and broad audiences, so as not to be ‘industry blinkered’. Ultimately, a good portrait will always be valued and acknowledged.  

This is a fantastic opportunity and an invaluable experience for one lucky person from the general public to participate as an observer in the selection process, and to listen in on the discussions and exchanges that the public isn’t so often privy to, since most if not all judgings events are closed sessions.

KLPA would like to thank all our past jurors for 9 years from 2009 :

Beverly Yong - arts consultant

Pang Khee Teik - arts program director

Majidah Hashim - travel writer, photographer, entrepreneur

Lim Chee Wah - writer, editor

Gwen Lee - SIPF festival director, gallerist

Soraya Yusof Talismail - photographer

Stephanie Fong - gallerist

Khairul Azrul Ismail - photographer, educator, researcher

Eva McGovern - curator, gallerist, arts consultant

Gilles Massot - lecturer, photographer

Nirmala Karrupiah - photographer

Yumi Goto - curator, photo editor and researcher

Kevin W Y Lee - photographer, curator

Poh Si Teng - video journalist, filmmaker

Halim Berbar - photojournalist

Bernice Chauly - writer, photographer, actor, filmmaker

Eiffel Chong - photographer, educator

Zarina Holmes - photographer, graphic designer, journalist

Salina Christmas - digital anthropologist

Syahrin Abdul Aziz - photojournalist

Zhuang Wubin - photographer, researcher, educator

Rachel Jena - arts editor, writer

Adeline Ooi - curator, arts writer

Snow Ng - gallerist, curator

She Fah Szetu - journalist, writer

Tay Kay Chin - photographer, educator

Ashraf Saharuddin - photographer, editor

Kong Wai Yeng - writer, editor

Takeki Sugiyama - festival director, educator

Suzanne Lee - photojournalist, filmmaker

Che Ahmad Azhar - photographer, lecturer

Azharr Rudin - filmmaker

Vignes Balasingam - festival director, photographer

Elin O’Hara Slavick - educator, photographer

Cheryl Hoffmann - photographer

Dr. Oh Soon Hwa - lecturer, photographer

Amber Terranova - photo editor, curator

J Redza - photographer, multi-disciplinary artist

Nadirah Zakariya - photographer

Nick Ng - photographer

Andreas Muller-Pohle  - editor or European Photography, photographer

Lee Kuen - photography writer and researcher

Azrul Kevin Abdullah - photographer and educator