Kent Klich

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

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.

Selected solo exhibitions

• 1998 Street children, Mexico, Stockholm City Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.
• 1999 Street children, Mexico. Center for Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 1999 Street children, Mexico, Wermlands Museum. Sweden.
• 2000 Street children, Mexico, Center for Photography, Örebro, Sweden.
• 2000 Street children, Mexico, Dunya Kitabevi, Istanbul, Turkey.
• 2001 Street children, Mexico, City Hall, Sundsvall, Sweden.
• 2001 Children of Ceausescu, The Swedish Cultural Institute, Paris, France.
• 2001 Work in progress, Beth, Fotografevi, Istanbul, Turkey.
• 2004 "El niño" (Kaunas Photo Days 2004: Nordic Image), Kaunas House of Jesuits, Kaunas, Lithuania.^[2]
• 2006 A Family Story / Picture Imperfect, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark.
• 2006 A Family Story / Picture Imperfect, Museum of Work, Norrköping, Sweden.^[3]
• 2007 Children of Ceausescu, The Photo Museum, Sundsvall, Sweden.
• 2007 "A Family Story", Kunsthallen Brænderigården, Viborg, Denmark.^[4]
• 2008 "Out of Sight Out of Mind", exhibition on the streets in the city of Copenhagen/ The Danish Architecture Center, Denmark.^[5]
• 2008 Out of Sight Out of Mind, the Museum of Malmö, Sweden.^[6]
• 2009 Mexico/Out of sight, Landskrona museum, Sweden.
• 2009 "Gaza: Boningar", Tegen 2, Stockholm.^[7]
• 2010 Gaza Photo Album, Umbrage Gallery, New York.^[8]
• 2010 Gaza Photo Album, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden.^[9]
• 2010 The Children of Ceauşescu, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm.^[10]
• 2012 "Killing time", Tegen2, Stockholm.^[11]
• 2013 "Ceausescus barn", Malmö Museer, Malmö, Sweden.^[12][13]

Publications

• The book of Beth
  • Beths bok. [Oslo]: Oktober, 1988. ISBN 9788270944798. (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • Beths bok. Stockholm: Norstedts, 1988. ISBN 978-91-1-883442-4. (Swedish)
  • Beths bog. Copenhagen: Tiderne skifter, 1988. ISBN 8774453424. (Danish)
  • The book of Beth. New York: Aperture, 1989. ISBN 0893813702. (English)
• El Niño, text by Elena Poniatowska
  • El Niño: En berättelse om gatubarn i Mexico City. Stockholm: Journal, 1999. ISBN 9197239569. (Swedish)
  • El Niño: En beretning om gadebørn i Mexico City. Copenhagen: Tiderne Skifter, 1999. ISBN 8774458361. (Danish)
  • El Niño, Children of the streets, Mexico City = El Niño: Niños de la calle, Ciudad de México. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1999. ISBN 0815605927. (English)(Spanish)
• Children of Ceausescu, foreword by Herta Müller
  • Ceausescus barn. Stockholm: Journal, 2001. ISBN 9789197418225. (Swedish)
  • Children of Ceausescu. New York: Umbrage, 2001. ISBN 9781884167102; ISBN 9789197418218. (English)
• Historien om et menneske: Eller når to plus to bliver fem. Copenhagen: Kunsthallen Nikolaj, 2006. ISBN 8788860817. Text by Mette Sandbye. (Danish) (English)
• Picture imperfect / Beth R. (book and DVD). With Kim Fupz Aakeson.
  • Picture imperfect. Stockholm: Journal, 2007. ISBN 9197577065. (Swedish) (English)
  • Beth R. Copenhagen: Politisk Revy, 2008. ISBN 8773783099. (Danish)
• Out of sight. Stockholm: Journal, 2008. Published together with Dogwalk by Tina Enghoff. Text by Carole Naggar. ISBN 9197762539; ISBN 9197762520. (English)
• Gaza photo album
  • Gaza photo album. Stockholm: Journal, 2009. ISBN 919776258X. (Swedish)
  • Gaza photo album. Copenhagen: Politisk Revy, 2009. ISBN 8773783234. (Danish)
  • Gaza photo album. New York: Umbrage, 2010. ISBN 1884167861. (English)
• Världens mitt finns inte påkartan. Stockholm: Mormor, 2009. ISBN 9185841323. Text by Göran Odbratt. (Swedish)
• Where I am now. Little Journey no. 7. Munich: Bellyband, 2012. ISBN 978-3-9812498-6-6.

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.^[14]
• 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 – Nordic Short & Doc Film Festival, Århus, Denmark.^[15]
• 2006 GuldDok for Best Short Film in Copenhagen Denmark, Beths dagbog (Beth's Diary).^[14][16]
• 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^[17][18]
• 2010 First prize, General News Singles, World Press Photo awards (for a photograph of Gaza City)^[19][20]

References

1. CV, Klich's website, accessed 3 Dec. 2010
2. Kent Klich, Kaunas Photo Days. Accessed 18 September 2013.
3. Mats Granberg, "Återbesöken lång, osminkad och smärtsam familjehistoria", Norrköpings Tidningar, 30 December 2006. (Swedish) Accessed 27 September 2013.
4. List of events at Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg Kommune. (Danish) Accessed 18 September 2013.
5. Exhibition notice for "Get Lost", Dansk Arkitektur Center.
6. "Tidigare utställningar på Malmö Museer", Malmö city website. (Swedish) Accessed 25 September 2013.
7. Exhibition notice, Tegen2. (Swedish) Accessed 29 September 2013.
8. R. Wayne Parsons, review of "Gaza Photo Album", New York Photo Review.
9. Exhibition notice for "Gaza Photo Album", Hasselblad Foundation.
10. Exhibition notice for "The Children of Ceauşescu", mutualart.com.
11. Exhibition notice, Tegen2. (Swedish) Accessed 29 September 2013.
12. Exhibition notice for "Ceausescus barn", Malmö city website. (Swedish) Accessed 18 September 2013.
13. Magnus Fröderberg, "Kent Klich: Ceausescus barn", Fotosidan, 26 September 2013. (Swedish) Accessed 28 September 2013.
14. "El fotógrafo del conflicto, Linea de Tierra, 28 April 2010. (Spanish) 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. (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. (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.

External links

• Klich's website
• About El Niño, PixelPress
• Interview with Klich about Gaza Photo Album, foto8.com
• Judith 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, The Book of Beth and Picture Imperfect by Kent Klich, 5B4
• Mats Granberg, "Den senaste berättelsen om Beth", Norrköpings Tidningar, 1 September 2006.