Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards 2017

: deadline extended to

.

Now in its 9th year, the

continues to engage the global photographic community with the

.

remains committed to promoting international contemporary portrait photography from South East Asia and the rest of the world, by rewarding some of the top photographers in the portraiture genre.

As in previous years, it seeks fresh and innovative photography from new, emerging and established photographers from around the world. There are two categories:

• Single Image (

)

• Single Image/Photo stories (

)

This year's themed category is:

.

The traditional definition of a family is a married man and woman, with their own children living together as a household. Today, more families comprise of unmarried couples, single parents, adopted children or same-sex couples and there are more inter-racial marriages and teen-age parental structures than ever. For our

theme category, show your photographic portrayal of typical or unique 'family' portraits - single images or photo-stories. It is open to all interpretations on the theme - private moments, humorous snaps, poignant and traditional, imagined concepts, radical or avant-garde.

Portrait may be interpreted in its widest sense, in relation to photography concerned with portraying people with emphasis on their identity as individuals in relation to their surroundings, status and humanity.

All photographs must have been taken in

and

or part of an on-going project. Basic darkroom techniques (

) are permissible. Photographs can be

or

, in any format. Entrants can enter more than one category, up to 10 images for each category.

The Photographer

of all submitted images at all times.

Early Bird rates from

:

• 10 USD per image (

)

• 8 USD per additional image up to maximum 10 images

• 55 USD per series (

)