Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards 2018

: deadline extended to

.

Now in its 10th 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 (

)

In recognising diversity and rewarding effort, this edition of KLPA chooses specifically to highlight the importance of good storytelling in photography, within the contemporary portraiture genre where so many emerging photographers have been photographing recently - project work or the photo story. Special emphasis will also be given to photographers who push the boundaries of conventionality, to producing imaginative, fresh, visually arresting portraits and personally driven and well-researched stories.

will be a completely OPEN contest - with no theme to restrict your creativity, no boundaries to hold you back. Portraits may be interpreted in its widest sense, in relation to photography concerned with portraying people with an 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.

Entry fees start at 15 USD.