CRITICAL EYE – Portraits From The Street

1st Prize USD$2,000 + sponsored Residency Program in Malaysia

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The 2025 KLPA Portrait Prize is now open for entries with the thematic requirement of street portraiture. Often, photographing in the street is a fleeting and unplanned process, and making decent portraits of strangers can be daunting to many photographers.

Critical Eye challenges street photographers to photograph what they can see in front of them with a keen and discerning eye. Street portraiture is casual but spontaneous, complex but fleeting, and just as skilfully executed as the best studio set-up. Effectively, street photography has no rules, and we do not limit your boundaries in pursuit of that elusive moment. Impress the jury with strong, enigmatic, and compelling portraits taken in all 'street' settings.

Prizes:

1st Prize USD$2,000 + sponsored Residency Program in Malaysia
2nd Prize USD$1,000
3rd Prize USD$500

STUDENT ENTRIES

USD$200 each will be awarded to the three best entries.

ZONTIGA / KLPA2025 PRIZE

Exclusively for Malaysian entries, Zontiga and KLPA have come together to award three prizes to the best portraits that adhere to the theme of Portraits from the Street, as selected by Zontiga.

1st Prize RM200 book purchase value + RM100 printing vouchers + Lomo Reusable Film Camera & film
2nd Prize RM100 book purchase value + RM100 printing vouchers
3rd Prize RM50 book purchase value + RM50 printing vouchers

The Best 35 entries will have their portraits exhibited at Hin Bus Depot, Georgetown, Penang in September, 2025. Finalists will also be screened at international partner festivals.

Eligibility:

The KLPA 2025 is open to photographers - professionals and amateurs - from all countries

Copyrights & Usage Rights:

The Photographer always retains the copyright of all submitted images at all times

Theme:

Portrait Street