KL photography fest on hybrid mode until tomorrow

AFTER a successful virtual festival last year, the Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival (KLPF) returns with a hybrid event this year.

The ongoing 3D Virtual Festival will end tomorrow, while the physical event that started yesterday until tomorrow is being held at Viva shopping centre in Taman Miharja, Kuala Lumpur.

This year marks the festival’s 25th anniversary.

Created with 360° virtual reality technology, the 3D Virtual KLPF brings photographic art exhibitions, live stream programmes, contemporary and cultural performances as well as a trade fair to an online audience at www.2vr360.online/klpf2021/

Meanwhile, a specially curated exhibition titled “25 Visions of 25-Years-Young Photographers” features the works of 10 talents.

This year sees 10 photographers pitching their series for the Photo Creator of the Year 2021 award.

The documentary being screened this year is The Light Within A Hundred Square Feet, which tells a story about the last Chicago film developer.

Besides that, KLPF is collaborating with foreign photography festivals and photo exhibitions to enable a two-way exchange.

On the invitation list of the Festival of the Festivals programme are: Eyes on Main Street (Wilson Outdoor Photo Festival from North Carolina, US), Women Street Photographers (from New York, US), PSS (from Singapore), Jeonju International Photo Festival (from South Korea) and a photographic arts group from Taiwan.

KLPF also nurtures young talents through The Young Photographers Programme, where students from secondary schools, colleges and universities are given a space to exhibit their creative works and practise their presentation skills.