Kent Klich (born 1952) is a Swedish artist living in Copenhagen. He 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 Ceasescus Children detailing the HIV crisis of Romanian children.
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2010 The Children of Ceauşescu, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm.
2010 Gaza Photo Album, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2010 Gaza Photo Album, Umbrage Gallery, New York, USA.
2009 Gallery Tegen 2, Gaza Photo Album, Stockholm, Sweden.
2009 Mexico/Out of sight, Landskrona museum, Sweden.
2008 Out of Sight Out of mind, the Museum of Malmö, Sweden.
2008 Out of Sight Out of mind, exhibition on the streets in the city of Copenhagen/ The Danish Architecture Center, Denmark.
2007 A Family Story / Picture Imperfect, Kunsthallen Brænderigården, Viborg, Denmark. 2007 Children of Ceausescu, The Photo Museum, Sundsvall, Sweden.
2006 A Family Story / Picture Imperfect, Museum of Work, Norrköping, Sweden.
2006 A Family Story / Picture Imperfect, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark.
2004 Street children, Mexico, Kaunas, Lithuania.
2001 Work in progress, Beth, Fotografevi, Istanbul, Turkey.
2001 Children of Ceausescu, The Swedish Cultural Institute, Paris, France.
2001 Street children, Mexico, City Hall, Sundsvall, Sweden.
2000 Street children, Mexico, Dunya Kitabevi, Istanbul, Turkey.
2000 Street children, Mexico, Center for Photography, Örebro, Sweden.
1999 Street children, Mexico, Wermlands Museum. Sweden.
1999 Street children, Mexico. Center for Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1998 Street children, Mexico, Stockholm City Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.
2009 Gaza Photo Album, Umbrage Editions, USA, Journal, Sweden, Politisk Revy, Denmark.
2008 Out of sight, Journal, Sweden.
2008 Picture Imperfect, Beth R, Politisk Revy, Denmark.
2007 Picture Imperfect, Journal, Sweden.
2001 Children of Ceausescu, Umbrage Editions, USA.
2001 Ceausescus barn, Journal, Sweden.
1999 El Niño, Children of the streets, Mexico City, Syracuse University Press, USA.
1999 El Niño, gadens børn, Mexico City, Tiderne skifter, Denmark.
1999 El Niño, gatans barn, Mexico City, Journal, Sweden.
1989 The Book of Beth, Aperture, USA.
1988 Beths bog, Tiderne skifter, Denmark.
1988 Beths bok, Norstedts, Sweden.
1988 Beths bok, Oktober, Norway.
2009 Picture Imperfect winner of The Swedish Photo Book Prize
2008 ”Fotofrühling” The Kassel Fotoforum, Picture Imperfect among the 22 best photobooks of 2007/08.
2007 Nominated for a Robert filmprize, the Danish Film Academy, short documentary, Denmark.Beth`s Diary.
2006 GuldDok for Best Short Film in Copenhagen Denmark,Beth`s Diary.
2006 Special mention, Beth`s Diary, 17th Nordic Short & Documentary Film Festival, Århus, Denmark.
2006 5- year grant, the Arts Grants Committee, Stockholm, Sweden.
2005 Prize, Fogtdals Forlag, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2004 Grant, Sveriges Författarfond, Stockholm, Sweden.
2003 Grant, Sveriges Författarfond,Stockkholm, Sweden.
2003 Grant, Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2003 Prize, the city of Västerås, Sweden.
2002 Prize, the Museum of Work’s documentary photography prize, Norrköping, Sweden.