


A Different Light
Photo by Alvin Lau

KUALA LUMPUR
21 September - 01 October 2023
Submit your projects to the Open Call here.
Deadline 31 March 2023
Join Exposure+ Photo 2023 photography festival as an exhibiting artist in vibrant Kuala Lumpur this September and join our mission to showcase, share and discuss fresh and innovative photography and video to Malaysian and regional audiences. Open to all international and Malaysian photographers.
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A Different Light
Selected photography and video projects will be exhibited at various partner locations in Kuala Lumpur in September 2023 as part of the 2nd EXPOSURE+ PHOTO festival. The 2023 theme A Different Light invites photographers globally to enter recently completed projects or work-in-progress that has been inspired by past stories, memories, and lived experiences. Our selectors want to see the visual stories you have always longed to tell, reimagine or re-tell in a different and new way, approach, format, or narrative : those fantastic tales from childhood or encounters with strangers, the nostalgic family outings, those first infatuations, and emotions. Perhaps you would like to reshoot a past story from a new angle? Approach your street images from a new viewpoint? Change the roles between protagonist and antagonist in your narratives. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS AS YOUR IMAGINATION Photography + Imagination is a powerful tool for telling visual stories; limitless and unbounded by conventions and rules or restrictions. Your stories may be fact, fiction, or somewhere in between. Your projects will be evaluated and selected by a panel of experienced professionals, produced and exhibited in one of our multi-venue partner locations in the city of Kuala Lumpur. ALL GENRES This open call will be extended to international artists for the first time! Projects and video stories may come from all genres - documentary, conceptual, experimental, or fine-art disciplines that have a unique place within the world we live in today. Approximately 20 artists will be selected to represent the theme A Different Light and have their projects exhibited.
Selection Panel

IHIRO HAYAMI
Ihiro Hayami (b. 1982, Osaka Japan) is the founder of T3 PHOTO FESTIVAL (Tokyo International Photography Festival). He is the former chief editor of Japanese Photography Magazine, “PHaT PHOTO”, and was the gallery director of RINGCUBE (Ginza). His selected curatorial exhibitions include, Alejandro Chaskielberg’s “Otsuchi Future Memories” (2016), and Alex Prager’s “WEEK-END” (2010). Over the past few years, he has served as juror, lecturer, and reviewer at various international photo festivals and photography universities, including Photo Vogue Festival, Critical Mass, Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards, FestFoto Brazil and PHMuseum Grant.

CAROL KÖRTING
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Carol Körting worked as a freelance photographer before studying photo editing at the Ostkreuz Schule für Fotografie in Berlin, Germany. She has served as photo editor for the renowned Leica Fotografie International Magazine (LFI) and its online platform for over a decade, during which time she has produced and edited countless photographic projects.
As a professional portfolio reviewer, Körting was part of a team of jurors at numerous photography competitions. In addition, she gives talks, workshops and presentations on photo editing.
Photo Credit: Johannes Barthelmes

NADIRAH ZAKARIYA
Born in 1984 and raised in Malaysia, Nadirah Zakariya is the co-founder of Exposure+ Photo.
She draws inspiration for her work through her non-specific geographical upbringing. Currently based in Kuala Lumpur, Nadirah received her Bachelor in Fine Arts from the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC.
Nadirah is an internationally published photographer with works in numerous publications such as Bloomberg News, The New York Times Magazine, NYLON, VICE, Dazed and Confused, Refinery29 and Vogue Italia. She is currently featured in Flora Photographica, a book published by Thames & Hudson in 2022.
Nadirah’s works have been exhibited in cities including New York, London, Paris, Milan, and Kuala Lumpur.

STEVEN LEE
Steven Lee is the founder-director of Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards (KLPA) and co-founder of Exposure+ Photo. He is actively involved in international photography events as jury, portfolio reviewer, mentor, and workshop lead. He acted as nominators for the World Press Photo 6X6 Global Talent Program and Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) since 2020.
Steven is also a photographer who began his career in fashion and portraiture, as well as travel documentary work in the early 2000s, and has self-published several books.
Timeline
January 2023
Launch of Open Call
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31 March 2023
Open Call Deadline
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April/May 2023
Selection of projects
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June 2023
Announcement of Exhibitors
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August 2023
Preparation for print & production
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September 2023
Exhibition opens in Kuala Lumpur
Join us in Kuala Lumpur!

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