Eté des Portraits 2010: deadline for submissions March 31st
We like to remind you the wonderful opportunity to take part to this event, wich is organised by our French member association, the GNPP.
You still have untill March 31st to select 3 of your best portrait images and send the files!
The competition is open to the European professional photographers, members of the FEP members associations.
One single theme: "The portrait and the human figure in all its forms, as seen by European photographers" (except wedding pictures).
To enter, applicants must send a CD containing three (3) signed borderless images ready to be drawn from size 50 cm in length maximum 180 dpi, without edge effects. and a reference drawing (unsigned) format 18x24/20x30 cm or approached for the trial. Please enclose with this CD all your relevant professional data and a "self portrait".
The contest will award three category winners with a Borvo crystal, diamonds and rubies, and three apprentices trophies young hope crystal, diamond, ruby. Five special mentions will be given this year.
For further news see the article on the associations news page or visit the website of the organisation (http://www.etedesportraits.com/).
FEP Awards 2009 results
The Federation of European Photographers announces the overall winners of the 2009 FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Award and the FEP - Towergate Fine Art Photographer of the Year Award
FEP Professional Photographer of the Year 2009:
Josè Luis Guardia Peinado, Spain
Also winnner of the social category of the competition. Josè Louis lives and works in Granada, Spain. 
FEP President Neil Warner, J.L. Guardia Peinado, J.L. Guardia Jr.
and Claes Jepsson, representative of Epson Europe.
FEP - Towergate Fine Art Photograph of the Year 2009:
Tom Jones, Belgium
Tom Jones was presented with his award by the Towergate Camerasure representative Stuart Grieb, while Epson awarded the winner membership of the Digigraphie® Collection which represents a world standard in fine art printing.
FEP President Neil Warner, Towergate Camesure representative
Stuart Grieb, Tom and Sylvia Jones.
The Federation of European Photographers announces the category winners and the finalist images of the 2009 FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards
The "2009 FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards" which is supported by Epson has just closed, and more than 2,000 entries from 600 photographers in 20 European countries have been evaluated by the international FEP jury with an online vote. The "FEP - Towergate Camerasure European Fine Art Photograph of the Year Award" had 550 entries.
The international Judges worked to select the FEP European Professional Social, Commercial and Pictorial Photographers of the Year, as well as the FEP – Towergate Camerasure Fine Art Photograph of the Year.
The category winners are listed below. The FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year was selected from one of the category winners (see article above).
The winners were awarded at a special ceremony which took place at the Photo Museum of Antwerp, Belgium, Waalsekaai 47, on Thursday December 17th, 2009. The overall FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year and the FEP - Towergate Camerasure European Fine Art Photograph of the Year Award was announced during the ceremony.
The awards consist of certificates and a magnificent cut glass trophy. Epson printed the finalist images for inclusion in the award collection. The FEP European 2009 Awards Exhibition will be open to the public at the Photo Museum of Antwerp, first floor, from December 15th up to the end of the year. The collection will consist of the top 10 finalists from each category and the top 10 fine art images.
The collection will then be exhibited throughout the year in several European locations, including Madrid, Milan, Lissabon, Moscow, ...
As an acknowledgement of the historic standards reached in the FEP - Towergate Camerasure European Fine Art Photograph of the Year Award, Epson awards the winner membership of the Digigraphie® program which represents a world standard in digital fine art printing. The 10 finalist images will be - upon artist agreement - part of a special Digigraphie collection for the FEP 2009 Awards, and as such all the work displayed at the Photo Museum of Antwerp is Digigraphie certified as well.
Epson officially supports the "FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards".
Epson has the right to use the photographs for promotional purposes for one year, publishing the name of the author and the event together with the winning images.
The "FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards", supported by Epson
Social category
Category Winner and
FEP Professional Photographer of the Year 2009:
José Luis Guardia Peinado, Granada, Spain
Finalists (selected for the collection):
Andy Gotts, United Kingdom
José Juliàn Ochoa Martinez, Spain
Filip Santens, Belgium
Luigi Rota, Italy
José Juliàn Ochoa Martinez, Spain
Enrique Oliver, Spain
Eugenio Hernandez Guadilla, Spain
José Juliàn Ochoa Martinez, Spain
Carl Lapeirre, Belgium
Edward Van Hees, The Netherlands
Commercial category
Category Winner:
Gerry O’Leary, Dublin, Ireland
FEP President Neil Warner, Gerry O'Leary and Epson
representative Claes Jepsson.
Finalists (selected for the collection):
Jan Miskovic, Slovak Republic
David Taylor, United Kingdom
Michael Hall, United Kingdom
Alexei Babaev, Russia
Sergio Mantello, Italy
Gerry O’Leary, Ireland
James Newton, United Kingdom
Sergio Mantello, Italy
Danny Migalski, Belgium
Kurt Vansteelant, Belgium
Wiliam Long, United Kingdom
David Cantwell, Ireland
Alexander Korobov, Russia
Pictorial category
Category winner:
Yuri Afanasiev, Moscow, Russia
Finalists (selected for the collection):
Andrè Boto, Portugal
Denis Molinari, Italy
Ivan Caniga, Slovak Republic
José Luis Guardia Peinado, Spain
Yuri Afanasiev, Russia
Tom Jones, Belgium
Andrè Boto, Portugal
Andrè Boto, Portugal
Andrè Boto, Portugal
Mauricio Abreu, Portugal
Martin Vrabko, Slovak Republic
"FEP European Fine Art Photograph of the Year Award", sponsored by Towergate Camerasure
FEP - Towergate Fine Art Photograph of the Year 2009
Tom Jones, Knokke, Belgium
Finalists (selected for the collection):
Gio Versyck, Belgium
Lucille Feremans, Belgium
Martin Vrabko, Slovak Republic
Jan Darthet, Belgium
Yuri Afanasiev, Russia
Tom Jones, Belgium
Ingrid Van Heteren, The Netherlands
Johan Brouwers, Belgium
Ana Struharova, Slovak Republic
Marko Dutka, United Kingdom
View all the award winning images from the FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards
The 9 Belgian finalists:
Tom & Sylvia Jones, Filip Santens, Johan Brouwers, Danny Migalski,
Kurt Vansteelant, Bruno Vetters (Assoc. President), Nikki Huts
(Assoc. Gen Secretary), Gio Versyck, Jan Darthet, Lucille Feremans
and Carl Lapeirre.
All group pictures © Johan Brouwers, FEP webmaster
QEP judging session N. 20 and Master session N. 7 report
The international jury of the 20th QEP judging session on December 5-6 in Brussels awarded the prestigious QEP title to 24 photographers from 61 entries
Filip Santens, Belgium, QEP LandscapeTom Jones, Belgium, QEP Landscape
Yves Nevens, Belgium, QEP Portrait
Hennie Marks, The Netherlands, QEP Portrait, QEP Wedding
Helge Kirchberger, Austria, QEP Advertising
Stefan Söser, Austria, QEP Wedding
Peter O'Donnell, Ireland, QEP Landscape
Sari Muhonen, Finland, QEP Portrait
Onni Wiljami Kinnunen, Finland, QEP Illustrative Advertising
Darren Charles Holloway, United Kingdom, QEP Wildlife
Marian Beneš, Czech Republic, QEP Architecture
Mario Cerdeira, Portugal, QEP Advertising Food
Jerónimo Heitor Coelho, Portugal, QEP Wedding
Ana Struhárová, Slovakia, QEP Illustrative
Michael Grøn, Denmark, QEP Portrait
Andrey Balabasow, Germany, QEP Wedding
Clemente Jiménez Santander, Spain, QEP Wedding, QEP Fashion
Rafael de la Torre Velasco, Spain, QEP Architectural Abstract
José Luis Guardia Peinado, Spain, QEP Wedding
José Julián Ochoa Martinez, Spain, QEP Landscape
Vicente Esteban Abad, Spain, QEP Nude
Adriano Scognamillo, Italy, QEP Illustrative
Visit the QEP's personal pages: http://www.europeanphotographers.eu/qep_photographers.asp
The jury also honoured 9 photographers with the Master QEP title
Andy J.J. Hens, Germany
B.C. Gassner, Germany
Jorgen Brandt, Denmark
Manuel Carpio Lopez, Spain
Enrique Oliver Tortosa, Spain
Karel Benes, Czech Republic
Peter Bagi, Slovakia
Ruggiero Di Benedetto, Italy
Davide Cerati, Italy
Visit the Master QEP's personal pages: http://www.europeanphotographers.eu/qep_masters.asp
Master QEP Jorgen Brandt reflected
in one of his superb pictures
Since 1999 the FEP attributed a total of 348 QEP titles to 311 photographers.
And 24 photographers were honoured with the Master QEP title.
