Unfortunately, the organizing committee of the FEP Awards has to announce
that a participant in the FEP Awards 2023 has been disqualified when it subsequently emerged that one of the participant’s entries was not the participant’s own creation. As a result, all of the participant’s entries in the FEP Awards 2023 have been disqualified.
At FEP’s board meeting on May 15, 2023, it was unanimously decided that from the meeting forward, any disqualifications due to the participant not being the sole copyright holder of submitted entries, will mean disqualification of all submitted entries and a two-year suspension from participation in the FEP competitions and FEP qualifications.
The FEP Awards 2023 were live broadcast from Rock Opera Prague on April 15 2023 – while you can find the full results here, you might want to see how it all went down in Prague! Click above to play.
The FEP General Assembly 2023 was held in Prague, Czech Republic on April 16, 2023
At the meeting, the financials of the fiscal year 2022 were approved and a new President Elect was elected. Or at this time, not really a “new” one, since current President Truls Lotvedt was unanimously elected to serve for another term as the President.
In addition, one new Auditor was elected. He is Veikko Nurminen from Finland. The other auditor, Milos Fic from the Czech Republic will continue into the second year of his term.
On the following day, April 17, several FEP member association CEOs met in a separate meeting. During the meeting issues related to copyright laws, sponsorship, communications and marketing were discussed. As a result we will renew our sponsorship packages and work on offering new tools for communication and marketing for our members associations.
A warm thank you to the Czech association APF for hosting us in Prague!
FEP Professional Photographer of the Year 2023 is André Boto!
2023 marks as a historical year for the FEP Awards, the competition has been in existence since 2010 and every year a different photographer has won it, only now we received our first two-time winner, André Boto of Portugal. Aptly Boto was the one to win the very first title as well back in 2010.
Again over 300 European photographers submitted images for the FEP Awards, clearly this is a competition European photographers value and wish to take part in. We wish to thank you all for all!
It was no easy task for our Chairman Johan Brouwers and his team 30 international judges to go through and evaluate all of the images entered, but as always, they worked hard to complete the task and we can now see the results of their work. So once more a heartfelt thanks to our judges! You can read more about our judges here.
Chairman Brouwers comments: “it is clear an unstoppable wave of new technologies has entered into the FEP competition. Thanks to AI, the digital images category has seen tremendous growth and this was also visible in other categories such as commercial, illustrative and even fashion and portrait.”
This time the FEP Awards took place in the RockOpera theater in beautiful and historic Prague. Man of the evening was undoubtedly André Boto, he was a finalist in a whopping 6 of the competition’s 12 categories and gathered 3 medals, one of each colour: gold, silver and bronze. Being a finalist 6 different categories proves what a versatile and talented photographer he is.
Also notable was the success of a first-time participant Arun Mohanraj from UK, he took part in the FEP Awards for the very first time and goes back home 3 Golden Camera awards to show for his efforts!
The Chairman commented: “For the first time in my five-year presidency of the FEP Awards we had to wait until the very last votes came in before it was clear who the overall winner would be. The competition has never been more close.”
During the FEP Awards ceremony, also the winners of the FEP Young Photographer Award were announced. The FYPA is a competition specifically aimed for young photographes under the age of 30. The winner, Jonas Michler from Germany was already among the finalists of the competition, but this year he upgraded himself to the top position. You can see his portfolio as well as the 2 other merit winners’ portfolios here:
As usual, the FEP Awards will be streamed live and you can follow the broadcast on our official Facebook page. The Awards ceremony takes places on Saturday, April 15 in Prague ay 4.30 pm CET.
Finalist announcement, FEP Awards and FEP Young Photographer Award 2023
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The results of the FEP Awards and the FEP Young Photographer Award are ready and we are pleased to announce the finalists. All names are listed alphabetically under the respective category.
The Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 15th in Prague. All finalists will be contacted personally to give them further information on the event.
In each category of the FEP Awards, the TOP 3 photographers will be awarded with Bronze, Silver and Golden Cameras. The winners of the Golden Cameras will also compete for the competition’s overall winner’s title, the FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2023. In the Young Photographers’ competition we will award one winner and 2 additional merit award winners.
As always, there are also images outside of the final receiving single image awards. These will be revealed after the Awards ceremony. Congratulations to all of the finalists, you can be proud of your achievements! We hope to see you in Prague receiving your awards!
FEP Young Photographer Award
Iina-Maria Hirvonen, Finland
Ida Lehtonen, Finland
Jonas Michler, Germany
FEP Awards 2023
Advertising / Commercial category
André Boto, Portugal
Dusan Holovej, Slovakia
Antti Karppinen, Finland
Onni Wiljami Kinnunen, Finland
Keke Leppälä, Finland
Adrien Michel, France
Franklin Neto, Portugal
Roger O’Sullivan, Ireland
Marc Sabat, Finland
Sven Van Roy, Belgium
Digitally Created Images
André Boto, Portugal
João Carlos, Portugal
Raïs De Weirdt, Belgium
Antti Karppinen, Finland
Franck Lecrenay, France
Nuno Lopes, Portugal
Jose Manuel Ortega Romero, Spain
Alvaro Ruiz, Spain
Sami Voutilainen, Finland
Vadym Yatsun, Ukraine
Domesticated Animals
Elke Braet, Belgium
Kat De Laet, Belgium
Els Decoodt, Belgium
Heidi Glader, Finland
Sandra Helsocht, Belgium
Nika Kuplenk Golobic, Slovenia
Elodie Ruelleux-Dagorne, France
Veronica Sandorova, Slovakia
Johanna Sjövall, Finland
Kristi Vilmunen, Finland
Fashion & Beauty
Therese Asplund, Sweden
Wolfgang Gangl, Austria
Taylor Griffiths, United Kingdom
Michael Hayes, Ireland
Tatya Lushchyk, Belarus
Joeri Peeters, Belgium
Birgit Probst, Austria
Pia Maria Rautio, Finland
Kate Kasia Tarnowska, United Kingdom
Vadym Yatsun, Ukraine
Illustration & Fine art
André Boto, Portugal
Jozef Danyi, Czech Republic
Manuel González, Spain
Claudiu Guraliuc, Romania
Antti Karppinen, Finland
Yevhen Kostiuk, Ukraine
Juan Misis Sánchez, Spain
Hanna Neret, Sweden
Carloa Quiros Osorio, Spain
Andreas Varro, Sweden
Landscape
Katti Borré, Belgium
Filip Hrebenda, Slovakia
Philipp Jakesch, Austria
Yevhen Kostiuk, Ukraine
Adrien Michel, France
Piroska Mihalka, Belgium
Daragh Moldowney, Ireland
Karel Mus, Belgium
Jan Smid, Czech Republic
Luc Vervliet, Belgium
Nature
Pedro Luis Ajuriguerra Saiz, Spain
André Boto, Portugal
Stefan Brenner, Austria
Philipp Jakesch, Austria
Sonja Jordan, Austria
Adrien Michel, France
Arun Mohanraj,United Kingdom
Alexandr Plaksin, Ukraine
Erika Valkovicova, Czech Republic
Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove, Iceland
People & Portrait
Anna Arvidsson, Sweden
Therese Asplund, Sweden
André Boto, Portugal
Annamari Kemppainen, Finland
Evgeni Kolesnik, Ukraine
Natalia Pipkina, Norway
Pia Maria Rautio, Finland
Pia Rothmann, Norway
Barrie Spence, United Kingdom
Martina Wärenfeldt, Sweden
Reportage & Photojournalism
Rui Caria, Portugal
Mstyslav Chernov, Ukraine
Luis Godinho, Portugal
Franky Muze Heusequin, Belgium
Jesús Jimenez, Spain
Rastislav Margus, Czech Republic
Victor Martinez Campos, Spain
Jaime Mezquida Caudeli, Spain
Alfonso Novo, Spain
Risto Raunio, Finland
Sports
Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz, Spain
André Boto, Portugal
Colin Brister, United Kingdom
Matthias Fritzenwallner, Austria
Johannes Jank, Austria
Robo Kucak, Slovakia
Franck Lecrenay, France
Victor Martinez Campos, Spain
Arun Mohanraj, United Kingdom
Hannu Rainamo, Finland
Wedding
Valter Antunes, Portugal
Raïs De Weirdt, Belgium
Carlos Felipa Ortiz, Spain
John Hellström, Sweden
Manuel Iglesias, Spain
Mario Monteiro, Portugal
Paulo Pinto, Portugal
Miguel Ponte, Portugal
Ivan Schirmenti, Italy
Serhii Volkov, Ukraine
Wildlife
Erkko Badermann, Finland
Colin Brister, United Kingdom
Michal Dobes, Czech Republic
Massimo Giorgetta, Italy
Tracey Lund, United Kingdom
Arun Mohanraj, United Kingdom
Risto Raunio, Finland
Mia Surakka, Finland
David Taylor, United Kingdom
Cécile Terrasse, France
The judging process for both the FEP Awards and the FEP Young Photographer Award is on the way and we are expecting to announce finalists of both competitions in the beginning of March. The annual Awards ceremony will take place at the Rock Opera Theatre in Prague on Saturday, April 15, 2023. More detials to follow on the venue and the arrangements.
Thank you for taking part in our competitions and good luck!
We hope to see you in Prague!
A special message from our FEP Awards 2022 participants
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In the aftermath of the 2022 Awards ceremony in Rome, we took a few minutes to ask some judges and participants what’s so special about participating in the FEP Awards, we hope you enjoy this glimpse behind the scenes.
The QEP/MQEP registrations for the next session (June 2023) will open on Monday, January 9, 2023 online at the QEP/MQEP registration page
All the candidates already registered for November 2022 are automatically moved to the June 2023 session and they do not need to pay again.
The old early birds price (150 euro for QEP and 250 euro for MQEP) will stay only until January 31.
The new early birds fee (from 2023) will be 170 euro for QEP and 270 euro for MQEP. This discounted fee will be available from February 1 until March 31.
After that date, fee will be 185 euro for QEP and 295 euro for MQEP. (The same criterion will be applied for the November 2023 session and so on).
Deadline for applications for June session will be April 12. This is the last day to register and the date in which FEP will count applications and decide to confirm or not the event.
We are currently experiencing difficulties with FEP email addresses and therefore we won’t be receiving your messages. We are working to fix the issue but right now we are asking for your patience.
In addition, you may have to resend your message in a few days as we do not know for now whether all messages will come thru when the accounts are up and running again.
The next QEP & MQEP judging session will take place on June 18-19 in Poprad, Slovakia. During the last judging session last November we introduced video feedbacks for the unsuccessful panels, since we felt that is a better way to give the candidate as much feedback and constructive comments as possible. We will now continue with those.
Time allowing, we may also recording some other video materials in this session that can be used as promotional and/or educational material for future judging sessions.
Results of the judging session will be published on our website once the judging is complete.
The FEP will be hosted in Slovakia by APFSR, Asociácia Profesionálnych Fotografov Slovenskej Republiky. This is the second time the FEP is hosting a judging session in Slovakia, the previous one was on November 2013 in Bratislava.
The FEP General Assembly 2022 was held in Rome, Italy on May 1, 2022.
During the meeting, the financials of the fiscal year 2021 were approved and a new board was elected for the FEP. The new Board consists of the following people: Marie de Verdier Persson, Bernd Gassner, Tiina Haring, Friedrich Jansenberger, Martin Krystýnek, Jeanette Larsen, Eugenio LiVolsi, William Moureaux, Bent Nygaard Larsen, Jan Pohribný and Caroline Tanghe. Truls Lötvedt will continue as the President.
The external auditors for 2022 will be Miloš Fic and Willem van der Vlies.
The member associations were also encouraged to express candidacies of hosting the FEP Awards or the QEP/MQEP judging events in the future.
We wish to express our gratitude for the members of the previous Board for their work over the past year and welcome the new Board for 2022-2024!
We are happy to announce that to the following professional videographers have been awarded with the QEV – Qualified European Videographer title, at the last QEV online session.
The FEP Awards Ceremony 2022 will be held in Rome, Italy, on Sunday May 1st at 18:00 CET and we are really looking forward to it! If you are unable to attend Rome in person, you can still watch the event live on Facebook!
The FEP, Federation of European Professional Photographers, has been deeply appalled by the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine and strongly feels that any type of military action against any nation is abhorrent. We simply cannot look the other way and in this instance we need to take a stand now.
Whilst we will continue to support creators and image makers of all nations, including Russia, after careful deliberation, we have come to the conclusion that we must suspend the membership of the Russian associations within FEP. The suspension will take effect immediately and remain until all hostilities against Ukraine or any other nation have ceased.
During this time members of Russian associations or any Russian photographer cannot take part in qualifications, competitions or other activities organised by the FEP. This also includes the current competition’s results. We recognize there are innocent Russian creators who openly disagree with this aggression and war, who will be affected by this action which we bitterly regret.
The FEP board made this decision based on the rules of the event and the values of the FEP. Before making this resolution, the FEP took time to diligently consult with its members. FEP is a non-political organization of professional photographers dedicated to upholding the values of all professional photographers. This has not been an easy decision, it is not a knee jerk reaction, rather something which has been debated in depth over these past weeks within FEP and its member associations.
We remain committed to protecting these values in a cultural competition that promotes international exchange and understanding, brings audiences together, celebrates diversity through photography and unites all of Europe on one stage.
We are pleased to announce the FEP Awards and FEP Young Photographer Award finalists 2022. All names are listed alphabetically under the respective category. The Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 1 in Rome, Italy. All finalists will be contacted personally to give them further information about the event in Rome. In each category of the FEP Awards, the TOP 3 photographers will be awarded with Bronze, Silver and Golden Cameras. The winners of the Golden Cameras will also compete for the competition’s overall winner’s title, the FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2022. In the Young Photographers’ competition we will award one winner and additional merit award winners Like every year, there are also images outside of the final receiving single image awards. These will be revealed after the Awards ceremony. Congratulations to all of the finalists, you can be proud of your achievements! We hope to see you in Rome receiving your awards!
Attention all European videographers: we are opening our EV and QEV qualifications for a new round round of judging next Monday, February 28! Select your best videos and put together your submission, a new qualification is waiting for you!
For the EV qualification you will need 3 videos, ideally not longer than 3 minutes. An exception is made for documentaries, they can go up to 12 minutes. For the QEV qualification you will also need 3 videos, but they ned to be from your chosen field of specialization (wedding/social, commercial/documentary/reportage or personal project).
Visit our website for full rules of the video qualifications. Submissions are open until March 31 and the judging will be conducted after it, in April. We are waiting for your videos!
Both the FEP Awards ceremony and the WPC Awards ceremony have been postponed by approximately 1 month, the new date of the FEP Awards ceremony is May 1, 2022. The WPC Awards will be presented the following day. The venue is still Rome, Italy.
The judging process of the images submitted for the FEP Awards is currently ongoing and we expect to release information on the finalists in the beginning of March. All finalists will then receive more information on the event in Rome.
The competition deadlines are quickly approaching! Both the FEP Awards and the FEP Young Photographer Award are closing for entries on Monday, January 17, so there are only a couple of more days to participate and upload your images.
The 6th FEP Photo Book Award (2022) though will extend its deadline; the submitted books need to have reached the competition secretary in Italy by February 12.
Further information on all competitions from their respective sites. All results will be published on March 27, in Rome, Italy. Good luck!
The Federation of European Professional Photographers’ Board and General Assembly were finally able to gather in person during the last weekend in November in Tampere, Finland. In addition to the meetings, also the 41st judging session took place. As a result, 27 new QEP titles and 4 MQEP titles were awarded to photographers around Europe. Once again, congratulations to all the newly qualified photographers!
General Assembly
The General Assembly approved the budget for 2022 and also approved a new country, Iceland, to the FEP family. Welcome the Icelandic Professional Photographers Association!
Event calendar
The Board confirmed future events, The FEP Awards and next General Assembly will take place in Rome, Italy on March 27, 2022 and the next QEP/MQEP judging session will take place in Poprad, Slovakia on June 17-20, 2022. The second judging session of 2022 is possible taking place in Naples, but that is yet to be confirmed.
The Federation of European Professional Photographers gathered in Tampere, Finland, on November 27-29 for its 41st qualification judging session, after a 2 years stop because of COVID-19 situation
This time, a record number of almost 20 Master QEP and almost 60 QEP panels have been received and judged and 27 QEP – Qualified European Photographers and 4 Master QEP have been awarded.
Now also the Photo Book competition is open for entries. This will be the 6th edition of this competition, winners will be awarded at the FEP Awards ceremony in Rome on March 27, 2022. Books can be entered into the competition by either the author or the publisher.
Last to sign up for the next QEP/MQEP judging is November 7
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The next QEP/MQEP judging session – and the first in years – will take place in Tampere, Finland during the last weekend of November 2021. If you wish to submit a QEP or MQEP application for this session but have not done so yet, please note that the last day to sign up for it is November 7, 2021.
Both of the annual competitions, the FEP Awards and the Young Photographer Award, are now open for entries. Last day to submit your entries is January 17, 2022 and more information is available on the relevant pages on our website.
Awards ceremony will take place on March 27, 2022 in Rome, Italy.
The final episode of our online series “An Evening With” will air on Monday, August 16 at the usual time of 19.30 CET, live on our Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/FederationOfEuropeanPhotographers.
The final episode will be a special feature of the 2 winners of 2021, the European Professional Photographer of the Year Antti Karppinen and the FEP Young Photographer Award winner Raïs de Weirdt. They will be interviewed by FEP Board member Joao Carlos.
Please join us once more on the FEP Facebook-site!
The 11th episode of our online series “An evening with” introducing our Camera winners from the 2021 FEP Awards, will air on Monday, August 2 at 19.30 CET, live on our Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/FederationOfEuropeanPhotographers.
The eleventh episode will feature the 3 camera winners of the Wildlife category, Tracey Lund, Risto Raunio and Soren Sviland. They will be interviewed by FEP Board member Joao Carlos, who will also host the whole series. A new episode will air every Monday through the summer and each week different category’s winners will be featured (categories will be introduced alphabetically).
Please join us for the series on the FEP Facebook-site!
The 10th episode of our online series “An evening with” introducing our Camera winners from the 2021 FEP Awards, will air on Monday, July 26 at 19.30 CET, live on our Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/FederationOfEuropeanPhotographers.
The tenth episode will feature the 3 camera winners of the Wedding category, Sanjay Jogia, Miguel Ponte and Ivan Schirmenti. They will be interviewed by FEP Board member Joao Carlos, who will also host the whole series. A new episode will air every Monday through the summer and each week different category’s winners will be featured (categories will be introduced alphabetically).
Please join us for the series on the FEP Facebook-site!
Due to unforeseen complications we will not be able to host the eposide with Sports Camera winners. We will return back to the schedule on July 26 with the An Evening With the Wedding Cameras.
We apologise for the inconvenience and invite you to come back for more interviews on July 26.
July 26, Wedding Cameras
August 2, Wildlife Cameras
August 9, Reportage Cameras
August 16, Winners’ Special
See you again on July 26!
The ninth episode of our online series “An Evening with” introducing our Camera winners from the 2021 FEP Awards, will air on Monday, July 12 at 19.30 CET, live on our Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/FederationOfEuropeanPhotographers.
The ninth episode will feature the three camera winners of the Reportage category: Alfonso Novo, Luis Godinho and Manuel Iglesias. They will be interviewed by FEP Board member Joao Carlos, who will also host the whole series. A new episode will air every Monday through the summer and each week different category’s winners will be featured (categories will be introduced alphabetically).
Please join us for the series on the FEP Facebook-site!
The eighth episode of our online series “An Evening with” introducing our Camera winners from the 2021 FEP Awards, will air on Monday, July 5 at 19.30 CET, live on our Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/FederationOfEuropeanPhotographers.
The eighth episode will feature 3 lovely ladies, the camera winners of the People and Portrait category: Pia Maria Rautio, Therese Asplund and Suvi Roiko. They will be interviewed by FEP Board member Joao Carlos, who will also host the whole series. A new episode will air every Monday through the summer and each week different category’s winners will be featured (categories will be introduced alphabetically).
Please join us for the series on the FEP Facebook-site!
The seventh episode of our online series “An Evening with” introducing our Camera winners from the 2021 FEP Awards, will air on Monday, June 28 at 19.30 CET, live on our Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/FederationOfEuropeanPhotographers.
The seventh episode will feature the 3 camera winners of the Nature category: Irina Petrova, Peter Svoboda and Jan Smid. They will be interviewed by FEP Board member Joao Carlos, who will also host the whole series. A new episode will air every Monday through the summer and each week different category’s winners will be featured (categories will be introduced alphabetically).
Please join us for the series on the FEP Facebook-site!
As the pandemic looks like it should be under control in Europe in the coming months (fingers crossed) , we’re very pleased to announce that we’re opening up submissions for the Winter 2021 QEP and MQEP sessions on November 27-28 in Tampere, Finland.
Don’t forget that if you’re on time you can avail of our early bird specials! Early bird application fees are available until September 30, 2021
The sixth episode of our online series “An Evening with” introducing our Camera winners from the 2021 FEP Awards, will air on Monday, June 21 at 19.30 CET, live on our Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/FederationOfEuropeanPhotographers.
The sixth episode will feature the 3 camera winners of the Landscape art category: Peter Svoboda, Karel Mus and Rene Algesheimer. They will be interviewed by FEP Board member Joao Carlos, who will also host the whole series. A new episode will air every Monday through the summer and each week different category’s winners will be featured (categories will be introduced alphabetically).
Please join us for the series on the FEP Facebook-site!
The fifth episode of our online series “An Evening with” introducing our Camera winners from the 2021 FEP Awards, will air on Monday, June 14 at 19.30 CET, live on our Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/FederationOfEuropeanPhotographers.
The fifth episode will feature the 3 camera winners of the Illustrative & Fine art category: Antti Karppinen, Pia Maria Rautio and Andreas Varro. They will be interviewed by FEP Board member Joao Carlos, who will also host the whole series. A new episode will air every Monday through the summer and each week different category’s winners will be featured (categories will be introduced alphabetically).
Please join us for the series on the FEP Facebook-site!
The fourth episode of our online series “An Evening with” introducing our Camera winners from the 2021 FEP Awards, will air on Monday, June 7 at 19.30 CET, live on our Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/FederationOfEuropeanPhotographers.
The fourth episode will feature the 4 camera winners of the Fashion & Beauty category, Therese Asplund, Giorgia Corniola and the 2 bronze camera winner Michael Schnabl and Martina Wärenfeldt. They will be interviewed by FEP Board member Joao Carlos, who will also host the whole series. A new episode will air every Monday through the summer and each week different category’s winners will be featured (categories will be introduced alphabetically).
Please join us for the series on the FEP Facebook-site!
