FEP confirm its full support to the WPC and invite all member associations to start the procedure to enter the edition 2018 with a national team.

FEP acknowledge that the WPC has demonstrated an exceptional value in stimulating the pride and the recognition of the professional photographers, of their associations and countries, creating friendships and uniting Professional Photographers world-wide.  
The FEP is proud to have instigated the WPC, together with the PPA sister association, and is very happy of the growing global recognition and success of the contest. 
As the representative of the whole European international community of professional photographers, FEP confirm its full support to the WPC, and invite all member associations to start the procedure to enter the edition 2018 with a national team.
 

We remind you that the registrations for the next QEP and MQEP judging session are open to te FEP members.The meeting will take place at the Falmouth University, in UK, on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 of July 2017. Deadline for sending the application form is May 15. 
Read the rules and regulation and download the updated application forms HERE

 On Monday, April 3 2017, FEP held its annual General Assembly in the majestic “Aula Consiliare” of the “Palazzo degli Elefanti”, historical Town Hall of Catania.
In the General Assembly, 22 FEP member associations were represented. The meeting has been held with the presence of the Major of Catania Enzo Bianco as long as the city counselor Lanfranco Zappalà.  
The General Assembly was a part of the fifth FEP Photo Days event; during the Photo Days the audience could attend presentations from 3 MQEP photographers, Günther Egger, Tiina Haring and Antonio Barrella. The annual FEP Professional Photographer of the Year  – competition’s award ceremony was also a part of the Photo Day, this time also joined by the FEP Photo Book Prize.
The winners of these competitions were Peter Cakovsky from Slovakia (Professional Photographer of the Year 2017) and Wang Hui from China (Photo Book Prize).
During the General Assembly the final budget of 2016 was approved as long as the provisional budget of 2017. FEP also adopted a new system for its membership fees: member countries will be rewarded for actively sending QEP/MQEP applications with reduced membership fees.
 
The General Assembly also unanimously elected a new President for the term of 2018-2020, Truls Løtvedt, from Norway. 
 
Congratulations to all of the award winners and to the new President! The FEP also wants to express its gratitude to Eugenio Li Volsi, a QEP photographer from Sicily and to the presidents of the two Italian FEP member associations Confartigianato Fotografi and CNA Comunicazione for their great effort to make this event happen successfully!

 
Group picture by Giuseppe Mangano

The FEP “BEST BOOK 2017” goes to: “The Life in Tibet”, photographer Wang Hui, China.On Sunday April 2, at the FEP Awards Ceremony, during the FEP Photo Day event, Catania, Italy, the prizes of the biennial FEP Photo Book Prize were announced and awarded. These were presented by the Photo Book Prize competition’s chairman Adriano Scognamillo. Here are the official results:PORTRAIT category: The history of an era, it’s icons, contradictions with a touch of nostalgia and great professionalism. The winner is the “Edition Lammerhuber”, from Austria, with the book “In Love With Photography”. Authors of the book are Volker Hinz and Peter Matthias Gaede.
 
MONOGRAPH category: The book shows a very clear and consistent approach to subject matter, nice sober styling for design. High level of technical stills, without the overly processed approach often seen in urban explorer photography. The winner is “Morren Galleries”, from Netherlands, with the book “Touched by Time”, photographer Daan Oude Elferink.
 
LANDSCAPE category: These photographs, taken of well-known battlegrounds, capture not only the landscape but the human history that lies in it. The peaceful and beautiful images bear witness of the capacity of the world to survive and repair itself with beauty and grace. The winner is again “Edition Lammerhuber”, from Austria, with the book “Fields of Battle – Lands of Peace, 1914-1918”. The author is Michael St Maur Sheil.
 
SELF PUBLISHED category: Our highest compliments to a highly skilled artisan, photographer, editor and work photographed. The book produced is exceptional. The winner is Pierre Delaunay, from France, with “Atelier du Vitrail Saint-Joseph”. 
 
SELF PROMOTION category: Nature and sensations, abstraction and reflections lead the observer in our world, old but new, always full of meanings. The winner is photographer Peter Lik, from Las Vegas, USA, with the book “Equation of Time” .
REPORTAGE category: An extraordinary publisher that captures unsung stories and presents them without stereotypes or inhibitions. With 3 books winnings in this category: “White Ebony” (author: Patricia Villocq), “Copacabana Palace” (author: Peter Bauza) and “Bis Zum Horizont/Towards The Horizon” (authors: Emil Gataullin and Peter-Matthias Gaede), the Edition Lammerhuber from Austria wins the title of “Best Publisher 2017” 
 
SPECIAL MENTION: For his sensitivity and realism in a work that presents the powerful stories of wounded Dutch veterans. The winner of this special mention is the photographer Dennis Van Lingen, from Netherlands, with  “Wounded Dutch Veterans”.And finally, the title of the FEP BEST BOOK 2017 goes to: “THE LIFE IN TIBET”, photographer Wang Hui. A young Chinese man teaches Tibetan boys and captures their daily life with great joy and lightness, writing the captions in his own blood. A unique, impressive work in two volumes that is rich in poetry.
Picture: Meeting of the FEP Book Prize Jury, March 26, Perugia, Italy
 

On Sunday April 2, the FEP revealed the results of its annual competition in Catania, Sicily, during the FEP Photo Day event. The awards were presented by the competition’s chairman Jørgen Brandt and the FEP CEO Anna Kaleva-Tsagklas. 
The coveted title of FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2017 went to a Slovakian photographer, Peter Cakovsky, winner of the Golden Camera in the Illustrative/Digital art category.
Once again the competition collected about 2000 images from 25 different countries. “The creative mind of the winners is stunning, the effort amazing and at this very high level, the difference is in the details”, summarizes chairman Jørgen Brandt.
Other Golden Camera winners included Günther Egger from Austria with 2 Golden Cameras, Commercial and Fashion, Vicente Esteban from Spain in Portrait, Marcos Rodriguez from Spain in Reportage, Stefan Kothner from Austria in Sports, Iuri Akopov from Georgia in Wedding and Ann Coppens from Belgium in Wildlife. The Golden Camera in Landscape category was a two-way tie between Peter Svoboda of Slovakia and Levani Levanidze of Georgia. The Golden Camera winner in the Students and Young Photographers category was Luis Rüsing from Germany.
Discover here WINNERS and the FINALISTS (the top ten photographers) in each category and their awards got for single images: 
COMMERCIAL
Günther Egger, Austria, FEP European Commercial Golden Camera 2017, 2 Excellence Awards, 1 Distinction Award
Blaž Zupan?i?, Slovenia,  FEP European Commercial Silver Camera 2017, 2 Distinction Awards, 1 Merit Award
Reginal Tackoen, Belgium, FEP European Commercial Bronze Camera 2017, 1 Distinction Award
Onni Wiljami Kinnunen, Finland, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
Peter Verplancke, Belgium, Finalist with 2 Merit Awards
Donal Murphy, Ireland, Finalist 
Christian Boontjes, Netherlands, Finalist with 1 Excellence Award
Steven Massart, Belgium, Finalist with 1 Distinction Award
Antti Karppinen, Finland, Finalist with 2 Merit Awards
Gerry O’Leary, Ireland, Finalist 
FASHION
Günther Egger, Austria, FEP European Fashion Golden Camera 2017, 1 Excellence Award, 2 Distinction Awards
Malou Reedorf, Denmark, FEP European Fashion Silver Camera 2017, 2 Distinction Awards, 1 Merit Award
Natasha Volk, Ukraine, FEP European Fashion Bronze Camera 2017, 1 Distinction Award
Edgar Raphael, Portugal, Finalist 
Fernando Branquinho, Portugal, Finalist with 1 Distinction Award
Frøydis Geithus, Norway, Finalist 
Xanti Rodriguez, Spain with, Finalist 
Linda Leitner, Austria with, Finalist with 1 Distinction Award
Reginald Tackoen, Belgium with, Finalist 
Michael Schnabl, Austria, Finalist 
 
ILLUSTRATION/DIGITAL ART
Peter Cakovsky, Slovakia, FEP European Illustrative Golden Camera 2017, 2 Excellence Awards, 1 Distinction Award
Onni Wiljami Kinnunen, Finland, FEP European Illustrative Silver Camera 2017, 2 Excellence Awards
Mikaela Holmberg, Finland, FEP European Illustrative Bronze Camera 2017, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Xanti Rodriguez, Spain, Finalist with 1 Distinction Award
Antti Karppinen, Finland, Finalist with 1 Excellence Award
Petteri Löppönen, Finland, Finalist with 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Jose Manuel Ortega Romero, Spain, Finalist
Michal Zahornacky, Slovakia, Finalist
Serge Strelnikoff, Russia, Finalist
Therese Asplund, Sweden, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
LANDSCAPE
Levani Levanidze, Georgia, FEP European Landscape Golden Camera 2017, 1 Excellence Award and Peter Svoboda, Slovakia, FEP European Landscape Golden Camera 2017, 2 Distinction Awards
Markus van Hauten, Germany, FEP European Landscape Bronze Camera 2017, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Michael Böhmländer, Austria, Finalist with 1 Distinction Award
Steven Put, Belgium, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
Tom D. Jones, Belgium, Finalist 
Sonja Jordan, Austria, Finalist
Stefan Brenner, Austria, Finalist with 1 Distinction Award
Irakli Shavgulidze, Georgia, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
Torsten Muehlbacher, Austria, Finalist 
PORTRAIT
Vicente Esteban, Spain, FEP European Portrait Golden Camera 2017, 2 Distinction Awards, 1 Merit Award
Vesa Tyni, Finland, FEP European Portrait Silver Camera 2017, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Suvi Roiko, Finland, FEP European Portrait Bronze Camera 2017, 2 Merit Awards
Guido Pelgrim, Netherlands, Finalist with 2 Distinction Awards
Natalia Pipkina, Norway, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
Igor Sakharov, Russia, Finalist with 1 Excellence Award
Suvi Sievilä, Finland, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
Terri Lindholm, Sweden, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
Mikaela Holmberg, Finland, Finalist
Juhamatti Vahdersalo, Finland, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
REPORTAGE
Marcos Rodriguez, Spain, FEP European Reportage Golden Camera 2017, 1 Excellence Award, 1 Merit Award
Roberto Colacioppo, Italy, FEP European Reportage Silver Camera 2017, 1 Excellence Award, 1 Distinction Award
Antonio Gibotta, Italy, FEP European Reportage Bronze Camera 2017, 1 Distinction Award
Rastislav Margus, Czech Republic, Finalist with 2 Merit Awards
Gio Versyck, Belgium, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
William Moureaux, France, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
Jesus Jimenez, Spain, Finalist 
Martin Balaz, Slovakia, Finalist
Markus Schmuck, Germany, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
Rui Caria, Portugal, Finalist with 1 Distinction Award 
SPORT
Stefan Kothner, Austria, FEP European Sport Golden Camera 2017, 1 Excellence Award, 2 Distinction Awards
Alois Spandl, Austria, FEP European Sport Silver Camera 2017, 1 Excellence Award
Therese Asplund, Sweden, FEP European Sport Bronze Camera 2017, 1 Excellence Award
Herbert Kratky, Austria, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
Matthias Hangst, Germany, Finalist with 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Simon Hausberger, Austria, Finalist
David Tett, United Kingdom, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
Andre Schönherr, Austria, Finalist with 1 Excellence Award
Heleen Vink, Netherlands, Finalist
Christian Boontjes, Netherlands, Finalist 
 
WEDDINGIuri Akopov, Georgia, FEP European Wedding Golden Camera 2017, 1 Excellence Award, 1 Merit Award
Jose Luis Guardia Peinado, Spain, FEP European Wedding Silver Camera 2017, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Jose Luis Guardia Vazquez, Spain, FEP European Wedding Silver Camera 2017, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Carlos Felipe Ortiz, Spain, Finalist with 2 Merit Awards
Frøydis Geithus, Norway, Finalist with 2 Merit Awards
Thibault Chappe, France, Finalist with 1 Distinction Award
Pavol Delej, Slovakia, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
David Anton, Germany, Finalist with 1 Distinction Award
Antonio Martin, Spain, Finalist 
Nevzat Basaran, Denmark, Finalist
WILDLIFE
Ann Coppens, Belgium, FEP European Wildlife Golden Camera 2017, 2 Excellence Awards, 1 Distinction Award
Tom D. Jones, Belgium, FEP European Wildlife Silver Camera 2017, 1 Excellence Award, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Seppo Rintala, Finland, FEP European Wildlife Bronze Camera 2017, 1 Excellence Award, 1 Distinction Award
Michael Finn, Ireland, Finalist with 1 Excellence Award
Søren Sviland, Norway, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
Rastislav Margus, Czech Republic, Finalist 
Karel Mus, Belgium, Finalist with 1 Merit Award
Stefan Brenner, Austria, Finalist
Michael Schnabl, Austria, Finalist 
Patrik Bartuska, Czech Republic, Finalist with 1 Distinction Award
STUDENTS AND YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS
Luis Rüsing, Germany, FEP European Students and Young Photographers Golden Camera 2017, 1 Excellence Award, 1 Distinction Award
Laura Wallkötter, Germany, FEP European Students and Young Photographers Silver Camera 2017, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Don Raça, Kosovo, Bronze Camera, FEP European Students and Young Photographers Bronze Camera 2017, 1 Merit Award
Hiep Duong Chi, Czech Republic, Finalist Below, the photographers – not in the top 10 – who got single awards for single images, divided per category:
COMMERCIALDušan Holovej, Slovakia, 1 Excellence Award
Igor Dvoretskiy, Russia, 1 Excellence Award
Yaroslav Danylchenko, Ukraine, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award   
Raymond Engmark, Norway, 1 Distinction Award
Bryn Griffiths, UK, 1 Merit Award
Manola van Leeuwe, Netherlands, 1 Merit Award 

ILLUSTRATION/DIGITAL ART
William Moureaux, France, 1 Distinction Award
Yves-Michel Barclay, France, 1 Distinction Award
Suvi Sievilä, Finland, 1 Merit Award
Malou Reedorf, Denmark, 1 Merit Award
LANDSCAPE
Christian Boontjes, Netherlands, 1 Merit Award
Mark Gilligan, UK, 1 Merit Award
PORTRAIT
Therese Asplund, Sweden, 1 Distinction Award
Patrizia Burra, Italy, 1 Merit Award
Serhii Kozolup, Ukraine, 1 Merit Award
Gabriella Soutine, Sweden, 1 Merit Award
Beate Willumsen, Norway, 1 Merit Award
Andreas Eikeseth Nygjerd, Norway, 1 Merit Award
WEDDINGMaris Kiselov, Latvia, 1 Excellence AwardWILDLIFEWilliam Moureaux, France, 1 Merit Award

All awarded images from the competition will be available soon on the FEP website’s gallery at http://www.europeanphotographers.eu/competition/competition.php?compo_id=38#
Once again, warm congratulations to all winners, we wish to see you again for the next edition of our competition!
 

Sunday, April 2, 2017, FEP Photo Days, Palazzo Platamone, Catania, Sicily, Italy
14.00
Presentations by Master QEP Photographers:
Gunther Egger, MQEP, AustriaTiina Haring, MQEP, FinlandAntonio Barrella, MQEP, Italy, FEP Photographer of the Year 201618.00 FEP AWARDS CEREMONY the winners of the FEP Photo Book of the Year Awards 2017 and the FEP Golden, Silver and Bronze Cameras will be announced, and we will discover who is the FEP Photographer of the Year 2017! 
The Awards Ceremony will be broadcast live on facebook! The video will be kindly offered by QEP Photograher Eugenio Li Volsi and visible on his profile at https://www.facebook.com/eugenio.livolsi?fref=ts

 
STAY TUNED!!!!!

The FEP Photographer of the Year Awards is all about celebrating excellent photography, however, this cannot be achieved without the dedicated work of our excellent judges, who give up their own time to help us accomplish our aim. Not forgetting all those who took the time to submit some amazing images.
 
In the 2017-edition of the FEP Photographer of the Year Awards, we have had the honour to work with the following Judges:
 
Marian Benes, QEP, Czech Republic
Jacques Bakker, MQEP, Netherlands
Pierre Delaunay, MQEP, France 
Tiina Haring, MQEP, Finland
Robert Lengua, MQEP, Spain
Eugenio Li Volsi, QEP, Italy
Franz Messenbäck, MQEP, Austria
Rui Teixeira, MQEP, Portugal
Jos Verhoogen, QEP, Belgium
 
 “I would like to thank you all for your efforts, helping us to celebrate exceptional images and photographers”, says Chairman of the FEP Awards Jury, Jørgen Brandt, MQEP.

 
The winners of this editon of the competition will be announced at the FEP Awards Ceremony, which will be held in the Palazzo Platamone, Catania, Italy, on Sunday April 2, during the FEP Photo Days 2017. The event, organized in cooperation with Confartigianato Fotografi, CNA Comunicazione and Comune di Catania, will be broadcast live on facebook! Stay tuned!

We are happy to announce that 17 professional photographers have been awarded with the EP title at the last EP judging session!
 
Our congratulations go to:
 

Michael Böhmländer, Austria
Alois Spandl, Austria
Emanuel Kaser, Austria
Maximilian Habich, Austria
Coralie Cardon, Belgium
Steven Put, Belgium
Karine Hanskens, Belgium
Caroline Monbailliu, Belgium
Bernard Panier, Belgium
Stien Serneels, Belgium
Katie Verkinderen, Belgium
Kaat Van Parys, Belgium
Melody De Laere, Belgium
Daniel Richter, Germany
Alessandro Risuleo, Italy
Marjon Zijlstra, Netherland
Pierluigi Cavarra, Spain

 
Apply online now for the EP session #19! Deadline April, 30, 2017.

FEP Cover Picture of March 2017Garik Ghazaryan,  Armenia

Congratulations to the Armenian photographer Garik Ghazaryan, winner of the FEP Cover Picture of the Month contest, for the edition of March 2017.Look at all submitted images at our official page on facebook and enter next round!

FEP congratulates Team Portugal for its second consecutive World Photographic Cup victory
The World Photographic Cup was now organized for the fourth time and its award ceremony was held in Yokohama, Japan on 23 February. This time the competition was very tight between the countries, there were even two ties within the top 10 countries so the top ten actually consisted of 11 countries.
Portugal successfully defended its victory from last year and overall World Photographic Cup’s 2017 edition was a good year for European teams since among the 11 top countries 8 of them were European: Portugal, Russia, Norway, Austria, Spain, UK, Germany and Slovakia.
Click HERE: you can see the video of the homecoming of the champions with Team Captain Rui Teixeira holding the Cup. It is truly the arrival of Champions!
(Thanks to Ricardo Teixeira for sharing video and pictures)
Congratulations once more to all participating teams and in particular to Team Portugal! Parabéns!

FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards 2017, finalists announcement
 
We are now happy to publish the names, in alphabetic order, of the finalists of the FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards 2017.
This competition reached a record number of almost 2000 pictures this year, coming from Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and UK. 
 
Each category has 10 finalists and, between them, the “TOP 3” will be the winners and they will get their Bronze, Silver and Golden Cameras. The Golden Cameras will also compete for the competition “overall winner” who will be awarded as the FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2017.
Finalists (from 4th place to 10th place) will receive their certitificates and the winners will be awarded with their trophies at the FEP Awards Ceremony which will be held on Sunday, April 2, at the Palazzo Platamone, Catania, Italy.
 
TOP 10
 
COMMERCIAL
Christian Boontjes, Netherland
Günther Egger, Austria 
Antti Karppinen, Finland
Onni Wiljami Kinnunen, Finland
Steven Massart, Belgium
Donal Murphy, Ireland
Gerry O’Leary, Ireland
Reginald Tackoen, Belgium
Peter Verplancke, Belgium
Blaž Zupan?i?, Slovenia
 
FASHION
Fernando Branquinho, Portugal
Günther Egger, Austria
Frøydis Geithus, Norway
Linda Leitner, Austria
Edgar Raphael, Portugal
Malou Reedorf, Denmark 
Xanti Rodriguez, Spain
Michael Schnabl, Austria
Reginald Tackoen, Belgium
Natasha Volk, Ukraine 
 
ILLUSTRATIVE/DIGITAL ART
Therese Asplund, Sweden
Peter Cakovsky, Slovakia 
Mikaela Holmberg, Finland 
Antti Karppinen, Finland
Onni Wiljami Kinnunen, Finland
Petteri Löppönen, Finland
Jose Manuel Ortega Romero, Spain 
Xanti Rodriguez, Spain
Serge Strelnikoff, Russia
Michal Zahornacky, Slovakia
 
LANDSCAPE
Michael Böhmländer, Austria
Stefan Brenner, Austria
Tom D. Jones, Belgium
Sonja Jordan, Austria
Levani Levanidze, Georgia
Torsten Muehlbacher, Austria
Steven Put, Belgium
Irakli Shavgulidze, Georgia
Peter Svoboda, Slovakia 
Markus van Hauten, Germany
 
PORTRAIT
Vicente Esteban, Spain
Mikaela Holmberg, Finland
Terri Lindholm, Sweden 
Guido Pelgrim, Netherland
Natalia Pipkina, Norway
Suvi Roiko, Finland
Igor Sakharov, Russia
Suvi Sievilä, Finland
Vesa Tyni, Finland
Juhamatti Vahdersalo, Finland
 
REPORTAGE
Martin Balaz, Slovakia
Rui Caria, Portugal
Roberto Colacioppo, Italy
Antonio Gibotta, Italy
Jesus Jimenez, Spain
Rastislav Margus, Czech Republic
William Moureaux, France
Marcos Rodríguez, Spain
Markus Schmuck, Germany
Gio Versyck, Belgium
 
SPORTS
Therese Asplund, Sweden 
Christian Boontjes, Netherland
Matthias Hangst, Germany
Simon Hausberger, Austria
Stefan Kothner, Austria 
Herbert Kratky, Austria
Andre Schönherr, Austria
Alois Spandl, Austria 
David Tett, UK
Heleen Vink, Netherland
 
WEDDING
Iuri Akopov, Georgia
David Anton, Germany
Nevzat Basaran, Denmark
Thibault Chappe, France
Pavol Delej, Slovakia
Frøydis Geithus, Norway
Jose Luis Guardia Peinado, Spain
Jose Luis Guardia Vazquez, Spain
Antonio Martin, Spain
Carlos Felipe Ortiz, Spain
 
WILDLIFE
Patrik Bartuska, Czech Republic
Stefan Brenner, Austria
Ann Coppens, Belgium
Michael Finn, Ireland
Tom D. Jones, Belgium
Rastislav Margus, Czech Republic
Karel Mus, Belgium
Seppo Rintala, Finland 
Michael Schnabl, Austria
Søren Sviland, Norway
 
STUDENTS
Hiep Duong Chi, Czech Republic
Don Raça, Kosovo
Luis Rüsing, Germany
Laura Wallkötter, Germany
 
These photographers, “top 10” in each category, will receive a specific invitation for the Awards Ceremony. 
All the other photographers who got single awards, but who are not within the top 10, will receive their certificates after the event and their award will be published online.
 
Learn more about the FEP Photo Days, download the program and don’t miss the chance to attend the whole event: REGISTER NOW!
 

 
Yokohama, Japan, February 23th, 2017
The World Photographic Cup 2017 winners announced

After winning  the cup at home in 2016 …. the winner of the 2017 World Photographic Cup, with a total of 34 points … is Team Portugal  again !

The second place goes to United States of America, with Russia in the third place.
Individual gold medals go to Russia, Finland, Mexico, Slovakia, United Kingdom and Singapore.
Individual winners and the Cup winning Team of the 2017 World Photographic Cup (WPC), sponsored by the FEP – Federation of European Professional Photographers, PPA – Professional Photographers of America, the UAPP – United Asian Professional Photography and the AIPP – Australian Institute of Professional Photography, has been  finally announced on February 23rd  at the WPC 2017 PHOTO SHOW in Japan (Yokohama, Grand Intercontinental Hotel) organized in cooperation with the PPJ, Professional Photographers of Japan Association.
26 national photographic teams entered the fourth edition of this unique, one of a kind Olympics-styled competition, from Europe, Middle East, Asia, North America and Oceania.
The Golden medals in the six categories went to:
Dušan Holovej, Slovakia, for Commercial category
Antti Karppinen, Finland,  for Illustrative category
Pepe Soho, Mexico, for Nature (Landscape and wildlife)
Eelena Malysheva, Russia, for Portrait category
Goh Wee Seng, Singapore, for Reportage/Photo Journalism 
Lee Howell, United Kingdom, for Wedding
 
Also appears in the medals table: Amber Griffin (New Zealand), Silver Medal and Michelle Trull (Team USA) Bronze Medal for commercial. Uli Staiger (Team Germany), Silver medal and José Almeida (Portugal) Bronze Medal in Illustrative; Andreas Kalvig Anderson (Norway), Silver Medal, and Ann Coppens (Belgium), Bronze Medal for Nature; Christopher Ian (Australia), Silver Medal and Nikki Harrison (Canada), Bronze Medal for Portrait; Vincenzo Tessarin (Italy), Silver Medal and Old?ich Bubák (Czech Republic) Bronze Medal in Reportage/Photojournalism; and finally Andreas Zopf (Austria), Silver Medal and Terese Samuelsen (Norway), Bronze Medal in Wedding.
While gold, silver, and bronze medals have been awarded to the individual creators in each category, teams were awarded points for top ten finishes. They received 10 points for gold, 9 for silver, 8 bronze and that follows to the tenth top image. The top ten positions were decided literally on decimal points which suggests a very, very tight competition.
Slovakia team finished the competition in 10th place, tied with China. Germany got the 9th place, and United Kingdom the 8th place. They finished in a two-way tie in 6th place Mexico and Spain. All alone in an amazing 5th place, Austria. In the 4th place, just close to the podium, Norway (the only team who got 2 medals). 
The third place trophy, with 1 golden medal and 3 top-ten finishes, 25 points, went to Team Russia, once again on the podium. The second place trophy, with 1 medal and 3 top-ten finishes, 27 points, went to Team USA (another amazing result for the 2014 and 2015 WPC winner!). 
And the winner of the 2017 World Photographic Cup, with 1 medal and 7 top-ten finishes, 34 points, was Team Portugal.
 

“Congratulations to Team Portugal for winning the WPC two times in a row, and all the winners. An incredibly close competition, with a huge variety of winners, from 4 continents, is exactly what the WPC committee could hope for”, commented the Chairman of  WPC Judging Committee Jorgen Brandt, “It has been amazing to see so many beautiful images coming from around the globe, and really difficult to judge them!”
“It’s a unique feeling coming out from a unique competition” –  added Giuseppe Scozzi, WPC Chief Executive. “Representing their homeland at any level is an amazing opportunity and there has never been a program that involves photography like this. Now we have it in the World Photographic Cup. We really experienced  the groundswell of enthusiasm from photographers to create the finest they can in the hope of representing their country!”
The WPC CEO also thanked the Professional Photographers of Japan Association for having organized such a beautiful event, and announced that the next hosting country will be Australia in 2018.
He finally thanked the important companies related to the photographic market (CHROMALUXE, KOYLAB, COMET Corporation, HOKUSHIN and PHOTO CREATE) for their support to the project and to the professional photographers around the globe.More information and winning pictures available soon at www.worldphotographiccup.org
 

FEP Photo Days, FEP Awards Ceremony and the FEP G.A.: all in one event, scheduled in Catania, Italy, April 2-3 (and 4), 2017

After Valencia, Lyon, Gmunden and Trieste, this year the FEP invites all of you in Catania, in the wonderful Baroque Sicily! The program will include:
 
Sunday, April 2 – The FEP PHOTO DAY
14.00-18.00 
An half day of 3 presentations made by 3 MQEP and renowned European professionals, who will attest the strength and the impact of the today’s Masters photographers in Europe.
– Günther Egger, MQEP, Austria
– Tiina Haring, MQEP, Finland
– Antonio Barrella, MQEP, Italy, FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2016
The event will offer the opportunity to meet some of the best talented, provocative, inspiring and full of enthusiasm European photographers and see why professional photography does have a future and how it is evolving. At the end of the lectures, a rich coffee break with drinks and sweets will allow you to test some of the best dishes of Sicilian pastry! 
18.00-19.30
Afterward,  the FEP will celebrate its FEP AWARDS CEREMONY. QEV, QEP and MQEP 2015 and 2016: all photographers who received their qualification during the past 2 years will be invited to come on the stage to withdraw their certificate; FEP European Photo Book of the Year 2017: presentation of the winners of each and all categories. FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards 2017: the winners of the famous FEP annual competition will be presented with their Bronze, Silver and Golden Cameras trophies. The Overall Winner will be also announced and presented as the FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2017. 
20.00
At the end of the day, there will be a Gala Dinner in a well-known restaurant in the centre of Catania.
 
Monday, April 3 –  FEP G. A. and VISIT TO TAORMINA
9.00-13.30
In the morning, the FEP will held the annual General Assembly meeting. Among other things, there will be the election of the next FEP President for the term 2018-2019.
15.30-22.00
In the afternoon, for all the ones who want to attend, the FEP is happy to organize the visit to the wonderful Taormina, with an English speaking guide and dinner. (Transfer from and to the hotel)
 
Tuesday, April, 4 –  TRIP TO THE ETNA VOLCANO (2900mt!) 
9.00-16.00
For the ones who want to stay another day, the FEP will organize an amazing trip to see the craters of one of the most impressive volcanos in Italy, the Etna, 2900 mt.. English speaking guide and lunch included. (Transfer from and to the hotel)
 
Important to know: 
– The FEP Photo Day will take place in the wonderful Palazzo Platamone in Catania (Palazzo della Cultura) while the FEP General Assembly will be held in the Catania Town Hall (Palazzo degli Elefanti). 
– The conferences will be in English and Italian (with simultaneous translation). – There will be an official “FEP hotel”, with special prices only if you book through the FEP secretariat and within the 28th of February. So, hurry up! 
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE DETAILED PROGRAM Registrations are open now! 
Do not waste your time, contact the FEP Secretariat at secretariat@europeanphotographers.eu to reserve your seat! (The Gala Dinner and the Social visits must be booked in advance!) We will be happy to provide you the REGISTRATION FORM with all costs and give you all the needed information.
 
 
 

FEP COVER PICTURE OF FEBRUARY

Iuri Akopov, EP, Georgia

With almost 100 likes in a few days… this picture won the FEP cover picture of the month contest for the month of February.Look at all submitted entries on our official page on facebook!Next round opens at the end of February

The FEP wishes to welcome its new CEO, Anna Kaleva-Tsagklas, who took on the position from January 1st 2017 Anna has worked as CEO of the professional photographers’ association in her native Finland for over a decade and continues to do so. In 2015 she also became the CEO of the Association of Finnish Photographic Retailers and was a FEP Board member from 2013, when she took on the role of FEP Event Manager. This year, she becomes only the second FEP CEO, following her predecessor, Giuseppe Scozzi on his retirement, who was first, the FEP Secretary General from 1997 (the birth of the FEP) to 2008 and then Chief Executive from 2008 to 2016. 
 
“I think it is safe to say photography has always been a part of my life, although I have never worked as a photographer. I come from a family of photographers, both of my parents spent their working lives as photographers and the profession even runs in the family for several generations.” Revealed Anna. “My own photography may be limited to holiday snapshots and selfies with a mobile phone, but in the end, the apple didn’t fall that far from the tree since I ended up in the field nevertheless. I have big boots to fill following my predecessor, but at the same time I look forward to the challenge. Together with my dedicated staff I am confident we can continue to drive the FEP forward and help it to continue thriving as the European continent’s most significant association in the field photography.”
 
Photographer: Niina Stolt, Finland 
 

FEP Cover Picture of January 2017Sara Bubna, EP, Austria

Congratulations to the Austrian EP photographer Sara Bubna, winner of the first round of 2017 of the Cover Picture of the Month contest.Next round at the end of January, for the Cover Picture of February.Stay tuned and follow us on our official page on facebook!

Fourth “FEP European Photo Book of the Year Awards” 2017

The FEP European Photo Book of the year Awards 2017 is open. Deadline for submit entries: March 18, 2017.There are 9 categories: Reportage, Portrait, Landscape, Nature Photography, Nudes, Monographs, Commercial (including Wedding albums, Calendars, etc), Self-published books. There will be a winner per each category and an overall winner who will receive the FEP Book Prize 2017. 
The International Jury will meet on March 25, 2017 and the winners will be announced at the FEP Awards Ceremony which will be held in Catania, Italy, on Sunday, April, 2nd, 2017.Results will be published after the event.
For more information and to enter the contest, download:– THE FULL TEXT OF RULES and – THE ENTRY FORM Waiting for your books!
Picture by Adriano Scognamillo, QEP, Chairman of this competition.

The World Photographic Cup governing committee and its proud sponsors ChromaLuxe, KoyLab, Comet, Hokushin and PhotoCreate are looking forward to show you the amazing top 10 images on each and all of the 6 categories at Imaging USA (San Antonio, Texas, USA, 5-10 January 2017)!
 
The ceremony will be held on Mon January 9th, just after the PPA Grand Imaging Awards, starting at 6:30pm local time (0:30am UTC, 1:30am CET etc.).
 
The WPC Top 10 announcement will be broadcast live on Facebook, on the Professional Photographers of America Facebook page!
 
Here’s how everyone can view the ceremony:
 
1.Go to Facebook and type in Professional Photographers of America in the search line.
 
2.Click on the Professional Photographers of America Facebook page.
 
3.The link for the live feed will appear by about 6:20 pm local time (-6 UTC, USA Central Time). The actual ceremony will start at 6:30 pm and it should take about 40 minutes.The World Photographic Cup Top 10 will begin right after. 
 
After the Top 10 Announcement, the broadcast will be put up on the WPC Facebook page for anyone to watch after the ceremony…
 
Please enjoy the show, and discover which are the national teams with at least a finalist image!  
 
The actual individual winners and the Cup winning Team of WPC 2017, 4th edition, will be presented in Yokohama, Japan, on February 23, 2017! The event will be realized in cooperation with the PPJ, Professional Photographers of Japan association.
 
All international delegates willing to attend this event can register HERE
 
For further details visit www.worldphotographiccup.org or contact the WPC secretariat at info@worldphotographiccup.org

 DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 8! Due to the high number of last-minute registrations, which slowed the entry procedures, and the end of year holidays, the closing date of the FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards 2017 competition is extended to Sunday, January 8th.

The judging phase will start immediately after that.  
The winners announcement will be held in Catania, Italy, on April 2nd, 2017. Click HERE to read the rules and enter the competition 

FEP COVER PICTURE OF THE YEAR 2016Photographer: NINA PAULOFF, FINLAND

We congratulate with Nina Pauloff, from Finland. With this wonderful picture, she won the FEP Cover Picture of the Year 2016, our contest on facebook.
Thanks to all the photographers who submitted their terrific images during all the year.
And congratulations to all the winners of the FEP Cover Picture of the Months:
 
JANUARY, Pierre Delaunay, France
FEBRUARY, Martin Krystynek, Slovakia
MARCH, Martin Krystynek, Slovakia
APRIL, Antonio Barrella, Italy
MAY, Igor Dvoretskiy, Russia
JUNE, Nina Pauloff, Finland
JULY, Nina Pauloff, Finland
AUGUST, Eugenio Li Volsi, Italy
SEPTEMBER, Eugenio Li Volsi, Italy
OCTOBER, Andrey Balabasov, Germany
NOVEMBER, Eugenio Li Volsi, Italy
DECEMBER, Alina Garazhenko, Russia
 
Click HERE to see all the FEP COVER PICTURES 2016

The FEP General Assembly 2017, the FEP Photo Day, and the FEP Awards Ceremony will be held in Catania, Italy, on Sunday 2nd and Monday 3rd of April, 2017.  
Here is the complete event list of the year 2017:
– February 23, Yokohama, Japan, World Photograhic Cup, winners announcement 
– April 2-3, Catania, Italy, FEP International Photo Day, FEP Book Prize winners announcement, FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2017 Award -Ceremony and FEP General Assembly meeting
– July, 8-10, Falmouth, United Kingdom, QEP/MQEP Judging Session and FEP Board meeting 
– November 25-27, Tbilisi, Georgia, QEP/MQEP Judging Session and FEP Board meeting 

We are happy to announce that 17 professional photographers have been awarded with the EP title at the last EP judging session!
 
Our congratulations go to:
 
Raf Lehaen, Belgium
Grietje Ost, Belgium
Stef Oers, Belgium
Annick Deprins, Belgium
Tom Talloen, Belgium
Joelle Verlaine, Belgium
Mirella Frangella, Germany
Roger O’Sullivan, Ireland
Vibeke Havenstrøm, Norway
Aleksander Konobeev, Spain
Julia Boulanitcheva, Spain
Alexander Mikhnyaev, Spain
Alina Garazhenko, Spain
Mickael Pomortsev, Spain
Vadim Aksentiev, Spain
Aleksandr Osipov, Spain
Danielle Musters, The Netherlands
 
Apply online now for the EP session #18! Deadline February 28, 2017.

FEP COVER PICTURE OF DECEMBER 2016By Alina Garazhenko, from Russia

The last round of the FEP Cover Picture of the Month for the year 2016 just ended.In a few days, we will make an album witht all the FEP Cover Pictures of 2016 , to elect the FEP Cover Picture of the Year!Visit our page on facebook, continue to follow us and… stay tuned! 
 

All finalists will be announced at Imaging USA,in San Antonio, Texas, on January 9, 2017, and circulated after then.
Individual medalists and team winners will be announced at the WPC Awards Ceremony, Yokohama, Japan, on February, 23, 2017.
Since now, everybody may be interested to know that 21 out of 26 teams have at least one finalist and 17 national teams received a medal, with one only receiving 2 medals!  
That truly shows the WPC is the only really global competition for teams made up professional photographers!

The FEP Board OF Directors met in Amsterdam, Netherland, on November 21, 2016. The meeting has been perfectly organized by the FEP  Board Member Willem van der Vlies. 
The FEP CEO Giuseppe Scozzi addressed a farewell speech to the Board. The FEP Board presented the CEO with the prestigious “FEP Merit Award”, thanking him for the cooperation, which lasted for more than 20 years. From January, 1st, 2017, the new CEO will be Anna Kaleva-Tsagklas, who is now serving FEP as the Event Manager. 
Among others, the Board confirmed the calendar of event for the next year  and approved a change in the EP rules, transforming the EP  qualification in a LIFE-LONG distinction, without limitations.
As for the future FETA Awards, it has been decided that the students or young photographers who will earn FETA merits will also win a free submission for the QEP qualification.  
Based on the report of the FEP President Andreas Barylli-Fayer, the FEP Board will be happy to support the Austrian project “Masterfestival  Nordkette/Tyrol”, an exhibition which will present each year 5 MQEP in an open space on top of a mountain called Seegrube. 
Finally, all FEP awarded photographers will have the possibility to receive a professional card certifying their status. The project presented by the President of the Portuguese association Rui Teixeira will be investigated in cooperation with the FEP Brand Manager Bernd Gassner.  
FEP Board Members Picture by QEP Eugenio Li Volsi, Amsterdam, November 21, 2016

The FEP FETA Award 2016 goes to Priscilla Pallante, Italy

In 2013, The Federation of European Photographers, in collaboration with a number of Universities and Colleges, introduced a new photographic award for young photographers. The aim is to encourage and recognise the high standard of photographic image making taking place in Europe by final year University students and newly qualified young photographers. 

This year’s recipient Mrs. Priscilla Pallante, a 24 years old Photo Student at the IED – European Institute of Design, Rome, Italy, has been selected among the students from 6 European countries which enter the annual FETA Award, (FEP Emerging Talent Award) dedicated t to best students and young photographer and organized by the Federation of European Professional Photographers (FEP) and some educational institutions in Europe. She has also been nominated as the winner of the IPC/Kunio Yatomi, a  Scholarship of US $ 1000 by International Photographic Council (IPC),  a Non-governmental organization of the United Nations,  presented bi-annually by International Photographic Council (IPC). The scholarship was created in 1992 in a collaboration between IPC and JPEA in honor of the late Mr. Kunio Yatomi who was one of the pioneers in the photographic industry of Japan. In 2016 IPC will have two Kunio Yatomi Scholarships, one to a graduate student Kazuhiro Otsuka from Tokai University in Japan to be awarded at the JPEA Annual conference in Tokyo and one to an European Student majors in photo-imaging with outstanding achievement. 
FETA Award 2016 and the combined IPC prize ceremony took place on November 20, 2016, at the photographic institute  FotoVak School, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The FETA Chairman Jim Lowe and the European Representative of IPC, Tor Weatherstone, led the Ceremony.
Among others, in her application Priscilla Pallante writes: “The photography I love is the one that can show the unseen, the one that grows in time, influenced by the memory: my images are the result of a process of observation and manipulation. Today my research focuses on the relationship between photography and new technologies (such as 3D print), in order to investigate new strategies to represent worlds that otherwise couldn’t be represented.” Jim Lowe, Chairman of the FEP Emerging Talent Award (FETA) commented, that there was an extremely high standard of photographic imagery in this years’ submissions for the Award and added: “Such incredible imagery is taking our profession to a new level and this bodes well, not only for the future of the award, but perhaps more importantly for the future of the photographic profession in Europe. The Award is open to talented young students of photography from Colleges and Universities across Europe who have just completed their photographic studies. The panels of imagery submitted for the FETA award gives viewers an insight into the work produced by these young photographers from different countries. The depth of creativity and technical skills shown by these talented young photographers from all over Europe is excellent. ’The future is bright’ . The work of this year’s winner Priscilla Pallante from Italy demonstrated a high level of both creativity and technical skills expected for the award. It is series of mystical and thought provoking images beautifully shot, using controlled and sensitive blue tinted lighting showing a distinct and personal vision of her subject. Priscilla, is a worthy winner in this exciting new international photographic award for young photographers.” 

The FEP international panel of judges,  assigned also merit certificates to (In alphabetic order): 

Linnea Ernofsson, Falmouth University, United Kingdom; 

Gina Reinholz, Bildungszentrum, Handwerkskammer, Dortmund, Germany; 

Martin Vocadlo, Faculty of Art and Design, Jan Evangelista Purkyn? University in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic; 

Laura Wallkötter, Bildungszentrum, Handwerkskammer, Dortmund, Germany

Congratulatons!

More information about FEP FETA Award can be obtained clicking HERE  
       
 

QEP and MQEP judging session, November 2016, Official ResultsWe are happy to announce that at the 34th session of the FEP European Qualifications held in Amsterdam, Netherland, on November 19-20, 2016, 4 Master QEPs and 24 new QEP (Qualified European Photographers) have been awarded. Congratulations to:

MASTER QEPsRoberto Colacioppo, Master QEP, Italy

Tiina Haring, Master QEP, Finland
Silvio Pinto, Master QEP, Portugal
Toñi Sousa Sarmiento, (3rd) Master QEP, SpainQEPs 

Dmitry Arkhipov, Spain, QEP Landscape
Ilse Bekker, Netherland, QEP Portrait
Juan Carlos Berguices Martín, Spain, QEP Social Reportage
Igor Bulgak, Spain, QEP Wedding
Ann Coppens, Belgium, QEP Wildlife
Juan Manuel del Valle, Spain, QEP Portrait
Yann Faucher, France, QEP Wedding
Mika Hiltunen, Finland, QEP Portrait
Alexander Hurman, Ukraine, QEP Portrait
Terri Lindholm, Sweden, QEP Portrait
Ricardo Meira, Portugal, QEP Wedding
Javi Mercader Bornes, Spain, QEP Wedding
Angeles Mesa Martin, Spain, QEP Portrait
Pilar Navarro Ponce, Spain, QEP Portrait
Rob Pluijm, Netherland, QEP Portrait
Valerie Raynaud, France, QEP Open
Guy Schotte, Belgium, QEP Underwater
Johanna Sjövall, Finland, QEP Illustrative
Peter Svoboda, Slovakia, QEP Landscape
Hélène Valbonetti, France, QEP Personal Research
Colijn van Noort, Netherland, QEP Fine-Art
Ina Vrinssen, Netherland, QEP Portrait
René R. Wenzel, Austria, QEP Reportage
Andreas Zopf, Austria, QEP Reportage

 FEP Group picture by Willem van der Vlies
 

FEP COVER PICTURE OF NOVEMBER 2016

For the third time in the same year, Eugenio Li Volsi, QEP from Italy, won the “Cover Picture of the Month” contest, for the edition of November 2016. Congratulations!
FEP Cover Picture of December contest will open for entries at the end of this month. 
Follow us or participate through our official page on facebook!

Congratulations to our new QEVs and EVs!

At the second FEP video qualifications judging session, held in Segovia, Spain, on November 1st, 2016, 10 QEV (Qualified European Videographers) and 5 EV (European Videographers) have been awarded!
 
Congratulations to (alphabetic order):
 
QEVs
Freddy David Barreira Filipe, Portugal, QEV Social Reportage
Nelson Coelho, Portugal, QEV Commercial 
Márcio da Costa Cortez, Portugal, QEV Commercial 
José Antonio de los Dolores Barrios, Spain, QEV Drawing and Documentary
Marco del pino Munoz, Spain, QEV Social Reportage
Orlando do Castro Fernandes, Portugal, QEV Social Reportage
Daniel Ferreira, Portugal, QEV Social Reportage
Gabriel Martos Moya, Spain, QEV Commercial
Diogo Emanuel Pereira de Sampaio, Portugal, QEV Social Reportage
André Manuel Soares Gomes, Portugal, QEV Social Reportage
 
EVs
Manuel Girol Gutierrez, EV, Spain
Andrey Guryanov, EV, Russia
Miguel Angel Latorre Justicia, EV, Spain
Juan Manuel Lorite Mahillo, EV, Spain
Tomás Cristóbal Rodríguez, EV, Spain
 
Thanks to the EV/QEV Chairman of the Jury, Neil Warner, the QEV judges for their precious work, the hosting association FEPFI, the FEP CEO Giuseppe Scozzi and all the supporting team!
 

THE FEP “FETA” AWARD 2016. We know those who earned merits. And the winner is…?

 
The FEP Emerging Talent Award 2016, organised in co-operation with several scholastic institutes around Europe, and limited to the best young, meritorious students, has now been judged and we finally have the official results.
The international judging panel, composed of Jean-Félix Bernetel (France), Jørgen Brandt (Denmark), and Martin Vrabko (Slovakia) and chaired by Jim Lowe (UK), assigned merits to (In alphabetic order): 
Linnea Ernofsson, Falmouth University, United Kingdom
Priscilla Pallante, IED – Istituto Europeo del Design, Rome, Italy
Gina Reinholz, Bildungszentrum, Handwerkskammer, Dortmund, Germany
Martin Vocadlo, Faculty of Art and Design, Jan Evangelista Purkyn? University in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic 
Laura Wallkötter, Bildungszentrum, Handwerkskammer, Dortmund, Germany
Amongst them, there is the winner!  
The winner will be announced in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Sunday, November 20th at 6.00 pm. The event will be held in the photographic Institute “Fotovakschool”, Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10, 1017 DE Amsterdam. The FETA award winner, will also receive the prestigious Kunio Yatomi Scholarship Award, issued by the IPC – the International Photographic Council and presented by Tor Weatherstone, IPC, Vice President.  
 

We are happy to announce that 18 professional photographers have been awarded with the EP title at the last EP judging session!Our congratulations go to:

Georg Katstaller, EP, Austria
Cecile Quenum, EP, Belgium
Koen Henderickx, EP, Belgium
Laura Bierens, EP, Belgium
Johan Luykx, EP, Belgium
André Thys, EP, Belgium
Dominique Pirnay, EP, Belgium
Marieke Vanhulle, EP, Belgium
Rastislav Margus, EP, Czech Republic
Jukka Vähälummukka, EP, Finland
Alessandro Ficano, EP, Italy
Christian Boontjes, EP, Netherlands
Willem van der Vlies, EP, Netherlands
Philipp Blokhin, EP, Russia
Miqo Cash, EP, Slovakia
Terese Brandwold, EP, Sweden
Malin Lundgren, EP, Sweden
Stefan Tschumi, EP, Switzerland

Apply online now for the EP session #17! Deadline November 30.

FEP COVER PICTURE OF OCTOBER 2016

The winner of this month is Andrey Balabasov, QEP from GermanyNext round: at the end of October, for the cover picture of NovemberFollow us on our official page on facebook to see all the submitted pictures and to enter the contest!

European Photographers and Videographers!

PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS – The next QEP and MQEP judging session will be in Amsterdam next November, 19-20. Pictures must be on site within November 17. However, if you want to apply, the time for sending your pre-registration (the application form) is now:  this year the DEADLINE for PRE-REGISTRATIONS is OCTOBER 15! HURRY UP and do not lose the chance to be awarded with the well known and highest European Titles, only for FEP members! APPLY NOW! 
 
PROFESSIONAL VIDEOGRAPHERS –  The FEP is working for you too. We launched in 2015 a new set of qualification only for professionals who work in the videography industry, to give them  the EV – European Videographer title and the QEV – Qualified European Videographer title. At the first judging session last November, the FEP awarded 8 EV and 15 QEV. The SECOND VIDEO QUALIFICATION SESSION will be in Segovia, Spain, on November 1-2, 2016. Checkout: DEADLINE TO REGISTER: OCTOBER 15! Don’t let it expire! APPLY NOW! 
 
Full rules and regulations for photo and video qualification are available at the FEP website HERE 
 
 
 
Picture by Eugenio Li Volsi, QEP, Italy
 

Thanks for all the people who came and visited us in photokina.
Visit our page on facebook to see all the pictures of the stand!
Picture of the booth: Johan Brouwers, QEP, Belgium

FEP is happy to inform you that we can already announce and confirm the dates and the venues of the next QEP and MASTER QEP judging sessions for the year 2017!They are, in the order:- July 8-9, 2017, Falmouth, United Kingdom- November 25-26, Tbilisi, Georgia

FEP European Pofessional Photographer of the Year Awards 2017 is now OPEN FOR ENTRIES!
There are 9 categories in the competition: Commercial, Fashion, Illustration/Digital Art & FineArt, Landscape, Portrait, Reportage/Photojournalism, Sports, Wedding, Wildlife. There is also one special section open to the students and to photographers under 25 year of age. 
 
WATCH OUT!  For some categories, the content of the images must not be altered and only single-frame images will be accepted. 
 
To read the full rules text and the catgories description and limits, and to enter the competition, click HERE
FEP members, EPs, QEPs or MQEPs and students, they are entitled to get discounts or free entries. 
Competition will remain open until December 31st , 2016…

 
The competition Chairman, Jorgen Brandt invite the colleagues to enter the competition: “Come on photographers!… It is time to gather your very best images and submit them for the FEP Photographer of the Year Awards 2017! You will be part of a very unique event for European Photographers – by European Photographers – and get your best images exposed. An OPEN WORLD begins with an OPEN MIND – send your images and inspire others – see their work and be inspired by others… We look forward to enjoy your creativity!”  
 
 Picture by Yves-Michel Barclay, QEP
 

FEP Cover Picture of September 2016, by Eugenio Li Volsi, QEP, Italy

Almost 400 “like” for this picture! For a second time in a row, the winner of the FEP Cover Picture of the Month Contest is Eugenio Li Volsi, QEP from Italy. 

Congratulations!

Discover the album of the FEP Cover Picture Contest of September at the FEP official page on facebook, outstanding images entered and a lot of “likes” !

From September 20 to 25, FEP will be present at photokina, Cologne, Germany, with a booth in hall 4.1 (stand K40)
Thanks to a great cooperation with the FEP member German association CentralVerband Deutscher Berufsfotografen and with 2 official FEP partners ChromaLuxe and WhiteWall, you will see a printed exhibition of the FEP European Golden Cameras 2016, the 2016 World Photographic Cup Gold Medals 2016 and some recent QEP and MASTER QEP awarded pictures. 
The images are printed on ChromaLuxe by the German photo lab WhiteWall, as HD Metal Prints.

The talented photographer passed away in the heart of “her” mountain. A fatal fall from the tops of Aydius, which caused great dismay.
 
Marie-Claire Dubourg, whose studio is located in Pau, France, facing the church Saint Martin in Pau, suffered a fall in the mountains of the Aspe valley, she loved photographing with her husband, Vincent. The talented photographer had obtained various international awards, among 2 QEPs on illustration and portrait. The FEP offers its deepest condolences to the family members and to all colleagues of the GNPP.
 

FEP Secretariat will make a break for 2 weeks, from August 15 to August 28, but for urgent matters  you can always find us via e-mail.  
This season means for many of us a rest and an amazing holiday time. However, FEP activity will not stop! 
There are 2 important competitions open, the FETA and the World Photographic Cup!  For both of them, the time to register is NOW! 
You can find all information about FETA here and on WPC website www.worldphotographicup.org
As for FETA,  we remind you that this year winner will also get the IPC Kunio Yatomi Scholarship, the same award given to graduate students in Japanese university who major in photo-imaging with outstanding achievement which means a 1000 US dollars check for the winning student, and the ceremony will be held in Amsterdam on November 20th, 2016. 
As for  WPC, we remind at you that last year 3 European teams (Portugal, Russia and Slovakia) cleaned the table of the medals! This year will not be easy to remain on the top spot…but we need a massif participation of al the FEP members associations.  To be selected for a national team, like in the Olympics, it’s a prestige no  other photographic competition can match. And remind that the special rules of the WPC offer all the finalists in each category the chance to bring points  for the team!  Don’t let your association miss that opportunity! FEP members  and previously  entered teams have priority rights, but please consider registering  your team within the end of the month …
There is also a major photographic event coming soon, where FEP is involved, which is photokina. FEP will have a huge booth at the event, where  you will also have the chance to meet the colleagues and to admire a gallery of the best images of our FEP competition,  the WPC winning images and some of the most amazing pictures of our recent qualified QEP and MQEP. More details about that will come soon. Speaking about the current and next qualifications, we remind you that the registration for the EP are always open (clic here) online through the FEP website , enter it now!
The next QEP and MQEP session will be in Amsterdam, on November 19-20, and registrations are open too, you can find rules and entry forms here.
On November 1st and 2nd is also scheduled the second annual session for the FEP video qulifications, EV and QEV. It will be again in Spain (Segovia, one hour from Madrid) and the dead line for submission is October 20th. Rules and entry form on FEP website here.
Finally, we remind you that the FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards 2017 will open on September 1st.  
 Picture by Ferenc Cegledi, QEP, Hungary

FEP COVER PICTURE OF AUGUST 2016
The winner of this month is Eugenio Li Volsi, QEP photographer from Italy
Next round: end of August, for the cover picture of September.
Follow us on facebook to see the submitted pictures or to enter the contest!
 

We are happy to announce that 14 professional photographers have been awarded with the EP title at the last EP judging session!Our congratulations go to:

Andreas Zopf, EP, Austria
Dimitri Janssens, EP, Belgium
Dirk Valcke, EP, Belgium
Marc Verhulst, EP,  Belgium
Kattoo Hillewaere, EP, Belgium
Katti Borré, EP, Belgium
Ralitza Soultanova, EP, Belgium
Jan Van Steen, EP, Belgium
Valérie Raynaud,EP, France
Arnaud Gras, EP, France
Dusan Holovej, EP, Slovakia
Katarína Grajcaríková, EP, Slovakia
Agnieszka Tünnissen, EP, Sweden
Natasha Volk, EP, Ukraine

Apply online now for the EP session #16! Deadline September 30.

The FEP Emerging Talent Award 2016, the contest for the European photographic students and young photographers (under 30 years of age), open on May 16th and will close on September 15th.

The FEP – FETA  award is held in collaboration with a number of Universities and Colleges throughout Europe, aiming to recognize the high standard of photographic image making, taking place in Europe by final year University students and newly qualified young photographers.
 
The FEP FETA Award 2015 was wan by Christopher Rüsing, student at the Bildungszentrum Handwekskammer Dortmund, Germany. The 2016 winner and the student earning merits will be announced in Amsterdam on Sunday, November 20th at the FETA Award Ceremony.  
 
We are also happy to announce that the International Photographic Council (IPC, an NGO of the United Nations) has decided to support the FETA Award 2016, and the FETA winner will also receive the IPC Kunio Yatomi Scholarship, the same award given to graduate students in Japanese university who major in photo-imaging with outstanding achievement. This award consists in an IPC certifcate and of an amount of 1000 U.S. dollars which will be given to the winner. Click HERE to have more information about this award. 
 
There are no change in the rules: 
 
– A portfolio of 9 images must be submitted through the FEP website.  
 
– A personal statement must be completed on the application form (in English) explaining the context/theme of the submitted portfolio.
 
– After the online submission, the FEP secretariat will send by email to the candidates the application form, to fill and send back, together with the proof of the support and the approval of their University/Institute course leader. 
 
– An entry fee of 20,00 € per portfolio is required.
 
This year, there are also new on line facilities: the written statement to submit with the images can be submitted directly onto the website when uploading the images. As for the judging, to ensure a complete impartiality each portfolio be given a score by each judge (as a panel of photographs not for individual images). This score will then determine the top portfolios – winner and any merits.  Besides,  judges to give some positive feedback to help the students. Their advice will be sent to each and all entered students after the awards have taken place.
 
COLLEGES TASKS: The college/university course leaders will select the highest achieving final year students on their course to enter for the award. The maximum number of portfolios which can be sent by each Institute is 5. The course leader will also validate and verify each student’s submission of images.
 
Further info and a full set of rules HERE  We are looking forward receiving entries from the best emerging talents across Europe! Hurry up, deadline September 15th.

FEP Cover Picture of July 2016, by Nina Pauloff, Finland.Congratulations to this photographer, who is the winner of the FEP Cover Picture of the Month contest for a second time in a row!!!!!New round of the contest: end of July, for the Cover Picture of August

The FEP Board Members met in Torun, Poland, on June 13th, 2016, in the historical Artus Mansion.
 
The FEP President, Andreas Barylli-Fayer, thanked Marek Czarnecki and the local administration for helping to prepare and to host such a wonderful event. 
 
It was enthusiastically appreciated the idea of the FEP President to organize on February 2019 a global event in Wien, Austria, including celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the FEP professional qualifications and also for the 180th anniversary of Daguerre, the hugest international photographic exhibition ever made by FEP and the winner announcement of the 2019 World Photographic Cup. As a pinnacle of the event, called Fête de l’image 2019, on 8th Feb 2019 an exclusive traditional ball in the iconic Hofburg Palace, built majestically by the Habsburg Emperors, will bring photographers coming from around the globe in a one of a kind, unrepeatable magical atmosphere. While the FEP President and an organizing committee will work on the project, by the end of the year a comprehensive proposal will be submitted.
 
The Board also confirmed the following positions:  
 
Jean-Félix Bernetel – Vice President; Willem van der Vlies – Financial Controller; Jim Lowe – QEP/MQEP Chairman; 
 
Johan Brouwers – EP Chairman; Neil Warner – EV/QEV Chairman; Jørgen Brandt – FEP Competition Chairman; Adriano Scognamillo – Chairman of the Book Prize. 
 
Jim Lowe was appointed FETA Chairman for the next session, while Jean Félix Bernetel, Jorgen Brandt, and Bent Nygaard Larsen will occupy the 3 seats for Europe in the World Photographic Cup Governing Committee. 
 
After the approval of the midyear budget survey, all associations have been urged to better encourage submissions for the EP and for the FETA award, also to enable and encourage young member recruitment. 
 
As for PHOTOKINA, a working committee formed by the FEP President, Johan Brouwers, Patrizia Burra, Bernd Gassner and Bent Nygaard Larsen will work in co-operation with the local German Association to organise the participation of the FEP associations to the trade show. 
 
The next QEP session and Board meeting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on November 19-21 was confirmed, new fantastic options for the judging sessions 2017 and 2018 were approved:  the summer sessions 2017/2018 will be held in Falmouth University, UK and in Tampere, Finland, while the vote to accept Georgia as the 2nd venue in 2017 was unanimous.
 
After the Meeting, the FEP President and the CEO met with Fernando Barrio, Board member and President of FEPFI, to discuss the project of a new the Digital Magazine. It was agreed that FEPFI will create and  FEP would circulate a trial number of a new European digital magazine to all its members. The project is at no cost for FEP,  although a FEP representative will overlook the work of the editorial committee.
 

Picture by Johan Brouwers, QEP
 

We are happy to announce that at the 33rd session of the FEP European Qualifications held in Torun, Poland, on June 11 and 12, 2016, 5 MASTER QEPs and 11 new QEP (Qualified European Photographers) have been awarded.

Congratulations to MQEPs:
 

André Boto, (Second) Master QEP, Portugal
Stephan Huger, Master QEP, Austria
Krister Löfroth, Master QEP, Finland
Igor Sakharov, Master QEP, Latvia
Laila Villebeck, Master QEP, Sweden

 
And to QEPs: 

Dušan Be?o, Slovakia, QEP Macro PhotographyJoão Carlos, Portugal, QEP Fashion
Pavol Delej, Slovakia, QEP PortraitLeo Fellner, Austria, QEP PortraitNancy Fina, Italy, QEP Fashion
Pekka Homanen, Finland, QEP Fine Art
Pekka Homanen, Finland, QEP PortraitAntonio Peinado Muñoz, Spain, QEP Nude
Eric Traversie, France, QEP Portrait
Marie-Pascale Vandewalle, Belgium, QEP Reportage
Vladimir Veverka, Slovakia, QEP Portrait

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN!The next QEP/MQEP judging session will be held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 19-20, 2016.Registrations will open on September 1st, 2016.Picture by Photographer Eugenio Li Volsi, QEP 

FEP Cover Picture of June 2016, Nina Pauloff, Finland.
Thanks to all who entered our monthly contest on our official page on facebook.
Click here to see all the images submitted.
Next round: at the end of June, for the Cover Picture of July!

EP session #14, OFFICIAL RESULTSWe are happy to announce that 10 professional photographers have been awarded with the EP title at the last EP judging session!Our congratulations go to:

Andreas Rainer, EP, Austria
Rudi Ferder, EP, Austria
Ann Coppens, EP, Belgium
Bieke Timmerman, EP, Belgium
Anu Sundell, EP, Finland
George A. Rauscher, EP, Germany
Igor Dvoretskiy, EP, Russia
Peter Svoboda, EP, Slovakia
Marek Hajkovský, EP, Slovakia
Martina Nem?eková, EP, Slovakia

Apply online now for the EP session #15! Deadline June 30.

  
The FETA Award 2016 is COMING SOON! 
The FEP Emerging Talent Award 2016, open since 2013 to the European photographic students and young photographers (under 30 years of age), is about to reopen. Call for entries: May 16th / Deadline: September 15th
 
The FEP – FETA  award is held in collaboration with a number of Universities and Colleges throughout Europe, aiming to recognize the high standard of photographic image making taking place in Europe by final year University students and newly qualified young photographers.
 
The FEP FETA Awards 2015 was wan by Christopher Rüsing, student at the Bildungszentrum Handwekskammer Dortmund, Germany. The 2016 winner and the student earning merits will be announced in Amsterdam on Sunday, November 20th at the FETA Award Ceremony.  
 
We are also happy to announce that the International Photographic Council (IPC, an NGO of the United Nations) has decided to support the FETA Award 2016, and the FETA winner will also receive the IPC Kunio Yatomi Scholarship,  the same award given to graduate students in Japanese university who major in photo-imaging with outstanding achievement.
 
There will be no change in the rules: 
 
– A portfolio of 9 images must be submitted through the FEP website.  
 
– A personal statement must be completed on the application form (in English) explaining the context/theme of the submitted portfolio.
 
– After the online submission, the FEP secretariat will send by email to the candidates the application form, to fill and send back, together with the proof of the support and the approval of their University/Institute course leader. 
 
– An entry fee of 20,00 € per portfolio is required.
 
There will be also new on line facilities: the written statement to submit with the images can be submitted directly onto the website when uploading the images. As for the judging, to ensure a complete impartiality each portfolio be given a score by each judge (as a panel of photographs not for individual images). This score will then determine the top portfolios – winner and any merits.  Besides,  judges to give some positive feedback to help the students.  Their  advice will be sent to each and all entered students after the awards have taken place.
 
 
COLLEGES TASKS: The college/university course leaders will select the highest achieving final year students on their course to enter for the award. The maximum number of portfolios which can be sent by each Institute is 5. The course leader will also validate and verify each student’s submission of images.
 
 
Further info and the full set of rules 2016 HERE

Congratulations to Igor Dvoretskiy, from Russia, winner, with this picture, of the FEP Cover Picture of the Month for the edition of May 2016!
Next round of the FEP Cover Picture Contest: end of the month, for the cover of June.
FEP official page on facebook where to submit pictures HERE.