The Federation of European Photographers announces the category winners and the finalist images of the 2009 FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards
The "2009 FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards" which is supported by Epson has just closed, and more than 2,000 entries from 600 photographers in 20 European countries have been evaluated by the international FEP jury with an online vote. The "FEP - Towergate Camerasure European Fine Art Photograph of the Year Award" had 550 entries.
The international Judges worked to select the FEP European Professional Social, Commercial and Pictorial Photographers of the Year, as well as the FEP Towergate Camerasure Fine Art Photograph of the Year.
The category winners are listed below. The FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year will be selected from one of the category winners.
The winners will be awarded at a special ceremony which will take place at the Photo Museum of Antwerp, Belgium, Waalsekaai 47, on Thursday December 17th next, at 7:30 pm. The overall FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year and the FEP - Towergate Camerasure European Fine Art Photograph of the Year Award will be announced during the ceremony.
The awards will consist of certificates and a magnificent cut glass trophy. Epson will print the finalist images for inclusion in the award collection. The FEP European 2009 Awards Exhibition will be open to the public at the Photo Museum of Antwerp, first floor, from December 15th up to the end of the year. The collection will consist of the top 10 finalists from each category and the top 10 fine art images.
The collection will then be exhibited throughout the year in several European locations, including Madrid and Milan.
As an acknowledgement of the historic standards reached in the FEP - Towergate Camerasure European Fine Art Photograph of the Year Award, Epson will award the winner, membership of the Digigraphie® program which represents a world standard in digital fine art printing. The 10 finalist images will be - upon artist agreement - part of a special Digigraphie collection for the FEP 2009 Awards, and as such all the work displayed at the Photo Museum of Antwerp will be Digigraphie certified as well
Epson officially supports the "FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards".
Epson has the right to use the photographs for promotional purposes for one year, publishing the name of the author and the event together with the winning images.
The "FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards"
Yuri Afanasiev (Russia), winner In the category Pictorial picture.
Among the ten finalists including the second picture from Yuri Afanasiev. Entire collection, you can see in the Calendar section. All fruits and vegetables photos was produced for ART - Calendar.
Finalists (selected for the collection): Yuri Afanasiev, Russia Andrè Boto, Portugal Denis Molinari, Italy Ivan Caniga, Slovak Republic José Luis Guardia Peinado, Spain Tom Jones, Belgium Andrè Boto, Portugal Andrè Boto, Portugal Andrè Boto, Portugal Mauricio Abreu, Portugal Martin Vrabko, Slovak Republic
Social category
Category Winner: José Luis Guardia Peinado, Spain
Finalists (selected for the collection): Andy Gotts, United Kingdom José Juliàn Ochoa Martinez, Spain Filip Santens, Belgium Luigi Rota, Italy José Juliàn Ochoa Martinez, Spain Enrique Oliver, Spain Eugenio Hernandez Guadilla, Spain José Juliàn Ochoa Martinez, Spain Carl Lapeirre, Belgium Edward Van Hees, The Netherlands
Commercial category
Category Winner: Gerry O’Leary, Ireland
Finalists (selected for the collection): Jan Miskovic, Slovak Republic David Taylor, United Kingdom Michael Hall, United Kingdom Alexei Babaev, Russia Sergio Mantello, Italy Gerry O’Leary, Ireland James Newton, United Kingdom Sergio Mantello, Italy Danny Migalski, Belgium
"FEP European Fine Art Photograph of the Year Award", sponsored by Towergate Camerasure
Yuri Afanasiev entered the top .
The Finalists are (from which the Winner will be chosen): Gio Versyck, Belgium Lucille Feremans, Belgium Martin Vrabko, Slovak Republic Jan Darthet, Belgium Yuri Afanasiev, Russia Tom Jones, Belgium Ingrid Van Heteren, The Netherlands Johan Brouwers, Belgium Ana Struharova, Slovak Republic Marko Dutka, United Kingdom
FEP 2009 photo competitions results
