The Federation Internationale de l’Art Photographique
– FIAP (or International Federation of Photographic Art) is an international body made up of photographic federations and associations in 92 countries on five continents.
It is recognized by UNESCO and represents the benefits of more than one and a half billion amateur and professional bodies worldwide. One national society in each country is appointed as the Operational member.
PSSA is FIAP’s Operational member for South Africa. Jill Sneesby is the Liaison Officer serving as liaison between FIAP and all PSSA members. Jenny Stillwell is the Distinctions Co-ordinator.
As an affiliated Society, we enjoy all the benefits of belonging to the largest body representing photographic art in the world today, including all the benefits or participating in FIAP sponsored Salons and attracting entries from abroad to Salons on the SA International circuit which enjoy FIAP patronage.
Fully paid up members of PSSA are welcome to apply for FIAP Distinctions which are based on International Salon acceptances in salons with FIAP patronage.
Co-ordinator: Jenny Stilwell
All applications must be sent to Jenny following the instructions as given in the downloads.
Please note that, although information is given in the FIAP book, which is available on the FIAP website, applications can only be made through PSSA and the requirements and procedures are as given in the documents which may be downloaded, see below.
FIAP have now supplied us with a listing of all salon acceptances since 2013 which can also be downloaded, see below.
Closing date for applications is 31 March 2025
DOWNLOADS:
FIAP-DISTINCTION-REQUIREMENTS-2025
FIAP-DISTINCTION-PROCEDURE-2025
FIAP-DISTINCTION-PSSA-APPLICATION-FORM-2025
FIAP Patronage is granted to international events accessible to participants from all over the world. Applicants for FIAP Patronage have to conform to conditions listed in the FIAP Book.
Any club interested in hosting an international salon with FIAP patronage should first ensure that they have applied for a place on the PSSA calendar.
FIAP Patronage can be applied for online by logging in to the FIAP Platform www.myfiap.net
Events to which FIAP Patronage has been granted can be found at the following link: https://www.myfiap.net/patronages
The FIAP Photo Academy was established in 2020 to promote the Art of Photography and to share our passion for Photography.
This is achieved by the establishment of a series of Online Events and recordings are available on Youtube. Browse the list and watch when and where you like.
FIAP News is a digital magazine that is produced quarterly by FIAP and shared worldwide. It contains news of all major FIAP events and shares information and articles from FIAP affiliated photographic organisations and photographers around the world.
FIAP are always on the lookout for articles and images for the FIAP News. A new column is the Youth Photographers Gallery, a space for photographers under the age of 25 to have some photos published in FIAP’s magazine. This is for individuals and thus is good for any young photographer who is interested.
The Recommendations section is a place for FIAP Photographers to recommend places and events for photography, sharing their personal insights as a photographer into the best location and best times for photographers to be in these places. Any photographer can send articles for this section.
For those interested in submitting an article to FIAP News, details can be found on the FIAP News Service page Click here.
To read the FIAP News Editions, click on the magazine covers to download the pdf magazine. The pdf is best viewed in two-page view.
To read the most recent FIAP News Edition online as a flipbook, Click here.
Biennials are one of the most important events offered by FIAP. They are organised every two years in a different member country. Even years for Black and White and Nature Biennials, odd years for the Colour and Youth Biennials.
These are team competitions.
The Black and White, the Colour and the Nature Biennials have a very particular characteristic, different from the international contests. It is not only the quality of the individual work that counts, but FIAP ask for coherent collections, as well of the viewpoint of inspiration and conception as form the viewpoint of execution and presentation.
The judgement of the collections is made in two steps:
1) the judgement of each work of the collection
2) the global judgement of the collection
The collection obtaining the highest score by the addition of the points of the first and the second judgment, wins the World Cup of the corresponding Biennial. Individual awards are also granted to the best works.
The winning images can be viewed here.
View the PSSA entries and results by clicking on the links below.
Previous Biennial Results can be found on this website under the Competitions & Results tab/International Results/FIAP Biennials
FIAP World Cup for Clubs – results to follow
105 FRAMES – One heart in Shandong – click here
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