FEP Photographer of the Year 2018 is Onni Wiljami Kinnunen from Finland
FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2018 is Onni Wiljami Kinnunen, from Finland!
On Sunday March 25, the FEP revealed the results of its annual competition at the Royal Hotel in Bray, Ireland. The coveted title of FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2018 went to a Finnish photographer, Onni Wiljami Kinnunen, winner of the Golden Camera in the Commercial category.
Other Golden Camera winners included: Friedrich Michael Jansenberger, from Austria, in the Fashion category, Mikaela Holmberg from Finland in Illustration/FineArt/Digital, Peter Svoboda from Slovakia in Landscape, Laila Villebeck from Sweden in Portrait, Marcos Rodriguez, from Spain, in Reportage, Peter Svoboda again, also in Sport, Fernando Cerrone from Italy in the Wedding category and Ann Coppens, from Belgium, in Wildlife.
The Golden Camera winner in the Students and Young Photographers category was Dawid Gali?ski, from Poland.
At the FEP Awards Ceremony, lead by FEP CEO Anna Kaleva-Tsagklas, FEP also announced the winner of the FETA Award 2018: Lea Jörres , from Germany, student at the Dortmund University. The winner also received a ChromaLuxe prize!
Then also the following 4 students received a FETA Merit Award:
– Pertra Basnakova, student at the Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Slovakia.
– Marco Cavarischi, student at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), Rome, Italy
– Fabian Poprawski, student at the Dortmund University, Germany
– Dawn Richardson, student at the Falmouth University, UK
During the Ceremony the Chairman of the Photographer of the Year competition Jørgen Brandt has also been awarded with a FEP Merit Award for his meritorious service rendered to FEP in his position of competition chairman from 2011 to 2018. Next year, the new competition Chairman will be Johan Brouwers, already Chairman of the EP qualification.
Then, before to announce the FEP Photographer of the Year 2018, the FEP CEO presented the World Photographic Cup 2018 Nation Awards Winners, with their pictures, helped by with WPC Committee members Jean Felix-Bernetel, from France and Neil Warner, from Ireland.
Here they are:
Australia, Keren Dobia (portrait) Austria, Markus Berger (reportage) Belgium, Ann Coppens (nature) Brazil, Jackson Carvalho de Albuquerque (commercial) Canada, Paul Wright (reportage) China, Xiaojun Fan (wedding) Colombia, Henry Agudelo Cano (reportage) Czech Republic, Ladislav Kamarád (nature) Denmark, Cristina Reuter (reportage) Finland, Onni Wiljami Kinnunen (commercial) France, Gaétan Lecire (portrait) Ireland, Vincent OByrne (illustration) Italy, Massimo Giorgetta (nature) Japan, Haseo Hasegawa (portrait) Latvia, Eleonora Grigorjeva (commercial) Malaysia, EngTong Tan (nature) Mexico, Eduardo Gómez (illustration) New Zealand, Loren OConnor (portrait) Norway, Stig Håvard Dirdal (commercial) Pakistan, Gulraiz Ghouri (nature) Philippines, Bob Lacson (nature) Portugal, Diamantino Jesus (illustration) Russia, Igor Sakharov (commercial) Singapore, Raymond Phang (wedding) Slovakia, Duan Holovej (commercial) Spain, Jesús de Pedro García (nature) Sweden, Andreas Varro (commercial) Thailand, Nophadon Achasuntisuk (reportage) United Kingdom, Gerry Coe (nature) United States, Gail Nogle (reportage)
Congratulations to all!
Before the ceremony, WPC Best of Team winners Gerry Coe, Vincent OByrne and Stig Håvard Dirdal made some lectures for free for the attending people. FEP and WPC really would like to thank them!
Then, the ceremony has been broadcast live on FEP and WPC official pages on facebook and has been seen from all over the world!
Discover now all the FEP Photographer of the Year Awards 2018 official results. Here are the top ten photographers in each category and their awards got for single images, divided per category:
OFFICIAL RESULTS
COMMERCIAL
Onni Wiljami Kinnunen, Finland, FEP European Commercial Golden Camera 2018, 1 Excellence Award, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award and FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2018
Jano tovka, Slovakia, FEP European Commercial Silver Camera 2018, 2 Distinction Awards, 1 Merit Award
Andreas Varro, Sweden, FEP European Commercial Bronze Camera 2018, 1 Distinction Award, 2 Merit Awards
Duan Holovej, Slovakia, Finalist, 3 Merit Awards
Xanti Rodriguez, Spain, Finalist, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Antti Karppinen, Finland, Finalist, 2 Merit Awards
Roger O’Sullivan, Ireland, Finalist, 1 Merit Award
Michael Liebert, Austria, Finalist, 1 Merit Award
Juhamatti Vahdersalo, Finland, Finalist
Reginald Tackoen, Belgium, Finalist
FASHION
Friedrich Michael Jansenberger, Austria, FEP European Fashion Golden Camera 2018, 3 Distinction Awards
Bree Corn, Austria, FEP European Fashion Silver Camera 2018, 2 Distinction Awards, 1 Merit Award
Cormac Byrne, Ireland, FEP European Fashion Bronze Camera 2018, 1 Merit Award
Sami Reivinen, Finland, Finalist, 1 Merit Award
Natalia Pipkina, Norway, Finalist, 1 Distinction Award
Patrizia Burra, Finalist, Italy
Pedro Gameiro, Portugal, Finalist, 1 Merit Award
Mikaela Holmberg, Finland, Finalist
Franz Messenbäck, Austria, Finalist
Iuri Akopov, Georgia, Finalist
ILLUSTRATION/DIGITAL ART
Mikaela Holmberg, Finland, FEP European Illustration Golden Camera 2018, 1 Excellence Award, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Laila Villebeck, Sweden, FEP European Illustration Silver Camera 2018, 1 Distinction Award, 2 Merit Awards
Juhamatti Vahdersalo, Finland, FEP European Illustration Bronze Camera 2018, 1 Excellence Award
Onni Wiljami Kinnunen, Finland, Finalist, 1 Excellence Award
Jenny Puronne, Sweden, Finalist, 1 Distinction Award
Andy J.J. Hens, Germany, Finalist, 1 Distinction Award
Antti Karppinen, Finland, Finalist, 1 Merit Award
Bryn Griffiths, UK, Finalist, 1 Merit Award
Andreas Varro, Sweden, Finalist, 2 Distinction Awards
Mathias Kniepeiss, Austria, Finalist, 1 Merit Award / Patrizia Burra, Italy, Finalist, 2 Merit Awards (tie)
LANDSCAPE
Peter Svoboda, Slovakia, FEP European Landscape Golden Camera 2018, 1 Excellence Award, 2 Distinction Awards
Jan míd, Czech Republic, FEP European Landscape Silver Camera 2018, 1 Distinction Award, 2 Merit Awards
Vlado Ba?a, Slovakia, FEP European Landscape Bronze Camera 2018, 1 Excellence Award, 1 Merit Award
Vladimir Alekseev, Russia, Finalist, 2 Merit Awards
Irakli Shavgulidze, Georgia, Finalist, 1 Merit Award
Ladislav Kamarad, Finalist, Czech Republic
Karel Mus, Belgium, Finalist, 1 Merit Award
Andrey Omelyanchuk, Finalist, Russia
Michael Böhmländer, Finalist, Austria
Jos Verhoogen, Belgium, Finalist / Ond?ej Prosický, Czech Republic, Finalist, 1 Merit Award (tie)
PORTRAIT
Laila Villebeck, Sweden, FEP European Portrait Golden Camera 2018, 1 Excellence Award, 2 Distinction Awards
Jenny Puronne, Sweden, FEP European Portrait Silver Camera 2018, 1 Excellence Award, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Vicente Esteban, Spain, FEP European Portrait Bronze Camera 2018, 1 Distinction Award 2018, 2 Merit Awards
Vesa Tyni, Finland, Finalist, 1 Merit Award
Guido Pelgrim, the Netherlands, Finalist, 1 Merit Award
Bree Corn, Austria, Finalist, 1 Merit Award
Antti Karppinen, Finland, Finalist, 1 Distinction Award
Emmi Virtanen, Finland, Finalist, 1 Excellence Award
Evelien Sikkema, the Netherlands, Finalist, 2 Merit Awards
Katarína Grajcaríková, Slovakia, Finalist
REPORTAGE/PHOTOJOURNALISM
Marcos Rodríguez, Spain, FEP European Reportage Golden Camera 2018, 1 Excellence Award, 1 Merit Award
Rastislav Margu, Czech Republic, FEP European Reportage Silver Camera 2018, 2 Distinction Awards, 1 Merit Award
Roberto Colacioppo, Italy, FEP European Reportage Bronze Camera 2018, 1 Excellence Award, 1 Merit Award
Kurt Vansteelant, Belgium, Finalist, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Jos Verhoogen, Belgium, Finalist, 1 Distinction Award
Rui Caria, Portugal, Finalist, 2 Merit Awards
Jesus Jimenez, Spain, Finalist, 1 Distinction Award
Flip Franssen, the Netherlands, Finalist, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Vincenzo Tessarin, Italy, Finalist, 1 Merit Award
Markus van Hauten, Finalist, Germany
SPORT
Peter Svoboda, Slovakia, FEP European Sport Golden Camera 2018, 1 Excellence Award, 2 Distinction Awards
Mathias Kniepeiss, Austria, FEP European Sport Silver Camera 2018, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
William Moureaux, France, FEP European Sport Bronze Camera 2018, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Markus Schmuck, Germany, Finalist, 3 Merit Awards
Alois Spandl, Austria, Finalist, 3 Merit Awards
Oscar Padi, Spain, Finalist
Robert Biesemans, Belgium, Finalist
Gerd Schifferl, Austria, Finalist
WEDDING
Fernando Cerrone, Italy, FEP European Wedding Golden Camera 2018, 2 Excellence Awards, 1 Distinction Award
Carlos Felipe Ortiz, Spain, FEP European Wedding Silver Camera 2018, 2 Distinction Awards, 1 Merit Award
Jose Luis Guardia Vazquez, Spain, FEP European Wedding Bronze Camera 2018, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Iuri Akopov, Georgia, Finalist, 3 Merit Awards
Ricardo Meira, Portugal, Finalist, 1 Distinction Award
Andrey Balabasov, Germany, Finalist, 1 Distinction Award
Silvio Pinto, Portugal, Finalist, 1 Merit Award
Manola van Leeuwe, the Netherlands, Finalist,1 Merit Award
Manuel González, Spain, Finalist, 2 Merit Awards
Rui DaCruz, Portugal, Finalist, 1 Distinction Award
WILDLIFE
Ann Coppens, Belgium, FEP European Wildlife Golden Camera 2018, 2 Excellence Awards, 1 Distinction Award
Jose Fragozo, Portugal, FEP European Wildlife Silver Camera 2018, 1 Excellence Award, 2 Merit Awards
Tomas Hulik, Slovakia, FEP European Wildlife Bronze Camera 2018, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Liam Kidney, Ireland, Finalist, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Søren Sviland, Norway, Finalist, 1 Excellence Award
Martin Steenhaut, Belgium, Finalist, 1 Distinction Award
Patrik Bartuska, Czech Republic, Finalist, 2 Merit Awards
Michal Dobes, Czech Republic, Finalist
William Moureaux, France, Finalist
Irakli Shavgulidze, Georgia, Finalist
STUDENTS
Dawid Gali?ski, Poland, FEP European Students Golden Camera 2018, 3 Distinction Awards
Roman Slavik, Czech Republic, FEP European Students Silver Camera 2018, 1 Distinction Award, 1 Merit Award
Jakob Huger, Austria, FEP European Students Bronze Camera 2018
Christoph Cejka, Austria, Finalist
Look at all the awarded images HERE
Once again, warm congratulations to all winners, we wish to see you again for the next edition of our competitions!
