Finalist announcement, FEP Awards and FEP Young Photographer Award 2025

Finalist announcement, FEP Awards and FEP Young Photographer Awards 2025

The long-awaited moment is here; results of the FEP Awards and the FEP Young Photographer Award are now ready and we are pleased to announce who are the finalists! All names are listed alphabetically under the respective category.
This year the Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 26th in Copenhagen, Denmark. 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 2025. In the Young Photographers’ competition we will award the 3 best young photographers.
As always, there are also images outside of the final receiving single image awards and they 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 Copenhagen receiving your awards!

FEP Young Photographer Award

Madelief De Korte, The Netherlands
Rosalind Phang, France
Lara Zeh, Germany

FEP Awards 2025

Advertising / Commercial category

Dusan Holovej, Slovakia
Lief Keuppens, Belgium
Mika Levälampi, Finland
Neil McKellar, United Kingdom
Franz G. Messenbäck, Austria
Franklin Neto, Portugal
Narciso Rocha, Portugal
Marc Sabat, Finland
David Taylor, United Kingdom
Yuliy Vasilev, Bulgaria

Digitally Created Images

Assem Alsabban, Czech Republic
Juline Armand, France
Jozef Danyi, Czech Republic
Yann Faucher, France
Sonja Hietala, Finland
Josu Izarra, Spain
Antti Karppinen, Finland
Franck Lecrenay, France
Wim Moortgat, Belgium
Michael Schnabl, Austria

Domesticated Animals

Elke Braet, Belgium
Rut Casanellas Cantos, Spain
Nika Kuplenk Golobic, Slovenia
Jessica McGovern, United Kingdom
Liv Inger Monsen, Norway
Rosalind Phang, France
Fleur Scholte, The Netherlands
Marc Vandijck, Belgium
Kristi Vilmunen, Finland
Martina Wärenfeldt, Sweden

Fashion and Beauty

Iuri Akopov, Georgia
Therese Asplund, Sweden
Giorgia Corniola, Italy
Wolfgang Gangl, Austria
Taylor Griffiths, United Kingdom
Tatya Lushchyk, Belarus
Michael Schnabl, Austria
Barrie Spence, United Kingdom
Martina Wärenfeldt, Sweden
Vadym Yatsun, Ukraine

Illustration and Fine art

Iuri Akopov, Georgia
Wolfgang Gangl, Austria
Ulla Jensen, Denmark
Yevhen Kostiuk, Ukraine
Annemiek Muller-Rijnaard, The Netherlands
Hanna Neret, Sweden
Dee O’Keeffe, Ireland
Alvaro Ruiz, Spain
Barrie Spence, United Kingdom
Pavel Ziegler, Czech Republic

Landscape

Roksolana Baran, Ukraine
Robert Bilos, Germany
Philipp Jakesch, Austria
Matthieu Leroux, France
Paul Reiffer, United Kingdom
Jan Smid, Czech Republic
Marc Vandijck, Belgium
Markus van Hauten, Germany
Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove, Iceland
Ina Vrinssen, The Netherlands

Nature

Robert Bilos, Germany
Ran Bjargardottir, Iceland
Stefan Brenner, Austria
Philipp Jakesch, Austria
Matthieu Leroux, France
Arun Mohanraj, United Kingdom
Simo Niiranen, Finland
Tatu Tainio, Finland
Marc Vandijck, Belgium
Markus van Hauten, Germany

People and Portrait

Anna Arvidsson, Sweden
Therese Asplund, Sweden
Madelief De Korte, The Netherlands
Carina Heed, Sweden
Ulla Jensen, Denmark
Natalia Pipkina, Norway
Pia Maria Rautio, Finland
Pia Rothmann, Norway
Barrie Spence, United Kingdom
Martina Wärenfeldt, Sweden

Reportage / photojournalism

Gunhild Arnekleiv Norvik, Norway
Joachim Blomme, Belgium
Ramon Fernandez, Spain
Luis Godinho, Portugal
Mary Guillen, Spain
Jesus Jimenez, Spain
Mario Monteiro, Portugal
Hiwa Naghshi, Austria
Verena Panzitt, Austria
Ragnar Visage, Iceland

Sports

Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz, Spain
Huub Keulers, The Netherlands
Manuel Kokseder, Austria
Hannes Mautner, Austria
Arun Mohanraj, United Kingdom
William Moureaux, France
Yves Nevens, Belgium
Hannu Rainamo, Finland
Nurlan Tahirli, Azerbaijan
Tuomas Tenho, Finland

Wedding

Raïs De Weirdt, Belgium
Christin Eide, Norway
Heljo Hakulinen, Finland
Flore Iglesias Vazquez, Spain
Manuel Iglesias, Spain
Lucy Nuzum, Ireland
Paulo Pinto, Portugal
Giuseppe Riccobono, Italy
Ivan Schirmenti, Italy
Lea Torrieri, France

Wildlife

Frankie Adamson, United Kingdom
Katerina Beranova, Czech Republic
Colin Brister, United Kingdom
Massimo Giorgetta, Italy
Philipp Malli, Austria
Giacomo Marchione, Italy
Arun Mohanraj, United Kingdom
Mia Surakka, Finland
David Taylor, United Kingdom
Seppo Tuomaala, Finland