Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique, or FIAP (Eng. The International Federation of Photographic Art), is an international organization of national associations of photography. As of 2021 91 national associations are members, comprising over one million individual photographers.
FIAP was founded by M. Van de Wijer of Belgium in 1946, who remained its president until 1976. French is the first official language of FIAP, with official texts translated in English and German.
The first members were the photographic associations from Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland. In 1947, Denmark, Finland and Hungary joined. In 1948 Mr Wijer offered an Honorary Presidency of the organisation to the Royal Photographic Society which it declined pending further information about the still new organisation. Royal Photographic Society, Minutes of Council, 14 June 1948, minute 472. Wijer was an Associate of the RPS. A later minute 481 (5 July 1948) noted that the French Société Francaise de Photographie had also been offered an honorary presidency. The first FIAP congress took place in Bern, Switzerland in 1950, at which time additional national association members included Austria, Brazil, Cuba, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden, and Yugoslavia.
Distinctions
The FIAP gives several distinctions to its members, based on their achievements in national and international photo contests under patronage of FIAP.
+ Distinction Abbreviation Artist FIAP AFIAP Excellence FIAP EFIAP Excellence FIAP Bronze EFIAP/b Excellence FIAP Silver EFIAP/s Excellence FIAP Gold EFIAP/g Excellence FIAP Platinum EFIAP/p Excellence FIAP Diamond 1 EFIAP/d1 Excellence FIAP Diamond 2 EFIAP/d2 Excellence FIAP Diamond 3 EFIAP/d3 Master FIAP MFIAP
As of 2021 there were 256 photographers, awarded the honorary title Master of Photography (MFIAP).
Biennials
FIAP biennials are organized every two years in a different member country. In even years Black and White and Nature Biennials take place, in odd years Colour Biennials, from time to time there are also Youth Biennials. The latest biennials: 26th FIAP Color Biennial, United Kingdom, 2015 33rd FIAP Black and White Biennial, South Korea, 2015 18th FIAP Nature Biennial, Serbia, 2016 27th FIAP Colour Biennial, Norway, 2017 39th FIAP Youth Biennial, Bulgaria, 2018 19th FIAP Nature Biennial, Oman, 2018 34th FIAP Black & White Biennial, South Africa, 2018 28th FIAP Colour Biennial, Spain, 2019 20th FIAP Nature Biennial, Russia, 2020 29th FIAP Colour Biennial, Château de Forezan, Cognin, France, 2021
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