The WPC 2020 Winners Announcement, September 28

5 DAYS TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT!

Dear all! We hope you enjoyed our “Prequel shows”, that we broadcast on the WPC Facebook page on September 14 and 21, where we introduced each and all the finalist images 2020 and the Best of Nation winners. If for some reason you missed the shows, you can watch them HERE

And now, we are very pleased and excited to remind you that on Monday, September 28, 2020, at 19:00, Central European Time, there will be the winners announcement ceremony, LIVE on Facebook, from the Studio Orizzonte Gallery in Rome, Italy. The WPC Governing Committee will announce to the world who will grab the bronze, silver and gold medals in all of the six categories of the WPC 2020 competition, the top ten teams and of course the nation that will win the World Photographic Cup 2020.

“In January and February, we were busy preparing for what was sure to be another exciting event right here in Rome. Unfortunately COVID-19 had different plans for us all”, said the WPC CEO, Giuseppe Scozzi. “2020 has evolved as a dark year for many of us. But we refuse to let COVID keep us down! Photography is made of light. And we are sure that the WPC stunning images will help us all to take a step towards the light. It will be a celebration of photography…Of commitment and passion for our profession…We look forward to streaming, and we thank you in advance because…we know there will be many around the world watching the event”

Do not miss the amazing 2020 WPC show!

Don’t forget to visit the WPC Facebook page in the next few days, and do share our events on your personal Facebook profile, as well as on the pages of all involved associations, around the globe. That will make the event a true global experience and will enhance the recognition of the World Photographic Cup and the prestige of the winners, their associations and their countries at their best! And will show the world that the photographic industry is strong, and the professional photographers aren’t going to be held down.

We really can’t wait, and you?
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WPC 2021 will open on July 1st !

Dear photographers

the eighth edition of the World Photographic Cup (2021) will open on July 1^st !

Are you ready for a new exciting ride?

While for the award announcement of the 2020 edition we will have to wait a little longer to find out if the date of September is confirmed, in the meantime we are pleased to announce that from July 1^st  will be possible to register the national teams for the new edition.  The WPC 2021 will be open for entries up to October 15^th.

Furthermore, given the difficult economic situation that has arisen due to the Covid19 emergency, we are pleased to announce that the WPC Governing Committee will offer a significant reduction in the registration fee for the competition, to encourage everyone’s participation. Stay connected on our Facebook pages and website, which will soon be updated with the dates for the 2020 announcement and further important details.

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POSTPONEMENT OF THE WORLD PHOTOGRAPHIC CUP CEREMONY

POSTPONEMENT OF THE WORLD PHOTOGRAPHIC  CUP CEREMONY

A PROBLEM, A SOLUTION, AND A COMMITMENT TO UNITE THE WORLD

We regret to inform you that circumstances surrounding the continued spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) make the rescheduling of the 2020 awards presentation ceremony imperative. We recognize that the situation has created difficulties for all involved and we applaud the Italian government for its proactive approach.

Having considered all options, it is our great pleasure to announce that the 2020 World Photographic Cup event will go on in the face of adversity! The event will be postponed six months to the day. The awards ceremony will now be held either September 21^st or 28^th in Rome, Italy.  A specific date and the new program will be issued in a matter of days after organizers are able to confirm venues. Interestingly, the new date brings with it some advantages, including more pleasant temperatures and lower travel costs. Most importantly, it will allow enough time for the current crisis to pass.

Of course, the WPC will fully reimburse the costs incurred by those who had registered for events included in the  previous dates program. Travel plans will have to be cancelled and new ones created. This statement and the directive from the Italian government  (Dpcm 4 marzo 2020 ) should be sufficient to help you avoid any cancellation fees.

We urge you to mark your calendars and make your arrangements for the new dates as we celebrate the importance of photography in our world. We believe WPCROMA2020 will be the sweetest World Photographic Cup celebration ever!  We’ll see you in six months!

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World Photographic Cup statement on COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

The World Photographic Cup is committed to providing a safe environment for its awards celebration.  We are closely monitoring the recent developments in northern Italy, and have already met to map out a possible strategy should the situation there worsen significantly.  WPC organizers will always err on the side of caution.  If there is the slightest concern for the safety of attendees, the event will be either relocated or postponed.   Rome is not affected by the outbreak at this time, and there is no indication that it will be.  While we are monitoring the situation extremely closely, an objective and rational assessment does not warrant a change at this time.  As always, we urge attendees to make decisions that are best for them, and look forward to another exciting awards ceremony on March 23^rd.

 

We urge WPC team captains in their respective countries to disseminate this information to their members.  We will also update this information on https://worldphotographiccup.org as necessary.

 

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WPC Roma 2020, full information. Click here!

Download here the PDF Dossier of the whole event, a full information for planning your trip! (Program, logistic information, useful contacts, suggestions..) WPC ROMA 2020 PROGRAM AND INFO

Register now… some events are subjected to a minimum/maximum number of attendees, and have a date (every day closer) beyond which it will no longer be possible to register…

About WPC Roma 2020:

WPC continues to offer exciting new destinations for its annual ceremony! After the USA, France, Portugal, Japan, Australia and Norway, this time the announcement of the winners will take place in Italy in Rome, on March 23, 2020, inside the wonderful Salone Margherita, in the hearth of Rome!

This year, the WPC Awards Ceremony will be the pinnacle of a 4 days rich program, which starts on Saturday 21 with a welcome drink at the reception of the secretariat inside the Studio Orizzonte Gallery. It continues on Sunday morning with 4 Italian Master Photographers’ presentations (always translated in English), and a wedding workshop, and International presentations and a Portrait workshop on Monday morning. On Sunday evening there will be the FEP Awards ceremony and finally on Monday 23, the WPC Winners Announcement, at the Salone Margherita, at 6.30 pm, followed by a dinner party inside the theater. The announcement will be streamed online on the WPC official page on facebook. On Tuesday 24 the WPC face to face meeting and the opening of the WPC Winners 2020 exhibition.

For the accompanying people or for all the ones interested, WPC Rome 2020 Secretariat is also organizing some guided tours inside Rome on Sunday and Monday and amazing tour outside Rome on Tuesday (Villa d’Este, Tivoli)!

Post event Tours: In addition to that, we are also organizing 2 amazing post-event tours, one to Val d’Orcia(Toscany) and one to Sorrento/Capri/Amalfi Coast. These tours will be held on March 25-28. The first one will be a Photographic Safari with a food and wine tour, the second one will also includes cooking lessons. The tour leaders of these amazing trips will be our WPC Governing Committee members Jan Pohribny (Toscany) and Bert Behnke (Amalfi Coast).

Discover the whole program and register now for this incredible event at the dedicated website www.wpcroma2020.com, where you may also find some accommodations tips. Watch out! For all the events of the program there is a limited number of attendees and will be necessary to book in advance, purchasing the tickets online. The guided visits and the post-conf tours will be done only if a minimum number of people will register, if you are interested.. Register now!

Picture by © Simona Barrella, Studio Orizzonte Gallery, Rome, Italy

MEETING POINT – The space that will serve as a meeting point for the whole program will be the trendy and stylish “Studio Orizzonte Gallery“, located in the Parioli district, the most elegant area of the city of Rome, not far from the center. It will be hosted there the workshops, the entire speakers program, the WPC “face to face” meeting, and, from March 24th, the WPC winners exhibition, printed by ChromaLuxe

Picture by © Daniele Grasso, Italy

AWARDS CEREMONIES LOCATION – The Awards ceremonies for the FEP European competitions and WPC 2020, and the following dinners, will take place in the prestigious and historic Salone Margherita Theatre, one of the most elegant theatres in the capital, a stone’s throw from the Spanish Steps.

There will be delegates from 40 countries attending, amazing photography, international fellowship, exciting programming, history, wine and food to live and savor.

If you have any questions, or you want more info, you may also message info@worldphotographiccup.org

Register now for this incredible event! REGISTER HERE

Download here the PDF Dossier of the whole event, a full information for planning your trip! (Program, logistic information, useful contacts, suggestions..) WPC ROMA 2020 PROGRAM AND INFO

Register now… some events are subjected to a minimum/maximum number of attendees, and have a date (every day closer) beyond which it will no longer be possible to register…

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The top10 images have been revealed! Discover the finalists and the Best of Nation winners!

The top 10 images in each of the World Photographic Cup’s six categories have been announced at Imaging USA by PPA CEO David Trust and WPC governing committee members Bert Behnke, Don MacGregor  and Tim Walden. The ceremony has been streamed on Facebook Live, and you can watch the entire ceremony here.

The finalist (Top 10) images are now running for individual Gold, Silver, or Bronze medals and the further placements in the Top 10 lists,  which will be finally announced, as long as the winning national teams  at the World Photographic Cup ceremony on March 23^rd  in Rome, Italy.
Depending by their final ranking, all these images have the chance to help their country’ teams to win the World Photographic Cup 2020!

The announcement of the Top 10 images in each of the six categories has been preceded by the announcement of the Best of Nation awards. Since 2018,  the World Photographic Cup awards with the Best of Nation Award the authors of the highest scoring images from each of the participating countries.

These are the “Best of Nation Award” winners for 2020:

Luciano Andres Richino                   Team Argentina

Matthew Gianoulis                            Team Australia

Markus Hofstätter                             Team Austria

Jürgen de Witte                                 Team Belgium

Luciano Honorato                              Team Brazil

Amanda Beers                                   Team Canada

Alfonso Finlay                                   Team Chile

Lei Yao                                                Team China

Ezequiel Becerra                               Team Costa Rica

Richard Horák                                   Team Czech Republic

Lars Roed                                            Team Denmark

Mikaela Holmberg                            Team Finland

Nicolas Boutruche                             Team France

Enda Cavanagh                                  Team Ireland

Diego Pomanti                                   Team Italy

Kazuyoshi Shimoda               Team Japan

Roger Tan                              Team Malaysia

Félix Barra                             Team Mexico

Loren O’Connor                     Team New Zealand

Richard Wood                        also Team New Zealand (2 way tie)

Jeanette Larsen                      Team Norway

Noor Hussain                         Team Pakistan

Rodrigo Garcia                      Team Panama

Jose Antonio Herrera De Rivero   Team Perù

Christopher O. Magsino        Team Philippines

Jacek Kołodziejski                Team Poland

Diamantino Jesus                   Team Portugal

Igor Sakharov                        Team Russia

Assem Alsabban                    Team Saudi Arabia

Joseph Goh Meng Huat         Team Singapore

Dusan Holovej                       Team Slovakia

Vicente Esteban Abad           Team Spain

Laila Villebeck                      Team Sweden

Daniel Wenzel                       Team The Netherlands

Chris Chambers                     Team United Kingdom

Erich Caparas                         Team United States

Claudio Napolitano               Team Venezuela

Phan Thi Khanh                     Team Vietnam

 

And now the Top 10/ finalists in each and all of the 6 categories.
They are in a pure alphabetical order.

We’ll find out about the medalists and the winner of the World Photographic Cup on March 23^rd in Rome, Italy.

 

The top 10 photographers in the commercial category are:

Nicolas Boutruche                 France

Enda Cavanagh                      Ireland

Shiyuan Gao                          China

Matthew Gianoulis                Australia

Luciano Honorato                  Brazil

Randy McNeilly                    United States

Diego Oliveira                       Brazil

Diego Pomanti                       Italy

Igor Sakharov                        Russia

Lei Yao                                  China

 

Our top 10 photographers in the illustrative category are:

Flavio Albino                         Brazil

Nicolas Boutruche                 France

Andre Gambini                      Brazil

Felix Hernandez                    Mexico

Diamantino Jesus                   Portugal

Michal Karcz                         Poland

Peter Rooney                         Malaysia

Sebastien Salamand               France

Roger Tan                              Malaysia

Daniel Wenzel                       The Netherlands

 

Our top 10 photographers in the nature category, which includes landscape and wildlife photography are:

Amanda Beers                        Canada

Steven Blandin                      United States

Tamara Blazquez                   Mexico

Chris Chambers                     United Kingdom

Peter Eastway                        Australia

Luciano Honorato                  Brazil

Tracey Lund                           United Kingdom

Luciano Andres Richino        Argentina

Christian Vizl                        Mexico

Kangfen Zhu                          China

 

The top 10 photographers in the portrait category are:

Jamie Bard-Dube                   Canada

Erich Caparas                        United States

Paulina Duczman                   Poland

Joao Guimaraes                     Brazil

Mikaela Holmberg                 Finland

Cassandra Jones                     Canada

Jeanette Larsen                      Norway

Aleksei Malikov                    Russia

Laila Villebeck                      Sweden

Kathy Wierda                        United States

 

The top 10 photographers in the reportage (or photojournalism) category are:

Ezequiel Becerra                   Costa Rica

Kristian Bogner                     Canada

Sylvia Borel                           France

Donell Gumiran                     The Philippines

Victor Medina                                   Mexico

Kim Poulsen                          Denmark

Marcel Rebro                         Slovakia

Siow Koi Soon                       Malaysia

Belle Verdiglione                  Australia

Yijiu Yang                             China

 

Finally, the top 10 photographers in the wedding category are:

Felix Barra                             Mexico

Igor Bulgak                            Russia

Shireen Hammond                 Australia

Haseo Hasegawa                    Japan

John Hellstrom                      Sweden

Sanjay Jogia                           United Kingdom

Andrey Julay                          Russia

Mario Munoz                         United States

Sam Sacramento                    Brazil

Roger Tan                              Malaysia

Lene Kristine Torgersen        Norway

 

Congratulations to all!

The galleries of all the awarded pictures are visible here:
TOP 10/Finalists Gallery (click to see)
Best of Nations Gallery (click to see)

 

The Best of nations, the Top 10 photographers and their team captains are all invited to attend the final WPC announcement in Rome and receiving their awards. Please visit www.wpcroma2020.com  for info, bookings and registrations.

 

 

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WPC Competition 2020 will start in a few days!

The WPC was founded in 2013 as a cooperative effort by the Federation of European Photographers (FEP) and Professional Photographers of America (PPA). After six years of strong global expansion, our one of a kind, olympic styled team competition, has managed to build a solid foundation in our efforts to become one of the world’s leading photographic events, thanks to our dedicated governing committee and colleagues from all over the world. Our goal remains the same as always: to continue creating friendships and uniting professional photographers worldwide.
The next competition (WPC 2020, n.7) will open for team registrations on June 1st 2019. It will possible to upload the pictures from July 1st, up to October 15. The judging phase will be finalized within the first half of December, and the finalists and best of nations authors will be announced once again at Imaging USA, the longest running photographic convention, next year in Nashville, TN, USA, from January 16th to 21st.
As for the WPC annual winners’ awards, you can rest assured that WPC will continue to offer new exciting destinations for its amazing ceremony! After USA, France, Portugal, Japan, Australia and Norway, you will be pleased to know that next year the winners’ announcement will be in Rome, Italy, on March 23rd, 2020!
The WPC ceremony in Rome will be preceded by the FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards celebration, making the whole event even more appealing, on a very global scale.
It has been also decided that the venue for the announcement 2021 will be Guadalajara, Mexico!
After the amazing number of 32 nations entered last year, from five continents, our aim for the next edition is to reach a new best ever record of national teams.
We are constantly on the lookout for new ways to offer all entered teams our most efficient assistance to compete and win. The WPC rules will remain the same, including the six traditional categories (commercial, illustration, nature, portrait, reportage and wedding). However, you will notice a few changes in the portrait and wedding category descriptions, so that to help photographers to make their best possible choices.
The WPC Governing Committee likes to thank once again our instigating associations, our commercial sponsors, and each and every one teams captains and members for their support, and wishes to all national teams best of luck for the next competition.
The World Photographic Cup will continue to deliver and live up to the photographers’ expectations for many years to come. Thank you for supporting the World Photographic Cup!

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Aussie…Aussie…Aussie…Team Australia wins the World Photographic Cup 2019!

After a second place last year in the home edition, in 2019 Team Australia wins its first WPC!
Second place trophy went to USA, defending champion, with Mexico in the third place.

In Norway, at the end of the celebration for the 125 anniversary from the foundation of the Norges Fotografforbund, the World Photographic Cup 2019 winners have been announced on April 8th in the historical “Drammens Teater”, in Drammen.

The WPC competition is truly a global organisation unlike any other in professional photography. This year 32 national photographic teams entered the edition n.6 of this one-of-a-kind competition, from Europe, Asia, North & South America and Oceania. This was the most ever.
All individual winners, the “Best of Nation” and the top 10 teams of the 2019 World Photographic Cup (WPC), have been announced and presented with their awards. The Ceremony has been broadcast online and watched from around the world.

Gold medal winning images
Individual gold medals for the 6 categories of the competition went to photographers from Australia, Finland, Malaysia, Mexico and USA (2), with Canada, Czech Republic, France, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden and The Netherlands also joining the medal circle.  All winning images, thanks to the WPC Gold Sponsor ChromaLuxe will be visible for 4 weeks at the Fotografien Hus in Oslo.

Lists of medals – in the actual order of rank (from Gold to Bronze)
COMMERCIAL: Patricia Soon Mei Yung (Malaysia), Dusan Holovej (Slovakia), Mark Engelen (The Netherlands)
ILLUSTRATION: Onni Wiljami Kinnunen (Finland), Nicolas Boutruche (France), Diogo Freitas (Portugal)
NATURE: Christian Vizl (Mexico), Michael Smith (Australia), Richard Horák (Czech Republic)
PORTRAIT: Erich Caparas (USA), Damien Bowerman (Australia), Victoria West (Canada)
REPORTAGE: Michael Teo (Australia), Per Ekdahl (Sweden), Lacey Barratt (Australia)
WEDDING: Michael Loizzi (United States), Felix Barra (Mexico), Yeo Tun Boon (Malaysia)

The TOP 10 TEAMS circle!
The top 3 scores in each category receive medals. But the Top 10 scores in each category count towards their country’s team total (10 points for the Gold, 9 for the Silver, and so on. So every photographer whose image ends up in the Top 10 contributes points to their team’s total).

2019 Cup Winner Australia: 56 point, 4 medals (1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze) and 3 Top 10 finishers
Second place USA: 40 points, 2 Gold medals, and 4 Top 10 finishers
Third place Mexico: 38,5 points, 1 Gold and 1 silver medal, and 5 Top 10 finishers
4th place Malaysia: 32 points, 1 Gold and 1 Bronze medal, and 3 Top 10 finishers
5th place Finland: 29,5 points, 1 Gold medal and 6 Top 10 finishers
6th place Slovakia: 15 points, 1 Silver medal and 2 Top 10 finishers
7th place Spain: 12 points, 3 Top 10 finishers
8th place Sweden: 11 points, 1 Silver medal and 1 Top 10 finisher
2 way tie at the 9th place Czech Republic: 10 points, 1 Bronze Medal and 2 Top 10 finishers and The Netherlands: 10 points, 1 Bronze Medal and 3 Top 10 finishers.

The complete list of winners and their pictures are available , click below:
60 Finalist Gallery 
32 Best Of Nation Gallery
The pictures of the Ceremony will be also available soon.

Reactions
AUSTRALIA – John Swainston, President Of The Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP).
“Oh my goodness! That is absolutely brilliant! It goes to show that entering every year enables a nation’s entries to grow in quality. Having finished on the podium three times previously, now our team has won. On top of hosting WPC in Sydney in 2018, tonight’s win is a tribute to our Australian Team, to the hard work of our Team Captain, Sue Lewis, and to the AIPP members who’s fine work enabled us to submit so many excellent images. AIPP also congratulates all of the other finalists and a gives a huge thank you to the organisers, host nation Norway and sponsors Chromaluxe and Koylab for making it all possible.”

USA – Audrey Wancket, President of Professional Photographers of America
“The 2019 World Photographic Cup in Drammen, Norway represented everything that is good about the photographic industry. Photographers from all over the world sharing their talents, experience, and friendship. This is the photographic industry at its best -there is nothing else like this in photography. Of course, we express our deepest congratulations to our friends with Team Australia who put together a beautiful combination of images. They are very deserving of this year’s World Cup. We are already excited about the opportunity to compete along side with all of our friends in the worldwide photographic community again next year!”

MEXICO – Marian Bliss Blake, Team Captain of the Team Mexico
“Mexico is ecstatic to be participating for the 4th consecutive year in what truly is the Olympics of Photography. Participating in this world wide competition has not only allowed our photographers to grow in talent to unprecedented levels, but also to make good friends around the world. We look forward to continuing to participate in the World Photographic Cup & seeing it grow globally.”

Truls Løtvedt, President Of Norges Fotografforbund Association Of Norway, Host Event Country. “What an outstanding performance from the Australian team this year! Wonderful images resulting into a well deserved 1st place. And what a great event in prestigious Drammens Teater, honoring all the winners in a fabulous way. We, the Norwegian association NFF, love having been chosen to host this incredible competition award ceremony, and look forward to competing for the WPC again the coming years. Well done, Aussies!”

Giuseppe Scozzi WPC Chief Executive. “There is not in the world a program with photography like this, which is able to conjugate international fellowship and national pride, and moreover respect for professional photographers worldwide”. The WPC CEO also thanked the Norges Fotografforbund for having organized such a beautiful event, and announced that the dates and venue of the next WPC announcements will be announced in a very short while. “We received candidacies from the Americas, Asia and Europe for hosting the next editions, and the WPC governing committee is at work to define who will be the hosting countries and towns for the next 3 editions”. He finally thanked the WPC gold sponsors ChromaLuxe and KoyLab, two important companies related to the photographic market, for their continuous support to the project and to the professional photographers around the globe.

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WPC Finals, follow the live streaming!

On Monday, April, 8th, 2019, the winners of the World Photographic Cup 2019 will be revealed. The announcement will be held in Drammen, Norway, at 07.45 pm Central Europe Time.

We are happy to announce that the ceremony will be broadcast on livestream! You just have to follow us at:

https://vimeo.com/328134723

Don’t miss this truly global event! The streaming will start at 07.30 pm CET.

The amazing winning images will be shown during the ceremony and displayed for almost four weeks at Fotografiens Hus in Oslo, thanks to ChromaLuxe, our Gold Sponsor.

“We value the World Photographic Cup for the support and recognition it brings to photographic talents. Being the Gold Sponsor allows us to engage with a global community of creatives and discuss trends and print technologies” , said Erik Wiegman, Managing Director of Universal Woods EMEA, manufacturer of ao. ChromaLuxe HD Metal photo panels. “Being able to connect our premium print media with the best photographers of the world means a great deal to us.”

Thank you ChromaLuxe !

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Who will take home the 2019 World Cup?

That is the question we will answer in just ten days!

The World Photographic Cup (WPC) was founded in 2013 as a cooperative effort by The Federation of European Photographers (FEP) and Professional Photographers of America (PPA), and since then the event continues to grow. This year a record number or 32 countries entered the competition, including new countries from Central and South America, and judging the stunning images which have been submitted has not been an easy job…

 

“The judging committee watched closely as the judges analysed each and every image. We can say with complete enthusiasm that the judges put their heart and soul into each and every score. The very exciting part of the process is the results. I don’t mean the medallists, which will be made known in a short time”, said Don MacGregor, chairman of the Judging Committee. “I am referencing the very subtle difference from the top score to the bottom, added Don MacGregor. “In virtually every category, the difference is less than a few points and many positions are decided by 100th’s of a point. That means that every entrant, every country is in the game. Every entrant and every country should be proud of their efforts.”

Last year the WPC has been held in Sydney, Australia, and the US Team won the cup.

“As a past host of the World Photographic Cup presentation, I have experienced first-hand the WPC’s goal to unite photographers in a spirit of friendship. There is no better way to build worldwide ties and make long standing friendships than by hosting the WPC announcement presentation in your own country, alongside one of your local events”, said Kylie Lyons, member of the WPC organizing committee.

The city of Drammen, in Norway, will be the place for hosting the WPC FINALS 2019. The date for the event is April 8th and the venue will be at the historical Drammens Teater. “Both our Norwegian Association and myself are looking forward to hosting the WPC award ceremony in Norway, to meeting our international friends in person”, answered Truls Løtvedt, President of the Norges Fotografforbund, “and to be given the possibility to enjoy beautiful images together. Both on screen during the ceremony and also exhibited at the event and for almost four weeks at Fotografiens Hus in Oslo, where the stunning winning images will be displayed, thanks to ChromaLuxe, WPC Gold Sponsor.  I am certain this will be an event to be remembered, both nationally and internationally”.

  

“This year will have a record number of international delegates gathering in Norway… almost 150 from 20 countries. Of course, I can’t give you any anticipation about the winners”, said Giuseppe Scozzi, WPC CEO. “However, I can say that the true internationality is demonstrated by the fact that within the 18 medal winners, there are represented 12 countries from 4 continents!”.

Again, who will take home the 2019 World Cup?

Pictures of Don MacGregor, Kylie Lyons, the 2018 US team, Truls Løtvedt and Giuseppe Scozzi.

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Thanks to our WPC 2019 international judging panel!

While waiting for the exciting WPC 2019 awards ceremony in Norway almost to come, and really looking forward to celebrate the winners, the World Photographic Cup Governing Committee wants to say “THANKS!” to our International Judges!

Without the professionalism and the passion of all our judges, representing 24 different nations in 4 continents, our competition could not even take place…

This is our amazing judging panel:

David Evans, Australia
Michael Jansenberger, Austria
Carl Lapeirre, Belgium
Mark Laurie, Canada
Shengjun Zhou, China
Zdeněk Lhoták, Czech Republic
Tiina Haring, Finland
Pierre Delaunay, France
Tom Doherty, Ireland
Corrado Poli, Italy
Masaaki Oyama, Japan
Julieta Broustau, Latin America
Kuan Tan, Malaysia
Miguel Alonso Cáceres, Mexico
Jens Eldøy, Norway
Naveid Ahmed Siddiqui, Pakistan
João Carlos, Portugal
Sergey Bogaitsev, Russia
Ryan Wong, Singapore
Tony Limeres, Spain
Tord Saxin, Sweden
Ad Vereijken, The Netherlands
Bella West, UK
Carl Caylor, USA

A big “thanks” must also go to our precious WPC Validation and Judging committee, chaired by Don MacGregor from Canada and composed by Kylie Lyons, Australia, Noboru Okamoto, Japan and Jørgen Brandt, Denmark.

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WPC 2019 top ten finalists and best of nation awards announced!

For the sixth year in a row the top 10 images in each of the World Photographic Cup’s six categories have been announced at Imaging USA by PPA CEO David Trust and WPC governing committee members Bert Behnke and Don Dickson. The ceremony has been broadcast on Facebook Live. If you love beautiful images… and we know you do… you are in the right place, and you can watch the entire ceremony here.

To be a Top 10 image is important, because it means that all these images are in the running for individual Gold, Silver, or Bronze medals which will be presented at the World Photographic Cup ceremony on April 8th in Drammen, Norway.
It also means that each of these images… and their creators…. have the chance to help their country to win the World Photographic Cup.

The announcement of the Top 10 in each of the World Photographic Cup categories has been preceded by the announcement of the Best of Nation awards. In 2018 the World Photographic Cup began awarding the Best of Nation Award to the authors of the highest scoring images from each of the participating countries.

These are the 32 Best of Nation Award winners for 2019:
From Australia… Michael Teo
From Austria… Sebastien Ouvrard
From Bangladesh… Pinu Rahman
From Belgium… Jurgen De Witte
From Canada… Victoria West
From China… Xiaodong Gao
From Colombia… Henry Agudelo
From the Czech Republic… Richard Horak
From Denmark… Michael With
From Finland… Onni Wiljami Kinnunen
From France… Nicolas Boutruche
From Germany… Uli Staiger
From Ireland… Roger O’Sullivan
From Italy… Patrizia Burra
From Japan… Keiichiro Matsuo
From the Latin American team… Hernan Santiago
From Malaysia… Patricia Soon Mei Yung
From Mexico… Christian Vizl
From New Zealand… Shar Hays
From Norway… Kristoffer Wittrup
From Pakistan… Tariq Hameed Sulemani
From Panama… Javier Alejandro Solis
From the Philippines… Christopher Magsino
From Portugal… Diogo Freitas
From Russia… Aleksandr Chaldrian
From Singapore… Chew Seng Kim
From Slovakia… Dusan Holovej
From Spain… Angeles Mesa Martin
From Sweden… Per Ekdahl
From the Netherlands… Mark Engelen
From the United Kingdom… Richard Bradbury
And from the United States… Michael Anthony

And now the Top 10/ finalists in each and all of the 6 categories.
They are presented just in alphabetical order. We’ll find out about the medalists and the winner of the World Photographic Cup in April in Drammen, Norway.

The top 10 Commercial image creators:
Jurgen DeWitte Belgium
Mark Engelen Netherlands
Kaj Ewart Finland
Matthew Gianoulis Australia
Dusan Holovej Slovakia
Onni Wiljami Kinnunen Finland
Otakar Metlicka Czech Republic
Eric Ruiz Mexico
Patricia Soon Mei Yung Malaysia
Kristoffer Wittrup Norway

Our top 10 Illustrative/digital art image creators:
Nicolas Boutruche France
Patrizia Burra Italy
Dan Francis United States
Diogo Freitas Portugal
Ricardo Galvan Mexico
Hector Gomez Mexico
Antti Karppinen Finland
Onni Wiljami Kinnunen Finland
Ben Shirk United States
And, Uli Staiger Germany

Nature Category, which includes landscape and wildlife photography. The top 10 image creators for 2019 are:
Richard Horak Czech Republic
Hein Htet Singapore
Christopher Magsino Philippines
Antonio Pastrana Mexico
Khaichuin Sim Malaysia
Michael Smith Australia
Chris Vander Velde United States
Markus Varesvuo Finland
Christian Vizl Mexico
Xinmei Wang China

The top 10 portrait images creators:
Damien Bowerman Australia
Erich Caparas United States
Keren Dobia Australia
Ramiro Gaytan Mexico
Antti Karppinen Finland
Onni Wiljami Kinnunen Finland
Angeles Mesa Martin Spain
Martina Nemcekova Slovakia
Martina Warenfeldt Sweden
Victoria West Canada

Reportage… or photojournalism. The top 10 images belong to:

Henry Agudelo Columbia
Lacey Barratt Australia
Mario Bejagan Cardenas Philippines
Per Ekdahl Sweden
Milos Fic Czech Republic
Tan Kok Chaon Malaysia
Alfonso Novo Spain
Chew Seng Kim Singapore
Peter Svoboda Slovakia
Michael Teo Australia

And finally the last category is Weddings. The top 10 wedding image creators are:

Michael Anthony United States
Felix Barra Mexico
Mauro Cantelmi Australia
C.K. Chau Malaysia
Xiaodong Gao China
Keiichiro Matsuo Japan
Mario Munoz United States
Carlos Felipe Ortiz Morel Spain
Yeo Tun Boon Malaysia
Manola van Leeuwe Netherlands

The gallery of all the awarded pictures will be available very soon, continue to follow us!

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WPC Top 10 and Best of Nations 2019 announced live on facebook in a few hours!

In a few hours… the 60 finalist images and their authors (from 22 different countries!), and 32 best of nations will be announced!

Once again: the announcement will take place as the last part of the Grand Imaging Awards Ceremony, on Monday, January 21st, at 7:00pm local time (EST), at Imaging USA, in Atlanta, USA.

The ceremony will be broadcasted live on PPA’s page , at  this page (click to go directly) : www.Facebook.com/OurPPA

Do not forget to check what time will be in your country!

Best of luck to all our finalists and Best of Nation! Have fun watching our amazing images live from Atlanta or on your screens around the world.

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One week to the WPC 2019 finalists announcement!

Only 1 week until the 60 finalist images and their authors (from 22 different countries!), and 32 best of nations are announced! Once again: the announcement will take place as the last part of the Grand Imaging Awards Ceremony, on Monday, January 21st, at 7:00pm local time (EST), at Imaging USA, in Atlanta, USA

The ceremony will be broadcasted live on PPA’s page , at www.Facebook.com/OurPPA , do not forget to check what time will be in your country!

We are also happy to announce that our Gold Sponsor ChromaLuxe  is providing both a 2018 WPC Medallists display and a 2019 Team USA display for IUSA. Both displays at Imaging USA will be in the IPC Gallery area, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia USA, January 20-22, 2019.

Best of luck to all our finalists and Best of Nation! Have fun watching our amazing images live from Atlanta or on your screens around the world.

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…2 weeks to the finalists announcement…

Happy New Year from the WPC 2019 organization!

Only 2 weeks until the finalists and best of nations are announced! As you may have heard, the announcement will take place during the Grand Imaging Awards, on Monday, January 21st, at 7:00pm local time (EST), at Imaging USA, in Atlanta, USA..  Live broadcasts on Facebook will be organized for the event, so visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/worldphotographiccup/ , and do not forget to check what time will be in your country!

While waiting for the finalists and the “best of nation” of the current edition, what’s better than rediscovering all the images that have won last year? All winning images, and an accurate information on their authors are online, thanks to the Belgian association U2PF, and its President Edoardo Piccinini, who have dedicated the entire edition of their last 2018 monthly magazine “UtoP” to the results of the WPC 2018.

In the online magazine,  you can discover the photographs of the winners as well as the finalists from all participating countries. You just have to visit the site http://www.u-to-p.eu/, click on the “English” version header , and then on “new_edition” .

Enjoy!

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Discover the WPC entries 2019

The WPC Governing Committee is proud to present all of the entries to the 2019 edition of the World Photographic Cup. The images have been judged and the first round of results will be announced on January 21 at Imaging USA!

WPC Entries Gallery 2019

 

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WPC 2019: Judging completed!

The “moderation phase” of the World Photographic Cup 2019 (6th edition, with a record number of 32 national teams) is on the way to verify that the judging has been done in a total accordance with the rules and to compute the results.
“The WPC governing committee would like to express a sincere Thank You to all the participating judges”, said Don MacGregor, Chairman of the Judging Committee. “Your dedication and knowledge contributes to establishing the highest standards of photographic excellence around the world.”
All entries will be published in the next few days.

The Top 10 announcement will take place during the Grand Imaging Awards , on Monday 21st, at 7:00pm local time, at Imaging USA, in Atlanta, USA. The best scored images from each teams will be also announced at Imaging USA.

The “best of nation” authors, will be presented with their “nation awards” on Monday, April, 8th in Drammen, Norway, where all Medallists and Team Winners will be finally announced.

Live broadcasts on social media will be organized for all the mentioned events.

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A new world record for the World Photographic Cup 2019 !

Official registration has closed for WPC 2019. In its sixth edition, the competition has achieved a new record of participation, with 32 teams from 4 continents. The Olympic styled photographic team competition open to professionals and best authors of each country, was conceived and is carried out every year from 2013 by the FEP (Federation of European Photographers) and by the PPA (Professional Photographers of America), with the cooperation of other international organisations , UAPP (United Asian Professional Photography) and AIPP (Australian Institute of Professional Photographers), continues to grow and get global consensus.
In total will be 17 European countries, 7 from Asia, 6 Americans and 2 from Oceania to contend the prestigious Cup, which was won last year by the U.S. representation. This year, for the first time, Bangladesh, Panama and a collective representation of Latin American countries are participating.
The competition is currently in the “judging phase”. International judges will examine about 600 photographs (18 for each team). The top – 10 (finalists) of the six categories in which the competition has always been divided (portrait, wedding, reportage, commercial, nature and illustration) and the “Best of Nations”, that is, the authors of the photos that will receive the highest score for each team, they will be announced at Imaging USA 2019, in Atlanta, on January 20.
The individual medals and the team ranking, which is given by the sum of the best results obtained by the team-members, will be announced in Drammen, Norway, on April 8, 2019. The team receiving the highest score will win the prestigious World Photographic Cup 2019.
” The WPC Governing Committee and our proud Gold Sponsors , ChromaLuxe and KoyLab wish to all team best luck ! There is no other photographic contest that offers participants the prestige and honour of defending the colours of their country in a spirit of friendship and co-operation, said Giuseppe Scozzi, CEO of the event, on behalf of the organizing Committee. This is the simple secret of a competition that attracts more attention every year in the world of photography. “

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Thanks for the continuing support

The WPC Governing Committee expresses its gratitude for the following national teams for their continuing support by entering all 5 editions of the World Photographic Cup from 2014 to 2018.

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Japan
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Portugal
Slovakia
Spain
United States

We congratulate all of you for supporting your national members to compete in spirit of friendship and cooperation with their colleagues around the world.

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WPC at Photokina

We are happy to inform all our winners that the WPC Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 2018 will be exhibited at Photokina, at the CV/WPC/FEP stand A006, in hall 2.1!

Come and visit us from 26 to 29 September 2018.

Thanks to the FEP German association Central Verband and to our Gold sponsor #ChromaLuxe who printed the pictures!

 

 

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