Special Issue
Giuseppe Scozzi:
If the world is a camera,
then please smile!
In April-May 2013, as part of the SAY CHEESE project, national
associations of photographers from Eastern Partnership countries
joined the European Federation of Professional Photographers (FEP).
At the moment, four Ukrainian and five Georgian photographers
have already received a prestigious EP (European Photographer)
qualification from the FEP. Also, national teams from Georgia and
Ukraine took part in a professional photo contest World Photographic
Cup 2014, co-organized by the FEP.
The Secretary of the Italian Photographers Association
(SIAF-CNA) in 1989, the person who got a degree in the arts and
literature and fluently speaks four languages (Italian, French,
Spanish and English).
He is Giuseppe Scozzi, the Chief Executive Officer of the
Federation of European Professional Photographers, who
promptly and with care tried to answer all the questions we
warned about.
The Federation of European Profess o Photographers or Federation of
i nal
Euro ean Photographers (FEP) is a non
p
profit organization that organizes national professional photographers
associations in the geographic area represented by the Council of Europe.1
The mission of FEP is to represent interests and voices of more than 50.000
registered skilled photographers in Europe. A connected mission is to boost
the standard of professional photographers and let their abilities emerge. The
network consists of 33 national associations form 29 countries. FEP is run by a
Board of Directors, chaired by a President
and comprised of 12 members, elected
by the General Assembly of the member
associations. The Board members are all
volunteers, maybe accountable of a committee, or a project, and are serving for
a term of 2 years. The management and
day by day work of FEP is run by Giuseppe
Scozzi, within position of CEO, assisted
by an event manager, a financial officer,
and a CEO-assistant accountable of the
secretariat and clerical jobs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_
European_Professional_Photographers
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The one of key point of FEP is a system of qualifications which are recognized and accepted throughout Europe;
a set of 6 specific awards, together with
the established EP-QEP-MQEP skilled
route, the qualifications for Videographers, which FEP will launch in 2015 (EV
and QEV), and the FEP Emerging Talents
Award (FETA) reserved to the last year students or assistants under 30 years. More
in particular, EP, the European Photographer is a basic qualification aiming to
recognize competence and a professional
standard. It is accomplishable online and
it has been launched by FEP in 2013. QEP,
The Qualified European Photographer
(QEP) qualification aims to acknowledge
and reward excellence in European Professional Photographers. The QEP standard is extremely high. “Earning an EP ,
or a QEP Award (in a chosen discipline,
such as Wedding, Portrait, Commercial,
Landscape, Reportage, Illustration, Fine
art etc.) will win you a certificate, a useful personal profile on our Online “find
a photographer” pages as well as access
to special offers, services and to an information list, as Mr. Scozzi mentioned.
The Federation of European Professional
Who is Giuseppe Scozzi? A man
with a big heart and a responsibility for everything he undertakes
to do. A person in correspondence
with whom you can feel emotions
and desire to help and understand
the interlocutor. Thanks for the
virtual conversation and positive
mood, which I took, and I’m sure
the same did our readers. FEP is in
reliable hands!
Photographers in 2005 inaugurated the
title of MQEP, Master Qualified European
Photographer. If EP implies that you
have the competence, and QEP that you
are an excellent professional, MQEP is the
most distinguished award for outstanding photographers. The MQEP Certificate
is re ͕