The 34th FIAP Monochrome Print Biennial for 2018 was held in South Africa recently. The SPF's chosen theme was 'Trees in Winter' so 10 Prints were submitted by 10 different authors to make up the SPF's panel. The results - Scotland finished in 1st place winning the FIAP World Cup ahead of the other 39 participating Countries. On an Individual note, Brian Clark from Dundee PS won the top Individual Award, a FIAP Gold Medal, for his entry in the panel 'Winter Solitude'. Congratulations to all of the 10 authors who all receive FIAP Honourable Mentions. All 10 prints can be viewed in our website gallery (click here)
Full details of this Mono Biennial, and the other two 2018 Nature Biennials can be found on the dedicated FIAP Biennials page of this website (click here)
Dingwall National Projected Image Exhibition 2018, has four sections - General Colour - Monochrome - Landscape - Nature. This is the 41st year of this National Exhibition so why not send them an entry.. As a member exhibition of the British Photographic Exhibitions (BPE) circuit, all images accepted into this exhibition count towards BPE Crown Awards. Closing Date Sunday 30th Sept 2018
This year's Selectors are - Gordon Rae MPAGB, Ross McKelvey MPAGB EFIAP/g FBPE FIPF and John Ross DPAGB EFIAP/b.
Enter the 2018 Competition online at Dingwall Camera Club's Website (click here) or visit last year's gallery of the 2017 Dingwall National BPE Winning Images by clicking (here)
This gallery contains all of this year's 2018 SPF Portfolios Award Winners.
The lists of all of the 2018 Portfolio Acceptances along with the Final Club Placings and details of the Individual Award Winners can be downloaded from the SPF Portfolios area of this website...
The FIAP Monochrome Print Biennial for 2018 was held in South Africa. The SPF's chosen theme was 'Trees in Winter'. This gallery shows all 10 of the Prints submitted in the SPF's panel (A maximum allowed of one print per author).
Scotland finished in 1st place winning the FIAP World Cup...
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