Over the weekend of 30th and 31st May 2026, the FIAP Directory Board members visited Edinburgh for two events.
On Saturday 30th June 2026, FIAP held their Award Ceremony of the 20th FIAP World Cup for Clubs hosted on their behalf by Edinburgh Photographic Society in their Clubrooms. Several of the winning Clubs were represented, as well as EPS members, EPS President Fiona Spence and Past President Muriel Binnie together with George Taylor, President of the SPF.
Presentations were made to the top 4 placed Clubs, from Italy, Ireland, Northern Ireland and winners Rolls Royce Derby from England. Catchlight CC were also presented with the Maurice Dorkins Trophy.
The Saturday event finished with FIAP presenting ESFIAP Distinction Badges to Fiona Spence EPS President, Muriel Binnie EPS, and George Taylor SPF President.
On Sunday morning of 31st May, a special FIAP Presentation Event was hosted by the Scottish Photographic Federation at the Edinburgh PS Clubrooms, to give the FIAP Board the chance to meet Scottish photographers during their visit.
The FIAP Directory Board present included FIAP President Riccardo Busi, FIAP Secretary General Ioannis Lykouris, Treasurer Herbert Gmeiner, Vice President and Director of FIAP Exhibition Centres Joan Burgues Martisella, Director of the Patronage Service Romain Nero, and Director of the FIAP Photo Academy Online Events, Paul Stanley.
Topics being presented by FIAP included the new Portfolios, FIAP Photo Days, FIAP Biennials and FIAP World Cup for Clubs. Quite a length of time was allowed for Q&A on all topics as this proved particularly popular. From both the audience and FIAP’s perspective it had been a very worthwhile morning.
The morning event finished with FIAP presenting an ESFIAP Distinction Badge to Libby Smith SPF FIAP Liaison Officer.
To find out more about the FIAP Distinctions visit (click here) to find out more about FIAP (click here)
Dingwall National Exhibition 2026 - It's that time again!
Dingwall's Nation Exhibition 2026 is open for submitting your best images from Sunday 19th July. Closing Date 5th October 2026.
Four sections - Open Colour, Monochrome, Landscape and Nature. The following link will take you to the submissions page (click here) The Selectors for this years exhibition are - Ann Healey FRPS DPAGB EFIAP/g BPE5*, Twickenham; Peter Paterson FRPS MPAGB MFIAP, Tullibody and Sue Sibley FIPE ARPS EFIAP/g DPAGB BPE5*, Southampton.
You can find out more about the history and details of the Dingwall National Exhibition by visiting the following webpage (click here)
Scottish photographers have done well in this competition in the past. We have shown two of those gaining Awards in Dingwall 2025 below. You can view all of the Dingwall 2025 Results on their website (click here)
The PAGB Inter-Federation Competition Judging 2026 was open again to Prints only with three Sections being Judged Colour, Mono and Nature where up to 20 prints per section could be submitted by each Federation, with the top scoring 15 counting to the overall Federation placing.
The SPF...
This is Lynne's successful DPAGB Print entry to the PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit Adjudication hosted by the NCPF at Dalston near Carlisle in April 2026. Lynne is a member of Kirkintilloch CC.
Visit the dedicated webpage for more about the April 2026 PAGB Adjudication at Dalston visit...
We are a non-profitmaking network of almost 100 clubs and societies from Thurso in the north to Dumfries in the south and all areas in between. The sizes and involvement of each club within the SPF varies widely.
Founded in 1903, our remit is to promote the art and science of photography through interaction. To this end, the SPF Executive Committee organises a diary of events annually, mainly in the form of competitions and workshops, which our Clubs and their Members can participate in. The SPF also organises or co-ordinates entries to other events nationally or internationally on behalf of our members. We also maintain a mailing list and supply various services, including our e-newsletter the 'e-flash', and SPF Directory which contains all SPF Clubs and our SPF Judge’s & Lecturer’s list.
Through our SPF membership, comes affiliation of the PAGB. This gives access to the Club network throughout the whole of the UK. Through this affiliation comes other benefits including competitive Insurance arrangements for Camera Clubs, exclusive to the PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) network, which you can take advantage of as an affiliated SPF club. In addition to this UK membership; as a member Club of the SPF, you and your members also automatically become members of FIAP (Federation Internationale de l'art Photographique) which is a worldwide organisation, currently based in Luxembourg.
