Foto: Antti Karppinen
The competition was divided into 12 categories and in each category 10 best photographers were awarded with either finalist certificates or so-called Camera awards (Golden Camera, Silver Camera or Bronze Camera), the overall winner was selected by the judges among the 12 category winners (= Golden Cameras).
This year the overall winner and the FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2021 is Antti Karppinen from Finland, the Golden camera winner of the Illustrative & Fine art -category.
A team of 29 international judges together with the competition Chairman Johan Brouwers had to work hard to go through all these record amount of images and select the best of the best of them. Brouwers says: ”A new name, new categories, clear and adapted regulations, an extensive team of dedicated jury members, a hell of a job for the chairman and the FEP Awards team, but the brilliant results that confirm the high standard of European photography made every minute spent on it worthwhile thanks to all of you.”
This year, the most shining star of the high standard is our new reigning champion and FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2021 is Antti Karppinen from Finland.
“Last year, Antti Karppinen was already a multiple camera winner. The competition for the ultimate trophy with other golden camera winners was fierce this year. But with these deeply thought-out images telling us a strong story full of symbolism, we have a worthy winner.”
Photo: Peter Svoboda
Awards were spread widely in the competition; in addition to Karppinen, 9 other Finnish photographers received top 3 positions but the camera winners also included photographers from Austria (2), Belgium (2), Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Italy (4), Norway (1), Portugal (2), Russia (1), Slovakia (3), Spain (3), Sweden (4), Switzerland (1) and UK (2). About 1000 images in the competition received single image awards i.e. scoring minimum of 77 points out of 100. This gives some reference as to how high the level of the competition was this year.
Advertising & Commercial
Golden Camera: Mathias Kniepeiss, Austria
Silver Camera: Onni Wiljami Kinnunen, Finland
Bronze Camera: Carlo Marchi, Italy
Digitally created images
Golden Camera: Patrizia Burra, Italy
Silver Camera: Andy J.J. Hens, Germany
Bronze Camera: Annamari Kemppainen, Finland
Domesticated animals
Golden Camera: Kristi Vilmunen, Finland
Silver Camera: Alison Becu, Belgium
Bronze Camera: Heidi Järvi, Finland
Fashion & Beauty
Golden Camera: Therese Asplund, Sweden
Silver Camera: Giorgia Corniola, Italy
Bronze Camera: Michael Schnabl, Austria & Martina Wärenfeldt, Sweden
Illustrative & Fine art
Golden Camera: Antti Karppinen, Finland
Silver Camera: Pia Maria Rautio, Finland
Bronze Camera: Andreas Varro, Sweden
Landscape
Golden Camera: Peter Svoboda, Slovakia
Silver Camera: Karel Mus, Belgium
Bronze Camera: Rene Algesheimer, Switzerland
Nature
Golden Camera: Irina Petrova, Russia
Silver Camera: Peter Svoboda, Slovakia
Bronze Camera: Jan Šmid, Czech Republic
People & Portrait
Golden Camera: Pia Maria Rautio, Finland
Silver Camera: Therese Asplund, Sweden
Bronze Camera: Suvi Roiko, Finland
Reportage & Photojournalism
Golden Camera: Alfonso Novo, Spain
Silver Camera: Luis Godinho, Portugal
Bronze Camera: Manuel Iglesias, Spain
Sports
Golden Camera: Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz, Spain
Silver Camera: Peter Svoboda, Slovakia
Bronze Camera: Hannu Rainamo, Finland
Wedding
Golden Camera: Miguel Ponte, Portugal
Silver Camera: Iva Schirmenti, Italy
Bronze Camera: Sanjay Jogia, UK
Wildlife
Golden Camera: Tracey Lund, UK
Silver Camera: Risto Raunio, Finland
Bronze Camera: Søren Sviland, Norway
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