Conceptual Portraits
Qualified European Photographer
The Federation of European Professional Photographers gathered in Prague, Czech Republic, for its 40th qualification judging session in November 2019.
The Qualified European Photographer (QEP) qualification aims to recognise and reward excellence in European Professional Photographers. It is designed to complement national awards systems and has over the years created a Europe-wide network of over 500 certified experts who share a passion and talent for professional photography.
To reach this level, a photographer must have excellent technical and artistic skills, the panel must have, besides technical talent a certain wow-factor that sets them apart from others. For a QEP application a panel of 12 printed and mounted images is required, all representing the candidates' chosen field of specialization. The panel is judged by a jury of 5 experienced, international judges.
This time 35 QEP applications were sumbitted, 18 out of which were succesfull. One of the new QEPs is Pieter Clicteur of Belgium. He is from the association NVB - Nationale Vereniging van Beroepsfotografen. His panel represented the category "Portrait". Within a very simple approach, there were different variations of compositions. The character of each person came through very strongly. Control of tones was expertly done.
