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MEMORIES STAFF

Message from the Director of FIAP News

Dear Friends in Photography,

As I sit here typing this message, the much-anticipated
Inauguration of the print FIAP Photo Meeting in Hunan, China is just days away from
exhibition for the Black commencing. This large gathering of photographers from
and White Biennial at the across the globe is looked forward to by many, not just for the
1995 FIAP congress with
President Xénophon photographic opportunities that are offered but the chance to
Argyris and other meet up with friends and make new friends. For a number of us it
members as well as is also the chance to meet people in person with whom we have
participants and winners worked on FIAP tasks, communicating via electronic means, often
with the use of translation tools. This scenario regularly applies
to FIAP News as the magazine pulls together information and
articles from the various FIAP Services and also communicates
with contributors around the world such as the FIAP affiliated Bronwen Casey
photographic organisations in each country and the Directors of
the FIAP Exhibition Centres. I am very much looking forward to meeting some of these people in
person for the first time at the Photo Meeting. For me this includes one of my own FIAP News team
members, my page editor, Piero Alessandra, with whom, by the end of this year, I will have worked
on FIAP News for six years.

Unlike many FIAP officials, I do not speak a second language, but it is amazing what one can
achieve with free online tools such as Google Translate. It is slower to work this way, but we manage
well. I would like to encourage our Exhibition Centres and our Affiliates to share news of their
Commission of “Arriba”, a activities via FIAP News. Write the text in your own language and then use an online translator to
FIAP toast. From left: Albano convert it to English and send this with wonderful photos both of your events and those exhibited
Sgarbi, FIAP Liaison Officer in your exhibitions to FIAP News. Myself or one of my team members will then work with you to
of Spain, Xénophon Argyris, amend any problems with the translation, again using online translators to ask questions. Never
Alberto Fernandez Ibarburo
(President of the Arriba let a language difference deter you from sending an article to FIAP News. It is a routine part of
Commission), Enric Pamies, producing this magazine to have articles that were initially written in a language other than English
J.F. Bernucci, P. Maffait and ensure they are presented well. Please send your articles by the closing date to enable time for
this processing amongst many other articles and ensure you send what is needed, as detailed in the
rear of FIAP News on a page adjacent to my message.

A big bit of news from FIAP in recent months is the release of the new FIAP Distinctions
Regulations that will come into effect as of the 1st January 2026. Don’t miss reading the notice
about this in the Directors section of this edition.
Memories Meeting will have the opportunity to meet him and he will be giving a presentation of his work.
Our Best of the Best winner for 2024 is featured in this edition. Those of you going to the Photo

Our MFIAP Showcase is a must read. The stories behind these two sets of photos are compelling
and demonstrate the important role photography can play in the lives of others and in building
In 1995, after the general
elections at the FIAP Congress awareness of the difficulties people face in their lives.
in Spain, the outgoing president
Xénophon Argyris hands over I look forward to seeing some of you next week in China.
the representative emblem Stay safe, stay positive and stay kind to one another.
of FIAP to the new president
of FIAP sr. Enric Pamiès Bronwen Casey EFIAP/p HonEFIAP
Director of the FIAP News Service Staff
fiapnewsdirector@gmail.com

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