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DIRECTORS NOTICES DIRECTORS NOTICES

FIAP Collections Service: Preserving, Organizing

and Showcasing the Global Photographic Legacy

By Jesús Manuel García Flores
Directors Director of the FIAP Exhibition Center Torrijos (Toledo), Spain Directors
MFIAP, EFIAP/b, PFIAP ESFIAP
FIAP Collections Service Director

The FIAP Collections Service was created as a strategic initiative
of the International Federation of Photographic Art with a clear and
primary objective: to safeguard FIAP’s vast historical archive, currently
distributed across multiple locations and formats over several decades.

Over the years, this heritage, which includes photographic works,
catalogues, results, biennials, world cups, distinctions and key documents
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of international photography, has grown exponentially, but also in a FIAP Cloud Collections Service
fragmented manner. The first major step of this service is therefore to centralize, protect and App currently in BETA mode
structure all this information, ensuring its long-term preservation. (not yet publicly available).
Beyond preservation, the FIAP Collections Service aims to become a reference and consultation
tool. However, it is important to note that not all stored information will necessarily be public. In
a future phase, different levels of access will be established, so that only the content designated
by FIAP as public will be available for general consultation, while the rest will remain under
institutional control.
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This project is led by Jesús Manuel García Flores (Spain) as Service Director, and is supported by
an international team committed to the management and organization of the archive:
By Paul Stanley FIPF, EFIAP/p, PFIAP, ESFIAP,
• Josep M. Casanoves (Spain) Director of the FIAP Photo Academy Online Events
• Pepo Vázquez (Andorra)
• Lidia López (Argentina)
• Gràcia De la Hoz (Spain) Dear Friends
• Montse González (Spain) Many thanks to all of you who have joined us so far for our
• Sharmali Das (India) presentations. Your presence was very welcome and appreciated. You
can find reports of four of the recent presentations in the Photo Academy
The FIAP Collections Service is section of this edition of FIAP News and others in previous editions.
currently in the development and
implementation phase. Its availability will By the time you are reading this Directors Notice, we will also
be gradual, starting with internal access have had a presentation by Bjorn Persson titled “Can Photography Save
for FIAP and later evolving into a controlled the Planet”. This will be written about in the next edition of FIAP News.
environment for public consultation. We have also arranged a presentation by our friend and FIAP Paul Stanley
th
With this initiative, FIAP takes a Colleague, Reha Billir. This will take place on Thursday 18 June at 7pm
decisive step towards the future, ensuring London Time. Reha has visited Benin many times. This presentation will be of his images taken there,
that its legacy is not only preserved, but with a special section on the local Voodoo religion.
also understood, studied and valued by All are welcome to join these Zoom-based presentations.
future generations of photographers and
cultural institutions. Full details of all these presentations will be sent to all FIAP Liaison Officers and publicised on FIAP
Social Media. We will also send the registration link to everyone who has attended previous presentations.

Don’t forget that recordings of previous presentations are available on the dedicated FIAP
YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@fiapchannel2802

FIAP Collections Service Team If you would like to receive notification of the events please send an email to:
fiapphotoacademy@gmail.com asking for your email address to be included on our distribution list.

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