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37 FIAP Black and White Biennial, Brazil 2026
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Scoring the prints (Photo by Renata Xavier)
By Luis Franke, MFIAP, EFIAP/d3, HonEFIAP
FIAP Director of the Biennials Service Front from left to right the judges: Luis
Franke, Montse González and Elisardo Minks.
In 2026 the 37 FIAP Black and White Biennial was conducted in Brazil. Brazil will also be hosting Displaying the prints: Carlos Gandara
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the FIAP Congress 2026. The FIAP Operational Member for Brazil is the “CONFOTO”. (President of CONFOTO); at the computer:
Clovis Marchesin (Administrative Director
The Black and White Biennial only has one section, a print section. We are very grateful to all the of CONFOTO). In the background, assisting,
participants of this Biennial. We had a great number of countries participate; 34 countries coming from Jesús Flores (Spain’s Liaison Officer)
five continents participated, and we received 340 prints. and Leandro Lucas (Photographer from
Rio de Janeiro)
The judging was completed on the 20 March in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
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FIAP Events The judging of the collections was done in two steps: FIAP Events
The judges were: Luis Franke (Argentina), Montse González (Spain) and Elisardo Minks (Chile).

1) the judging of each work in the collection
2) the judging of the coherence of the collection
The total score of a collection was obtained by the addition of the points from the two different
judgements.
The winner of the World Cup was Ireland. The medal winning countries were Spain, Russia and Scoring the prints (Photo by Renata Xavier)
Italy. The HM´s were obtained by France, Kuwait, South Africa, Bahrain, Oman and Argentina. From left to right, the judges: Luis Franke, Montse
Other than the awards for the winning country teams, eleven individual awards, six FIAP medals González and Elisardo Minks.
and five awards offered by the organiser, were given to the top photographs.
Displaying the prints: Carlos Gandara (President
The images entered by the top four countries, the photographs that won the individual awards and of CONFOTO); at the computer: Clovis Marchesin
some pictures from the judging are shown with this article. The full results are published on the FIAP (Administrative Director of CONFOTO)
website: https://www.fiap.net/en/biennials
Ireland was awarded the Grand Prize “Dr. M.
Van de Wijer” 2026.

This award has been given every two years
since 1980 to the overall best placed country
when the scores of the two sections of the
Colour Biennial plus the Black & White Biennial
are combined. In the Colour Biennial 2023, they Scoring the prints (Photo by Jesus Flores)
achieved 5th Place in the print section and the
Gold Medal in the digital section and won the From left to right, the judges: Elisardo Minks,
FIAP World Cup in the Black and White Biennial Montse González and Luis Franke.
2026. At the computer: Clovis Marchesin
Congratulations! (Administrative Director of CONFOTO).
Displaying the prints: Leandro Lucas
The award ceremony will take place during (Photographer from Rio de Janeiro)
the Congress in Rio de Janeiro. Selecting the individual awards (Photo by Renata Xavier)
With the three judges

The judges and collaborators involved
in the judging of the Biennial.
(Photo by Maria Angelica Alarcon
Inostroza, Elisardo Minks wife)

From left to right: Elisardo Minks (judge),
Montse González (judge), Carlos Gandara
(President of CONFOTO), Talia Borges Scoring the prints of the collections
(Superintendent of Audiovisual Affairs (Photo by Renata Xavier)
at the Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat of
Culture and Creative Economy), Renata From left to right, Carlos Gandara
Xavier (Director of the FIAP Exhibition (President of CONFOTO)
Center Carioca de Fotografia), Leandro and the judges Elisardo Minks,
Lucas (Photographer of Río de Janeiro), Luis Franke and Montse González
Luis Franke (judge) and Clovis Marchesin
(Administrative Director of CONFOTO)

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