IFWP - International Federation of Wildlife Photography

Editorial

The IFWP, International Federation of Wildlife Photography, was founded in 1978, in France.

The Federation is an organization in which associations with similar aims can join. Actually represents 17 European associations and continuously increasing, with more than 5.000 photographers members. It aims to promote ethic nature photography and conservation of habitats and species.

We are all volunteers in the IFWP and give our time and efforts for the common welfare.

Our activities include:

-Information interchange We keep our association members in touch, updated and informed about each other activities and our Federation ones.

-Congress every year in a different country. A meeting of friendship, learning and photography.

-Competition. Every year the Federation holds a competition online.

-Audiovisuals and exhibitions. Not only from our members, the Federation produces regularly its own publications to show and promote our members work.

A new board has started working on 2017 and our plans in short term are: teaching through articles in our website; create a new group called IFWP Conservation; Solidars, a human chain to help photographers who are in special needs of care; and a committee in charge to attend our young photographers´needs and to promote their interests.

We bring high hopes and plenty of ideas. Let´s enjoy together of our common passion!

All photos on this site are protected by their authors legal rights.

We, photographers, have kindly agreed to allow the Federation to show our work.

All of us hope that you enjoy them and that they help to respect and preserve our Nature.

Thank you.

TRANSLATION

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Presentation letter

Published: Thursday, 09 February 2017 01:06

The IFWP Conservation group has started working some weeks ago, but still we are “building our basement”. The coordinators of the group are Iñaki Larrea (Aefona) and Antonio Camacho (Aefona).

First we launched a Facebook page to share our projects, ideas and advances. Please give a Like and follow the group if you are interested in nature conservation. IFWP CONSERVATION https://www.facebook.com/IFWP-Conservation-635847059921403/

-How to become part? It is very easy, the group will work with individuals subscribed to it. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

and indicate that You (name, association, country) want to join this group and receive information to participate in the proposed projects. This doesn´t compromise you to do anything, but if you want to, you can participate, help…

-How will it work?  Information will be sent via email to all the individual members of the group and also uploaded in our facebook Fanpage.

-What are we going to do?  Everything we can do for nature conservancy. Sharing news and projects from our members, supporting conservation projects from our photographers and also making our own projects. First of our projects will be soon explained to all members, in our website and facebooks, let´s hope we´ll have international wide reach as we expect.

-A very important subject. We will be specially active in case of an environmental impact (pollution accident or spill, environmental impact...) in any of our European countries. We can provide images and make a difference in nature conservancy. We can also promote as Federation the declaration of new protected areas.

-Our first job.  IFWP Conservation group presents a new decalogue based in our member AEFONA ethic code, which briefcases in 10 points basic and generic aspects. Our decalog is a proposal to all our members and is the official position of the Federation. It has been updated in our webpage and facebook. http://www.ifwp-photo.org/ethic-rules

Everyone is welcome to join, leadership and participate in this group. Please share this mail to the members of your association via newsletter, mail, news, website, Facebook… so that all can get the information. Thank you for your help.

Good news

Published: Wednesday, 08 February 2017 08:30

Dear IFWP members, it is our pleasure to announce that our friends from the French club ASCPF are back in our Federation. We are very proud to welcome this association and to thank their involvement in organizing congresses and activities in the past.

We also welcome AFEP Spain. AFEP (Asociación Fotografía en Estado Puro) means Photography in pure state, their works are Photoshop Free. This is a club with 42 members and growing, recintly created in Asturias. Their aim is to promote activities to teach its members and to promote nature and landscape conservation through photography. They have a Facebook group with lots of followers.

Our president has recently visited the Cornwall Wildlife Trust Photo Club. As well as for strengthen friendship the activities allowed to collect some money for the Trust thanks to Dave Thomas, Adrian Langdon, Delia Trathen and David Chapman. In those visits to clubs no payment is done, the activities organized are to help the club activities and to cover expenses of travel and accommodation, no fees. This year the agenda will allow also visits to NFD Denmark, Fotonatura Sweden, FNPA Finland, PNF Finland and all those based in Spain with no cost for the Federation.

Photo: Peter Glaser

The IFWP Council 2017

Published: Monday, 30 January 2017 20:52

The new board, already officially aproved, has been:

PRESIDENT

Jose B. Ruiz, AEFONA (Spain)

VICE PRESIDENT

Pal Hermansen, NN (Norway)

SECRETARY

Anita Campbell, PN (Sweden)

TREASURER

Svend Erik West Hansen, NFD (Denmark)

MEMBERS

Karlo Pesjak PNS (Sweden)

Kari Loimu, FNPA (Finland)

Marian Zelina, SAFP (Slovakia)

Filip Van Boven, BVNF (Belgium)

Letter from our President

Published: Sunday, 29 January 2017 02:28

Dear IFWP members

The new board is now officially approved by a large number of positive votes and we are very gratefull to you all for participating and also for giving us a chance to work for this stage we start together.

We are very excited and plenty of ideas to share knowledge, places, activities, friendship...

Our intention is to make the Federation an useful tool for all, to make it participative, with improvements in the website, consulting our members about those things which are important for our future.

Any individual member interested in cooperating as volunteer will have the chance to get involved in our committees, where ideally many photographers will invest little time in the week.

Our first committees starting in short time will be:

-Social nets: Website and facebook.
-Conservation: This committee has already a coordinator and a vice with first proposals to start working. Individuals from all associations members will be welcome to our list IFWP-Conservation.
-Online teaching: High quality formation online for all our members in a web section specially designed for downloading power points and PDF´s.
-Commented pictures: A team to choose in our next open facebook pictures selected for their quality and deeply commented.
-Sponsors: This committee will effort in finding new ways to make our own projects a reality.

All the information from the IFWP will be sent via e-mail to our delegates, uploaded as news on our website (http://www.ifwp-photo.org) and also shared in our fanpage (https://www.facebook.com/internationalfederationofwildlifephotography/)

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