Congress 2017
Dear all,
The IFWP Congress is one of the classic and most appreciated activities of the IFWP that takes place every year. We want 2017 to be another memorable IFWP Congress year. To learn more about the Congress please visit: http://www.ifwp-photo.org/congress.
In the past 7 years the IFWP Congress meeting organizers, venues and dates were:
2010 30th Meeting. Czech Republic, Jeseniky Mountains, September 22-26. Org KFP
2011 31th Meeting. Austria, Tyrol, June 22-26. Org VTNÖ
2012 32th Meeting. Finland, Kuhmo, June 27-July 1. Org FNPA
2013 33th Meeting. Poland, Biebrzansky NP, April 24-28. Org ZPFP
2014 34th Meeting. France, Hauteluce - Savoie, June 18-22. Org ASCPF
2015 35th Meeting. Spain, La Alberca, Salamanca, April 30-May 03. Org AEFONA
2016 36th Meeting. Slovakia, High Tatras, June 1-6. Org SAPF.
The IFWP Congress takes place in a different country each year, in an area chosen by the organizers, usually in a nature reserve or another place that captures the enthusiasm and interest of the nature photographers. It is important that the participants do have access to wildlife (hides or not), macro possibilities, landscape…etc.
Also we need a presentation room that can fit about 80 people, depending on the organizer´s plan for lectures and in addition for the IFWP General Board Meeting.
We suggest that September could be a plausible month in which to find meeting dates for the 2017 Congress, leaving enough time for the organizers to plan a program.
All clubs who have belonged to the IFWP for more than a year and are interested in holding the congress in their country please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
We would be delighted and are looking forward to receiving your suggestions.
Best wishes,
Anita Campbell
Secretary IFWP
News from AEFONA
We hope all of you have had a fantastic start this New Year!
-CONGRESS.
As it is usual, our colleague and friend, Francisco Martinez, writes the chronicles of our Congress every year.
You will find all the information of the national photographers invited: Marina Cano, Andrés Miguel Domingues, Salvador Colvée, Nicolás Resusens, Eduardo Blanco, Sergio Marijuan, Iñaki Larrea, Fran Rubia and Félix Fernández Calvillo. And the international photographers: Jorge Silva from Mexico, Ole Jorgen from Norway, Ugo Mellone from Italy-Spain, Sergio Pedrero from Mexico and Jon Andoni Juárez from Berlin-Spain.
As well, you can find lots of information on the activities that were held in Antequera those days.
We hope you enjoy reading these three articles with all the details for our XXIV AEFONA’s congress in Antequera (Málaga) 6-8th December 2016.
http://www.aefona.org/congreso-bajo-telon-1/
http://www.aefona.org/xxiv-congreso-bajatelanii/
http://www.aefona.org/xxiv-congreso-bajatelan-y-iii/
We are ready for the first AEFONA’S members meeting of this year 2017 and it will be in the Gallocanta Lagoon, Teruel, on the weekend of 24-26th February.
For those who don't know, Gallocanta is a lagoon without exit to the sea located about 1000 metres height, between the provinces of Teruel and Zaragoza. It is the largest salted lagoon of the Iberian Peninsula.
In those dates in February, the cranes begin to gather in the area to start their migration towards their territories of breeding.
It is a fantastic opportunity to meet and to enjoy nature with expert photographers from the area such as Carlos Pérez Naval, Pedro Javier Pascual and Uge Fuertes Sanz among others.
See the link below for more information:
http://www.aefona.org/quedada-de-gallocanta/
-IRIS Agenda digital magazine.
Our Iris Agenda has arrived to number 18!
It has been fascinating to see it grow and learn while working on it and showing the variety and quality of the works that our members have shared all these years.
After last number, the Iris Agenda department will be taking some time off to renew, create new ideas and restructure the coordination and gain strength to continue.
Until our Iris Agenda is back again with the edition number 19, we invite you to enjoy the last number here: https://issuu.com/lnhiris/docs/agenda18
-New Book SEASONS OF LIFE.
We are very proud also to present AEFONA’s book Naturaleza Ibérica: cuatro estaciones de vida, a tour on our nature trough the four seasons of the year. Designed by Xavier Hita and corrected and final formatting by Marián Sáenz Diez.
The book has a total of 194 fantastic photographs from 144 photographers members of AEFONA, all in 216 pages of coated 150 grams paper. It includes a foreword from our president, Pablo Bou; an interesting introduction of the naturalist and public speaker Joaquín Araujo, naturalist winner of countless awards and collaborator of Felix Rodriguez de la Fuente; a beautiful and poetic introductory text to the different seasons written by Vicent Pellicer.
It will be ready soon ready on our online store: http://www.aefona.org/latienda/es/
-AFONIB Congress and AEFONA meeting in Ibiza island.
The AFONIB Congress will be held in Ibiza the days 28-30 of April and this year we organise as well with them the first AEFONA’s members meeting in Ibiza.
There will be a lot of activities to enjoy nature and photography, national speakers such as Javier Alonso, Joan Costa, Antonio Moreno, Kiko Arcas, Jordi Serapio and AEFONA’s president, Pablo Bou.
Please follow the link below for inscriptions and more information:
https://www.aefona.org/encuentro-ibiza/
AEFONA is planning a lot more of activities and we will let you know soon!
For any updates in AEFONA’s news go to our webpage http://www.aefona.org
Thank you!
Presentation letter
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.
-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
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
