World Photo Podium

The FPO's yearly honor rolls — the most decorated authors, the most active organizers, and the jury members judging the most FPO-patronized salons, one calendar year at a time.

The Acceptance Giants

Top 100 authors by total accepted photographs in 2026 (no per-title cap, awards not counted here).

#	Photographer	Country	Accepted
1	Istvan Kerekes	Hungary	191
2	Joxe Inazio Kuesta Garmendia	Spain	185
3	Jos BARTHOLMe	Luxembourg	138
4	John McNairn	United Kingdom	127
5	DAVID WHEELER	England	122
6	LUC MAIRESSE	Belgium	115
7	Matthias Haug	Germany	112
8	Aleksandr Zamyatin	Russia	103
9	Despina Anastasis	Cyprus	96
10	luc wabbes	Belgium	94
11	SERPIL EROGLU	United Kingdom	94
12	Gerd Hannemann	Germany	92
13	Mohammed Muhtasib	Saudi Arabia	91
14	Yuliyan Ivanov	Bulgaria	90
15	Manfred kluger	Germany	88
16	filiz koprulu	Türkiye	87
17	Michal Židek	Czechia	87
18	Gottfried Catania	Malta	85
19	Irina Markova	Kazakhstan	85
20	Carlos Cabral	Portugal	85
21	Mirza Cengic	North Macedonia	85
22	Romain Clement	Luxembourg	84
23	Maurizio Trifilidis	Italy	82
24	Robert Prenton Jones	Wales	81
25	Sharon Prenton Jones	Wales	79
26	Sasa Blagojevic	Serbia	76
27	Peter Jackson	United Kingdom	76
28	Mariam Hassan	Qatar	76
29	Biljana Latinovic	Serbia	74
30	Marcel Van Balken	Netherlands	71
31	lieven vandergheynst	Belgium	68
32	Edo Iglic	Serbia	68
33	Josef Hinterleitner	Austria	67
34	Pera Nikolic	Serbia	67
35	HAI VU	Vietnam	67
36	Ilgar Jafarov	Azerbaijan	66
37	Dragoslav Mirković	Serbia	65
38	Marko Rakovic	Serbia	65
39	Urs Albrecht	Switzerland	63
40	JOHANN SCHRITTWIESER	Austria	62
41	Luis Alberto Franke	Argentina	62
42	Daniel LYBAERT	Netherlands	62
43	Kostas Chalkiadakis	Greece	62
44	jennifer. margaret webster	England	61
45	Saurabh Bhattacharyya	India	61
46	Jovana Kuzmanovic	Serbia	60
47	Michael Strapec	Ireland	59
48	van phuong pham	Vietnam	59
49	Alfons Casale Turu	Spain	57
50	Hasan Hulki Muradi	Türkiye	54
51	YUSUF TATLITURK	Türkiye	54
52	JOYDEEP DEB	India	53
53	Charles Ashton	United Kingdom	53
54	Oxana Zavyalova	Kazakhstan	53
55	MARIE-LAURE STONE	England	52
56	Barbara Schmidt	Germany	51
57	David Laronde	Canada	50
58	ALAIN MORATA	France	50
59	Joe Aichner	Germany	50
60	Aleksey Puchkovskiy	Russia	49
61	Anitha Mysore	India	49
62	Andy Polakowski	Wales	49
63	Massimo Cavalletti	Italy	49
64	Slobodan Cavic	Serbia	49
65	Birol Karaibis	Türkiye	49
66	Mohammad Ali Salim	United States	48
67	Nasser Al Maskari	Oman	48
68	SATHYANARAYANA C R	India	47
69	Chun Woo Lee	Korea, South	47
70	Emanuele Fusco	Italy	46
71	Metin Gonen	Türkiye	46
72	Grzegorz Lewandowski	Poland	46
73	Milos Karaklic	Serbia	46
74	Ivo Yordanov	Bulgaria	45
75	KHANG DUONG DUY	Vietnam	45
76	ALEXANDER HOCHHAUS	Germany	45
77	Frank Callens	Belgium	44
78	Mark dHanens	Belgium	44
79	RUCSANDRA CALIN	Romania	44
80	AMAL ALAMEER	Saudi Arabia	43
81	JR Schnelzer	United States	43
82	Ernoe Dr. Barsi	Hungary	42
83	Jean Claude POURE	France	41
84	Jan Hammerstad	Denmark	41
85	Luboš Švárny	Czechia	41
86	ozgur secmen	Türkiye	41
87	HELEN HANAFIN	Ireland	41
88	ABDULLAH YALCIN CEYLANI	Türkiye	40
89	PHILLIP Kwan	Canada	40
90	Elina Garipova	Russia	40
91	Elzbieta Wenda	Poland	40
92	Imre Kiss	Hungary	40
93	Aleksandr Chazov	Russia	39
94	LEVENT YUCETIN	Türkiye	39
95	FIKRIYE ER	Türkiye	38
96	MEHMET CEVIK	Türkiye	37
97	Pietro Rocchiccioli	England	37
98	KHANH TRAN	Vietnam	37
99	Maxwell Knowles	United Kingdom	36
100	Ismael Holanda	Brazil	36

Progress Over the Years

Long-term trends across every year on record — not affected by the year tabs above.

Exhibitions per Year

Total Participants per Year

The Red Pin Titans

Top 10 — most FPO Red Pin (Best Author of Salon) wins in 2026.

#	Photographer	Country	Red Pins
1	Marcel Van Balken	Netherlands	2
2	Josef Hinterleitner	Austria	2
3	Josko Simic	Slovenia	1
4	Maurizio Trifilidis	Italy	1
5	Aleksandr Zamyatin	Russia	1
6	JOYDEEP DEB	India	1
7	Istvan Kerekes	Hungary	1
8	Grzegorz Lewandowski	Poland	1
9	Joxe Inazio Kuesta Garmendia	Spain	1
10	LUC MAIRESSE	Belgium	1

The Golden 50

Top 50 — most awarded photographs in 2026.

#	Photographer	Country	Awards
1	Istvan Kerekes	Hungary	56
2	Joxe Inazio Kuesta Garmendia	Spain	44
3	Jos BARTHOLMe	Luxembourg	31
4	John McNairn	United Kingdom	30
5	LUC MAIRESSE	Belgium	27
6	Matthias Haug	Germany	26
7	Mohammed Muhtasib	Saudi Arabia	21
8	Aleksandr Zamyatin	Russia	21
9	Maurizio Trifilidis	Italy	21
10	DAVID WHEELER	England	20
11	luc wabbes	Belgium	20
12	Yuliyan Ivanov	Bulgaria	20
13	HAI VU	Vietnam	18
14	Marcel Van Balken	Netherlands	17
15	Mariam Hassan	Qatar	17
16	Manfred kluger	Germany	17
17	Irina Markova	Kazakhstan	16
18	Romain Clement	Luxembourg	16
19	Gerd Hannemann	Germany	15
20	Josef Hinterleitner	Austria	14
21	SERPIL EROGLU	Türkiye	14
22	Sharon Prenton Jones	Wales	13
23	Despina Anastasis	Cyprus	13
24	Birol Karaibis	Türkiye	13
25	Robert Prenton Jones	Wales	12
26	Slobodan Cavic	Serbia	12
27	Metin Gonen	Türkiye	12
28	Dragoslav Mirković	Serbia	12
29	YUSUF TATLITURK	Türkiye	12
30	Michael Strapec	Ireland	12
31	Grzegorz Lewandowski	Poland	12
32	Michal Židek	Czechia	12
33	Peter Jackson	United Kingdom	11
34	Pera Nikolic	Serbia	11
35	Elina Garipova	Russia	11
36	Marko Rakovic	Serbia	11
37	Aleksey Puchkovskiy	Russia	10
38	van phuong pham	Vietnam	10
39	jennifer. margaret webster	England	10
40	lieven vandergheynst	Belgium	10
41	filiz koprulu	Türkiye	10
42	Sasa Blagojevic	Serbia	10
43	Oxana Zavyalova	Kazakhstan	10
44	Mirza Cengic	North Macedonia	10
45	JR Schnelzer	United States	10
46	PHILLIP Kwan	Canada	9
47	Gottfried Catania	Malta	9
48	NIKOLAI BABAIANTS	Russia	9
49	Carlos Cabral	Portugal	9
50	David Laronde	Canada	9

Best of Nature

Top 10 authors in the Nature theme (including Wildlife and Birds and Insects) in 2026 — total points (acceptances + awards).

#	Photographer	Country	Accepted	Awards	Points
1	luc wabbes	Belgium	34	8	50
2	Yuliyan Ivanov	Bulgaria	28	9	46
3	DAVID WHEELER	England	28	6	40
4	BOB DEVINE	United Kingdom	27	5	37
5	Peter Jackson	United Kingdom	25	6	37
6	Istvan Kerekes	Hungary	23	7	37
7	jennifer. margaret webster	England	24	6	36
8	SERPIL EROGLU	United Kingdom	24	6	36
9	Jos BARTHOLMe	Luxembourg	25	4	33
10	Matthias Haug	Germany	19	5	29

Best of Journalism

Top 10 authors in the Journalism theme (including Life and Sport) in 2026 — total points (acceptances + awards).

#	Photographer	Country	Accepted	Awards	Points
1	Joxe Inazio Kuesta Garmendia	Spain	21	6	33
2	LUC MAIRESSE	Belgium	19	5	29
3	HAI VU	Vietnam	18	4	26
4	Istvan Kerekes	Hungary	16	5	26
5	Nasser Al Maskari	Oman	13	4	21
6	Carlos Cabral	Portugal	13	3	19
7	Ilgar Jafarov	Azerbaijan	12	3	18
8	Mohammed Muhtasib	Saudi Arabia	12	3	18
9	Saurabh Bhattacharyya	India	13	2	17
10	Biljana Latinovic	Serbia	11	3	17

Best of Travel

Top 10 authors in the Travel theme (including Tradition and World in focus) in 2026 — total points (acceptances + awards).

#	Photographer	Country	Accepted	Awards	Points
1	Joxe Inazio Kuesta Garmendia	Spain	11	3	17
2	Istvan Kerekes	Hungary	7	3	13
3	Milos Karaklic	Serbia	7	2	11
4	LUC MAIRESSE	Belgium	8	1	10
5	Grzegorz Lewandowski	Poland	6	2	10
6	Mohammed Muhtasib	Saudi Arabia	5	2	9
7	MARIE-LAURE STONE	England	5	2	9
8	Mariam Hassan	Qatar	5	2	9
9	NUWAIR ALHAJERI	United Arab Emirates	5	1	7
10	Edo Iglic	Serbia	3	2	7

Top 10 Organizers

Highest average participants per salon in 2026.

#	Organization	Country	Avg. Participants
1	PC Olcinium	Montenegro	236.0
2	PC Simanovci	Serbia	207.7

Supreme Eyes of Photography

Top 10 jury members — most FPO-patronized salons judged in 2026.

#	Photographer	Country	Salons Judged
1	Oliver Vukmirovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13
2	Slobodan Cavic	Serbia	8
3	Dimitar Risteski	North Macedonia	6
4	Dragoslav Mirkovic	Serbia	6
5	Aleksandar Tomovski	North Macedonia	4
6	Mirsad Mujanovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4
7	Vladimir Jovanovski	North Macedonia	4
8	Nenad Martic	Croatia	3
9	Sladjana Pantelic	Serbia	3
10	Normante Ribokaite	Lithuania	2