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 2024 (no per-title cap, awards not counted here).

#	First Name	Last Name	Country	Accepted
1	RYSZARD	LOMNICKI	Ireland	106
2	Vincenzo	Di Panfilo	Italy	106
3	Flavian	Savescu	Romania	95
4	Michal	Nega	Czech Republic	95
5	Ivan	Stojanovic	Serbia	89
6	Gottfried	Catania	Malta	85
7	Aleksandar	Tomulic	Croatia	82
8	Chun Woo	Lee	South Korea	75
9	Barbara	Schmidt	Germany	72
10	Stefan	Stuppnig	Austria	66
11	Elzbieta	Wenda	Poland	66
12	Ercan	Uc	Türkiye	64
13	Mohamed	Nageeb	Qatar	57
14	AVISHEK	MANNA	India	54
15	BARUN	DEY	India	53
16	VAN NHI	DUONG	Vietnam	53
17	Tomasz	Okoniewski	Poland	51
18	EVA	LAMBROPOULOU	Greece	50
19	Ken	Ang	Singapore	49
20	Chris	Whitty	United Kingdom	49
21	PETROS	ZERVOS	Greece	46
22	Milos	Karaklic	Serbia	40
23	Oliver	Vukmirovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40
24	Alessio R.	Darmanin	Malta	39
25	OVI D	Pop	Romania	39
26	Ranga	Edirisinghe	Sri Lanka	37
27	Zeka Slavisa	Stankovic	Serbia	34
28	THEOTOKIS	FLEMOTOMOS	Greece	33
29	Zoltan	Bisak	Serbia	33
30	Hadzi Miodrag	Miladinovic	Serbia	32
31	LING JYI	CHAO	Taiwan	31
32	Marc	Watteny	Belgium	31
33	Dragoslav	Mirković	Serbia	31
34	Vojislav	Lukovic	Serbia	31
35	Biljana	Latinovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30
36	Siddalinga Prasad	K G	India	30
37	Pera	Nikolic	Serbia	28
38	Mihail	Damyanov	Bulgaria	27
39	Antonin	Dudek	Czech Republic	26
40	Irene	Ehrenreich	Austria	26
41	NENAD	BOROJEVIC	Serbia	26
42	Klaus	Reibl	Germany	26
43	Thiago	Campos	Brazil	26
44	Maltsev	Vladimir	Ukraine	26
45	MEHMET	ULUYURT	Türkiye	25
46	Milan	Gabaric	Serbia	25
47	Navid	Erfanian ahmadpoor	Iran	24
48	Edo	Iglic	Serbia	24
49	Metin	Gonen	Türkiye	24
50	niels	majgaard	Denmark	24
51	Aleksandr	Zamyatin	Russia	24
52	MENACHEM	SINAI	Israel	24
53	Nikola	Miljkovic	Serbia	23
54	Kornelia	Dakovic Svajcer	Serbia	23
55	SATHYANARAYANA	C R	India	23
56	JASMIN	SULJANOVIC	Slovenia	22
57	Mehes	Miklos	Hungary	22
58	Maria	Avanesova	Russia	22
59	RAUL	VILLALBA	Argentina	22
60	GIORGOS	TSIGKAS	Greece	22
61	Marcio	Bessa	Brazil	22
62	Dmitriy	Vavilov	Russia	21
63	Klaus	Stock	Switzerland	21
64	Eric	CAUSSE	France	21
65	JOVAN	DJIKIC	Serbia	20
66	NIKOLAI	BABAIANTS	Russia	20
67	Sladjana	Pantelic	Serbia	20
68	LASZLO	SZITA	Hungary	20
69	Borislav	Blagojevic	Serbia	20
70	TRANG KIM CUONG	NGUYEN	Vietnam	20
71	Andrey	Putilin	Russia	19
72	Robert	Prenton Jones	Wales	19
73	Holger	Buecker	Germany	19
74	TOMI	KRIZAJ	Slovenia	19
75	Marko	Buntic	Croatia	19
76	Wojciech	Smółkowski	Poland	19
77	Gordon	Norris	United Kingdom	19
78	Sitanath	Paul	India	19
79	Maja	Tomic	Serbia	18
80	Ігор	Жолобак	Ukraine	18
81	SUJEET	MHATRE	India	18
82	Oleksandr	Ignatiev	Ukraine	18
83	Alan	Wade	United Kingdom	17
84	Tatyana	Samoilova	Russia	17
85	David	Laronde	Canada	17
86	DIANA	CHAN	Hong Kong	17
87	paolo	stuppazzoni	Italy	16
88	STEVEN	STAVRI	Cyprus	16
89	Olga	Dodonova	Russia	16
90	Andrija	Kasom	Montenegro	16
91	Niklaus	Fringeli	Switzerland	15
92	Istvan	Kerekes	Hungary	15
93	Mohamed	Kaouche	Algeria	15
94	Anna	Perevozchikova	Russia	15
95	Marcel	Van Balken	Netherlands	15
96	Rudolf	Fukal	Czech Republic	15
97	HAI	VU	Vietnam	15
98	Maurizio	Trifilidis	Italy	15
99	Giancarlo	Gimona	Italy	15
100	GEORGIOS	MYTILINOS	Greece	15

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 5 — most FPO Red Pin (Best Author of Salon) wins in 2024.

#	First Name	Last Name	Country	Red Pins
1	RYSZARD	LOMNICKI	Ireland	1
2	Flavian	Savescu	Romania	1
3	Mohamed	Nageeb	Qatar	1
4	Zoltan	Bisak	Serbia	1
5	Vincenzo	Di Panfilo	Italy	1

The Golden 50

Top 50 — most awarded photographs in 2024.

#	First Name	Last Name	Country	Awards
1	Vincenzo	Di Panfilo	Italy	31
2	Flavian	Savescu	Romania	27
3	Aleksandar	Tomulic	Croatia	27
4	RYSZARD	LOMNICKI	Ireland	27
5	Michal	Nega	Czech Republic	25
6	Chun Woo	Lee	South Korea	24
7	Ivan	Stojanovic	Serbia	24
8	Gottfried	Catania	Malta	21
9	Mohamed	Nageeb	Qatar	17
10	Tomasz	Okoniewski	Poland	16
11	Barbara	Schmidt	Germany	16
12	Ercan	Uc	Türkiye	16
13	Stefan	Stuppnig	Austria	15
14	EVA	LAMBROPOULOU	Greece	15
15	Elzbieta	Wenda	Poland	14
16	AVISHEK	MANNA	India	13
17	Zeka Slavisa	Stankovic	Serbia	12
18	Thiago	Campos	Brazil	12
19	BARUN	DEY	India	11
20	Alessio R.	Darmanin	Malta	11
21	PETROS	ZERVOS	Greece	11
22	OVI D	Pop	Romania	11
23	Hadzi Miodrag	Miladinovic	Serbia	10
24	LING JYI	CHAO	Taiwan	9
25	Ken	Ang	Singapore	9
26	Siddalinga Prasad	K G	India	9
27	MEHMET	ULUYURT	Türkiye	9
28	Chris	Whitty	United Kingdom	9
29	Dragoslav	Mirković	Serbia	8
30	Oliver	Vukmirovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8
31	Marc	Watteny	Belgium	8
32	SATHYANARAYANA	C R	India	8
33	VAN NHI	DUONG	Vietnam	8
34	Klaus	Reibl	Germany	8
35	Irene	Ehrenreich	Austria	8
36	Milos	Karaklic	Serbia	8
37	Milan	Gabaric	Serbia	8
38	Klaus	Stock	Switzerland	7
39	Gordon	Norris	United Kingdom	7
40	Zoltan	Bisak	Serbia	7
41	Metin	Gonen	Türkiye	7
42	Biljana	Latinovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7
43	NIKOLAI	BABAIANTS	Russia	7
44	Wojciech	Smółkowski	Poland	7
45	Marcio	Bessa	Brazil	7
46	Vojislav	Lukovic	Serbia	7
47	Edo	Iglic	Serbia	7
48	THEOTOKIS	FLEMOTOMOS	Greece	6
49	Dmitriy	Vavilov	Russia	6
50	Maria	Avanesova	Russia	6

Top 10 Organizers

Highest average participants per salon in 2024.

#	Organization	Country	Avg. Participants
1	PC Olcinium	Montenegro	177.0
2	Safari Shutter Club	Tanzania	98.0
3	PC Infinity	Bosnia and Herzegovina	84.0
4	PC Simanovci	Serbia	84.0
5	PhotoMAG	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53.0

Supreme Eyes of Photography

Top 10 jury members — most FPO-patronized salons judged in 2024.

#	First Name	Last Name	Country	Salons Judged
1	Biljana	Latinovic	Serbia	2
2	Slobodan	Cavic	Serbia	1
3	Hakan	Misri	Nigeria	1
4	Nenad	Martic	Croatia	1
5	Ahmed	Russell	Bangladesh	1
6	Dragoslav	Mirkovic	Serbia	1
7	Oliver	Vukmirovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
8	Aleksandar	Tomovski	North Macedonia	1
9	Dimitar	Risteski	North Macedonia	1
10	Nikolina	Osmic	Serbia	1