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 2025 (no per-title cap, awards not counted here).

#	First Name	Last Name	Country	Accepted
1	Flavian	Savescu	Romania	451
2	Aleksey	Puchkovskiy	Russia	340
3	Gottfried	Catania	Malta	306
4	Istvan	Kerekes	Hungary	298
5	Jovana	Kuzmanovic	Serbia	296
6	ajar	setiadi	Indonesia	294
7	BARUN	DEY	India	280
8	DIANA	CHAN	Hong Kong	279
9	Maurizio	Trifilidis	Italy	272
10	Ivan	Stojanovic	Serbia	259
11	Aleksandar	Tomulic	Croatia	257
12	Pera	Nikolic	Serbia	252
13	Zeka Slavisa	Stankovic	Serbia	248
14	Bogdan	Negoita	Romania	244
15	RYSZARD	LOMNICKI	Ireland	243
16	Vincenzo	Di Panfilo	Italy	230
17	Dragoslav	Mirković	Serbia	223
18	PETROS	ZERVOS	Greece	223
19	Mohammed	Muhtasib	Saudi Arabia	221
20	Zhong An	Yu	China	212
21	Thanasis	Hadjipavlou	Cyprus	207
22	Stefan	Stuppnig	Austria	203
23	Jos	BARTHOLMe	Luxembourg	195
24	Michal	Nega	Czech Republic	184
25	Mirza	Cengic	North Macedonia	181
26	THEOTOKIS	FLEMOTOMOS	Greece	173
27	Niklaus	Fringeli	Switzerland	172
28	Anatolie	Poiata	Moldova	167
29	Mahendra Putra	Lim	Indonesia	164
30	DAVID	WHEELER	United Kingdom	163
31	LUC	MAIRESSE	Belgium	158
32	Ernoe	Dr. Barsi	Hungary	156
33	Romain	Clement	Luxembourg	155
34	KLEA	KYPRIANOU	Cyprus	153
35	Minja	Jovetic	Serbia	153
36	Gordon	Norris	United Kingdom	151
37	Atle	Helland	Norway	149
38	paolo	stuppazzoni	Italy	149
39	Sara	GABRIELS	Belgium	148
40	Metin	Gonen	Türkiye	143
41	Manfred	kluger	Germany	141
42	Milan	Gabaric	Serbia	140
43	Biljana	Latinovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	138
44	NGUYEN	AN DI	Vietnam	135
45	Marcel	Van Balken	Netherlands	135
46	Bjoern Olav	Sagen	Norway	129
47	Jef	Lemmens	Belgium	127
48	LING JYI	CHAO	Taiwan	127
49	VAN NHI	DUONG	Vietnam	125
50	Edo	Iglic	Serbia	124
51	Jure	Kravanja	Slovenia	124
52	Marko	Rakovic	Serbia	121
53	Ranga	Edirisinghe	Sri Lanka	118
54	Despina	Anastasis	Cyprus	115
55	Borislav	Blagojevic	Serbia	113
56	CLAUDE	SIMON	Belgium	112
57	Elzbieta	Wenda	Poland	110
58	Andreas L	Andreou	Cyprus	107
59	Sebastian	Kuczynski	Poland	104
60	Miklos	Mehes	Hungary	104
61	Luis Alberto	Franke	Argentina	103
62	Hanna	Nevreva	USA	102
63	Barbara	Schmidt	Germany	99
64	Carlos	Cabral	Portugal	99
65	Jovan	Svorcan	Serbia	99
66	Nasser	Al Maskari	Oman	98
67	JOHANN	SCHRITTWIESER	Austria	94
68	Dejan	Sklopic	Serbia	92
69	Domokos	Incze	Romania	92
70	MEHMET	CEVIK	Türkiye	91
71	Dario	Riva	Italy	91
72	PHILLIP	Kwan	Canada	91
73	Roland	Kranitz	Hungary	91
74	Milos	Karaklic	Serbia	89
75	Alexis	Saveriades	Cyprus	87
76	YUSUF	TATLITURK	Türkiye	85
77	SATHYANARAYANA	C R	India	83
78	Emanuele	Fusco	Italy	82
79	Alessio R.	Darmanin	Malta	82
80	WEI CHIN	HO	Taiwan	81
81	Konstantin	Zaykov	Bulgaria	80
82	David	Laronde	Canada	80
83	Jean Claude	POURE	France	80
84	Rene	Van Echelpoel	Belgium	80
85	Claire	Schreuder	Isle of Man	79
86	Ionel	Simioana	Romania	78
87	Bhagya	D	India	78
88	MIHEE	EO	South Korea	78
89	Tomasz	Okoniewski	Poland	78
90	Klaus	Reibl	Germany	77
91	Manfred	Pillik	Austria	75
92	Robert	Prenton Jones	Wales	74
93	Vasja	Doberlet	Slovenia	74
94	Loizos	Economides	Cyprus	74
95	NENAD	BOROJEVIC	Serbia	73
96	Mariam	Hassan	Qatar	73
97	Joe	Aichner	Germany	72
98	AVISHEK	MANNA	India	71
99	VLADIMIR	ASHKINAZI-ISACHENKO	Belarus	71
100	Birol	Karaibis	Türkiye	71

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 2025.

#	First Name	Last Name	Country	Red Pins
1	Flavian	Savescu	Romania	10
2	Istvan	Kerekes	Hungary	5
3	DIANA	CHAN	Hong Kong	2
4	Mohammed	Muhtasib	Saudi Arabia	1
5	Luis Alberto	Franke	Argentina	1

The Golden 50

Top 50 — most awarded photographs in 2025.

#	First Name	Last Name	Country	Awards
1	Flavian	Savescu	Romania	120
2	Maurizio	Trifilidis	Italy	84
3	Aleksey	Puchkovskiy	Russia	84
4	Istvan	Kerekes	Hungary	77
5	DIANA	CHAN	Hong Kong	72
6	Aleksandar	Tomulic	Croatia	71
7	Vincenzo	Di Panfilo	Italy	70
8	ajar	setiadi	Indonesia	70
9	Jovana	Kuzmanovic	Serbia	68
10	Bogdan	Negoita	Romania	67
11	Ivan	Stojanovic	Serbia	59
12	Zeka Slavisa	Stankovic	Serbia	59
13	Dragoslav	Mirković	Serbia	55
14	BARUN	DEY	India	52
15	Pera	Nikolic	Serbia	51
16	Jos	BARTHOLMe	Luxembourg	50
17	Minja	Jovetic	Serbia	48
18	RYSZARD	LOMNICKI	Ireland	46
19	Mohammed	Muhtasib	Saudi Arabia	46
20	Zhong An	Yu	China	43
21	PETROS	ZERVOS	Greece	39
22	THEOTOKIS	FLEMOTOMOS	Greece	38
23	Stefan	Stuppnig	Austria	38
24	Ernoe	Dr. Barsi	Hungary	38
25	LUC	MAIRESSE	Belgium	37
26	Milan	Gabaric	Serbia	36
27	Gottfried	Catania	Malta	36
28	Mahendra Putra	Lim	Indonesia	35
29	Michal	Nega	Czech Republic	35
30	Atle	Helland	Norway	33
31	Metin	Gonen	Türkiye	33
32	Thanasis	Hadjipavlou	Cyprus	33
33	Anatolie	Poiata	Moldova	32
34	Niklaus	Fringeli	Switzerland	31
35	Manfred	kluger	Germany	31
36	Marcel	Van Balken	Netherlands	31
37	Sara	GABRIELS	Belgium	28
38	DAVID	WHEELER	United Kingdom	28
39	NGUYEN	AN DI	Vietnam	27
40	Gordon	Norris	United Kingdom	27
41	Biljana	Latinovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27
42	Borislav	Blagojevic	Serbia	26
43	Mirza	Cengic	North Macedonia	25
44	VAN NHI	DUONG	Vietnam	25
45	Sebastian	Kuczynski	Poland	25
46	KLEA	KYPRIANOU	Cyprus	25
47	Edo	Iglic	Serbia	25
48	Jure	Kravanja	Slovenia	24
49	Nasser	Al Maskari	Oman	24
50	LING JYI	CHAO	Taiwan	24

Top 10 Organizers

Highest average participants per salon in 2025.

#	Organization	Country	Avg. Participants
1	PC Olcinium	Montenegro	236.6
2	PC Simanovci	Serbia	152.2
3	PhotoMAG	Bosnia and Herzegovina	135.0
4	PC Infinity	Bosnia and Herzegovina	107.0
5	Safari Shutter Club	Tanzania	81.5

Supreme Eyes of Photography

Top 10 jury members — most FPO-patronized salons judged in 2025.

#	First Name	Last Name	Country	Salons Judged
1	Biljana	Latinovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12
2	Oliver	Vukmirovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9
3	Slobodan	Cavic	Serbia	8
4	Radojko	Zivadinovic	Switzerland	6
5	Aleksandar	Tomovski	North Macedonia	5
6	Marko	Rakovic	Serbia	4
7	Emilija	Bastajic	Serbia	4
8	Dragoslav	Mirkovic	Serbia	4
9	Ivan	Stojanovic	Serbia	4
10	Aleksandar	Tomulic	Croatia	4