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).

#	First Name	Last Name	Country	Accepted
1	Istvan	Kerekes	Hungary	174
2	Joxe Inazio	Kuesta Garmendia	Spain	168
3	Jos	BARTHOLMe	Luxembourg	130
4	John	McNairn	United Kingdom	118
5	DAVID	WHEELER	England	109
6	Matthias	Haug	Germany	99
7	LUC	MAIRESSE	Belgium	96
8	Despina	Anastasis	Cyprus	96
9	Aleksandr	Zamyatin	Russia	95
10	Gerd	Hannemann	Germany	87
11	Mirza	Cengic	North Macedonia	85
12	Carlos	Cabral	Portugal	85
13	Romain	Clement	Luxembourg	84
14	Michal	Zidek	Czech Republic	82
15	Maurizio	Trifilidis	Italy	82
16	Yuliyan	Ivanov	Bulgaria	81
17	luc	wabbes	Belgium	80
18	Manfred	kluger	Germany	77
19	Irina	Markova	Kazakhstan	76
20	SERPIL	EROGLU	United Kingdom	76
21	Peter	Jackson	United Kingdom	76
22	Mariam	Hassan	Qatar	76
23	Biljana	Latinovic	Serbia	74
24	filiz	koprulu	Türkiye	74
25	Gottfried	Catania	Malta	74
26	Mohammed	Muhtasib	Saudi Arabia	73
27	Marcel	Van Balken	Netherlands	71
28	Josef	Hinterleitner	Austria	67
29	Pera	Nikolic	Serbia	67
30	Sharon	Prenton Jones	Wales	65
31	Robert	Prenton Jones	Wales	65
32	Urs	Albrecht	Switzerland	63
33	Kostas	Chalkiadakis	Greece	62
34	JOHANN	SCHRITTWIESER	Austria	62
35	Ilgar	Jafarov	Azerbaijan	60
36	Jovana	Kuzmanovic	Serbia	60
37	Marko	Rakovic	Serbia	60
38	HAI	VU	Vietnam	60
39	Michael	Strapec	Ireland	59
40	Edo	Iglic	Serbia	55
41	YUSUF	TATLITURK	Türkiye	54
42	JOYDEEP	DEB	India	53
43	Charles	Ashton	United Kingdom	53
44	MARIE-LAURE	STONE	England	52
45	van phuong	pham	Vietnam	52
46	Dragoslav	Mirković	Serbia	52
47	Barbara	Schmidt	Germany	51
48	Luis Alberto	Franke	Argentina	51
49	David	Laronde	Canada	50
50	Anitha	Mysore	India	49
51	Aleksey	Puchkovskiy	Russia	49
52	Slobodan	Cavic	Serbia	49
53	Joe	Aichner	Germany	49
54	Daniel	LYBAERT	Netherlands	48
55	jennifer. margaret	webster	England	48
56	Alfons	Casale Turu	Spain	48
57	Saurabh	Bhattacharyya	India	47
58	Oxana	Zavyalova	Kazakhstan	47
59	Grzegorz	Lewandowski	Poland	46
60	Metin	Gonen	Türkiye	46
61	Hasan Hulki	Muradi	Türkiye	46
62	ALAIN	MORATA	France	46
63	Massimo	Cavalletti	Italy	45
64	ALEXANDER	HOCHHAUS	Germany	45
65	Frank	Callens	Belgium	44
66	RUCSANDRA	CALIN	Romania	44
67	Mark	dHanens	Belgium	44
68	Sasa	Blagojevic	Serbia	44
69	JR	Schnelzer	USA	43
70	AMAL	ALAMEER	Saudi Arabia	43
71	Ivo	Yordanov	Bulgaria	43
72	Ernoe	Dr. Barsi	Hungary	42
73	Andy	Polakowski	Wales	42
74	ozgur	secmen	Türkiye	41
75	Birol	Karaibis	Türkiye	41
76	Luboš	Švárny	Czech Republic	41
77	HELEN	HANAFIN	Ireland	41
78	Elzbieta	Wenda	Poland	40
79	PHILLIP	Kwan	Canada	40
80	Elina	Garipova	Russia	40
81	LEVENT	YUCETIN	Türkiye	39
82	Aleksandr	Chazov	Russia	39
83	Milos	Karaklic	Serbia	39
84	Chun Woo	Lee	South Korea	38
85	Nasser	Al Maskari	Oman	38
86	Jan	Hammerstad	Denmark	37
87	Mohammad Ali	Salim	USA	36
88	PRAMOD GOVIND	SHANBHAG	India	36
89	Emanuele	Fusco	Italy	36
90	Maxwell	Knowles	United Kingdom	36
91	Pietro	Rocchiccioli	England	34
92	KHANG	DUONG DUY	Vietnam	34
93	SATHYANARAYANA	C R	India	34
94	NIKOLAI	BABAIANTS	Russia	34
95	HAMZA	EROL	Türkiye	34
96	Niklaus	Fringeli	Switzerland	33
97	Ahmad	Khamis	Kuwait	33
98	Sasa	Blagojevic	Serbia	32
99	Katerina	Bohuslavkova	Czech Republic	32
100	David	Somali Chow	Indonesia	32

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 2026.

#	First Name	Last Name	Country	Red Pins
1	Josef	Hinterleitner	Austria	2
2	Marcel	Van Balken	Netherlands	2
3	Maurizio	Trifilidis	Italy	1
4	Istvan	Kerekes	Hungary	1
5	Aleksandr	Zamyatin	Russia	1

The Golden 50

Top 50 — most awarded photographs in 2026.

#	First Name	Last Name	Country	Awards
1	Istvan	Kerekes	Hungary	51
2	Joxe Inazio	Kuesta Garmendia	Spain	40
3	Jos	BARTHOLMe	Luxembourg	29
4	John	McNairn	United Kingdom	28
5	Matthias	Haug	Germany	24
6	LUC	MAIRESSE	Belgium	22
7	Aleksandr	Zamyatin	Russia	21
8	Maurizio	Trifilidis	Italy	21
9	Yuliyan	Ivanov	Bulgaria	19
10	HAI	VU	Vietnam	18
11	DAVID	WHEELER	England	18
12	luc	wabbes	Belgium	17
13	Mariam	Hassan	Qatar	17
14	Marcel	Van Balken	Netherlands	17
15	Romain	Clement	Luxembourg	16
16	Mohammed	Muhtasib	Saudi Arabia	16
17	Josef	Hinterleitner	Austria	14
18	Manfred	kluger	Germany	14
19	Irina	Markova	Kazakhstan	14
20	Gerd	Hannemann	Germany	13
21	Despina	Anastasis	Cyprus	13
22	Slobodan	Cavic	Serbia	12
23	Grzegorz	Lewandowski	Poland	12
24	Sharon	Prenton Jones	Wales	12
25	SERPIL	EROGLU	Türkiye	12
26	YUSUF	TATLITURK	Türkiye	12
27	Metin	Gonen	Türkiye	12
28	Michael	Strapec	Ireland	12
29	Marko	Rakovic	Serbia	11
30	Pera	Nikolic	Serbia	11
31	Peter	Jackson	United Kingdom	11
32	Elina	Garipova	Russia	11
33	Michal	Zidek	Czech Republic	11
34	Birol	Karaibis	Türkiye	11
35	Aleksey	Puchkovskiy	Russia	10
36	Mirza	Cengic	North Macedonia	10
37	JR	Schnelzer	USA	10
38	Biljana	Latinovic	Serbia	9
39	Barbara	Schmidt	Germany	9
40	Carlos	Cabral	Portugal	9
41	Oxana	Zavyalova	Kazakhstan	9
42	PHILLIP	Kwan	Canada	9
43	NIKOLAI	BABAIANTS	Russia	9
44	Dragoslav	Mirković	Serbia	9
45	David	Laronde	Canada	9
46	Gottfried	Catania	Malta	8
47	Kostas	Chalkiadakis	Greece	8
48	AMAL	ALAMEER	Saudi Arabia	8
49	Elzbieta	Wenda	Poland	8
50	Niklaus	Fringeli	Switzerland	8

Top 10 Organizers

Highest average participants per salon in 2026.

#	Organization	Country	Avg. Participants
1	PC Olcinium	Montenegro	236.6
2	PC Simanovci	Serbia	207.7

Supreme Eyes of Photography

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

#	First Name	Last Name	Country	Salons Judged
1	Oliver	Vukmirovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14
2	Slobodan	Cavic	Serbia	8
3	Dimitar	Risteski	North Macedonia	6
4	Dragoslav	Mirkovic	Serbia	6
5	Mirsad	Mujanovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4
6	Aleksandar	Tomovski	North Macedonia	4
7	Vladimir	Jovanovski	North Macedonia	4
8	Nenad	Martic	Croatia	3
9	Marjan	Janevski	North Macedonia	2
10	Sladjana	Pantelic	Serbia	2