The FIAP Biennials are competitions between the representative FIAP affiliated photographic organisations from countries around the world. Each country selects images from photographers within it’s organisation’s membership to represent their country. Images in the competition itself are awarded points and the full set of images from that country are also awarded points for cohesion, as each country must enter a themed set of images. There are awards and placings for the most successful countries, and individual awards are also made for specific images. Those people, whose work is chosen to represent their country in this inter country competition, can count their selected image towards their APS honours. If the image then goes on to achieve a score of at least 8 when judged in the Biennial itself, it can also be counted on FIAP Distinctions applications.
A theme will be set for the Australian entry for each Biennial and advertised to APS members via E-News. APS members are encouraged to submit images, fitting the chosen theme, for possible selection at the applicable time. Entry is free and printing of the photos and postage of photos selected by the APS for print sections is done by the APS. Submission details and forms will be available for download below as they become available. For any queries concerning the Biennials, please contact the relevant Coordinator shown below.
As the name implies, each Biennial is held every second year, alternating years.
Even years
Black and White Biennial (Print Section Only)
Nature Biennial (Print Section and Projected Image Section)
Odd years
Colour Biennial (Print Section and Projected Image Section)
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Colour Biennial – Print and Digital 2027
This Biennial will next run in 2027.
Coordinator: Wade Buchan EFIAP/g PFIAP APSEM EPSA BPSA
DETAILS COMING SOON!!
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Nature Biennial 2026 – Print and Digital - RESULTS
Coordinator: Baul Balfe EFIAP MAPS
Email: Paul Balfe EFIAP MAPS
The results have arrived and Australia has done very well placing 4th in the print section and 10th in the digital section. Here is the document containing the overall results worldwide:
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FIAP Nature Biennial Overall Results 2026(644 KB)
The two themes for the APS entry were:
- Disputes in Nature (Colour): The images will show a nature story in which two or more animals are engaged in some form of dispute. This could be a hunter/prey situation, territorial or mating rights, or inter-species conflicts.
- Nature’s Newborns (Colour): The images will show a nature story in which a one or more newborn or juvenile animals are prominent.
A gallery of the photos that were selected to be part of the team entry will soon be available in the FIAP Biennial Galleries page (see link in menu to the left)
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Black and White Biennial - Prints 2028
APS will next participate in this Biennial in 2028.
Coordinator: TBA