Master Qualified European Photographer – MQEP
fra FEPs definition af en MQEP:
The Master Qualified European Photographer (MQEP) Certificate is reserved for the more accomplished QEP holders. To date approximately 80 Top European Photographers have received a Masters distinction for their supreme quality.
To reach MQEP level the photograper must demonstrate flawless technical skills as well as strong vision. Unlike QEP, the MQEP does not need a category or a field of specialization. An MQEP panel requires 20 images, candidates can also send some supporting evidence, such as books, videos, albums etc. with the panel. Like QEP, the application process is online but the judging, again is of the actual image during a judging session.
Mit MQEP panel – fremstillet på glas – er en del af samlingen på “Museet for Fotokunst”, det nuværende BRANDTS KUNSTMUSEUM i Odense. Bidraget kan ses her.
Læs min medfølgende “artist statement” nedenfor panelet.
(og nej det er ikke familie…)
dff/Supreme Qualified Master Photographer, dff [SQM]
Titlen “dff/Supreme Qualified Master Photographer, dff [SQM]” tildeles i anerkendelse af fremragende, kreativt og teknisk perfekt arbejde indenfor et valgt speciale. Arbejdet skal være individuelt og udtrykke en særlig personlig stil, ligesom tilgangen til emnet forventes præget af originalitet.
Det er essentielt, at præsentationen har en meget høj standard og understøtter værkerne.
En fotograf med titlen “dff/Supreme Qualified Master Photographer, dff [SQM]” behersker fotografiet på et særdeles højt niveau.
Det vil være vanskeligt at nå niveauet som kræves for at erhverve titlen “dff/Supreme Qualified Master Photographer, dff [SQM]”.
En fotograf med titlen “dff/Supreme Qualified Master Photographer, dff [SQM]” er spydspids i kvalifikationssystemet, og forventes at yde en væsentlig aktiv indsats i bedømmelsesarbejdet for de øvrige grader og ikke mindst som mentor for aspiranter.
Mit sqm>dff-photo.dk panel blev fremstillet på plexiglas og er fortsat i min besidelse.
“Rhapsody in Red”
Begge paneler blev præsenteret i 2 rækker af 10 billeder. Klik på et billede for at se det større – og bladre gennem billederne.
“Rhapsody in Red”
(artist statement – afleveret med til bedømmelse af dette panel)
What is might be something else!
As photographers we have a choice — we chose what we want to see and how we want to see “the world”.
We create our own world — we create our vision.
This “Rhapsody in Red” is my latest attempt to joumey in a world of photographic fantasy.
I have attempted to provide visual and emotional insight into my own world of photographic fantasy and expressive art through this wonderful medium we spend our lives attempting to master.
Photography is a way of capturing reality and of creating an image, or is it?
Is anything objective, or is it all about how we choose to see. How we capture and present?
The play with reality is a concept I have attempted to work with in many forms over the years.
Shadows become objects that in turn are given their Own life form.
The keyhole is an entrance to a different world.
The flower may not be a flower after all but a series of organic shapes.
Reality may just be what blocks the rays of light as we chose to see it.
This rhapsody has become a journey — a journey around the world of light, form, shadow, colour and expression.
A fantasy…