Works for the industry, not for itself

Suppliers and consumers on equal footing

Activities include annual trade show, monthly workshops, contests, book projects, photo tours

THE FEDERATION OF Philippine Photographers Foundation (FPPF) was created in 1987 for the upliftment of Philippine photography and the welfare of Filipino photographers.
      It is a non-stock, non-profit organization that encourages cooperation rather than competition among fractious photography associations—of which the Philippines has more than enough.
      By providing the right leadership, the FPPF has been received by the industry as a unifying organization around which it could rally, with which it could work, and from which it could all benefit. And all we mean everybody—not just any particular segment of the industry.
      The FPPF has the support of both the seller and the buyer—the manufacturers and dealers on one hand, and the photographers on the other. It has channeled this support into such activities as national and international trade shows and conventions, photo contests, book projects, tourism and travel events, even socially relevant projects like aiding the plight of senior citizens, the handicapped, and the lahar victims of Mt. Pinatubo.
      In all, the FPPF has justified its existence by helping photographers and the industry break out of its photographic shell and go into more relevant endeavors that benefit not just themselves but society as a whole.