SWPP & BPPA

Overview:

Profession(s): Photography
Member Type(s): Professional Photographers
Scope: International
Formed: 1988
Members: 3,500
Address: 6 Bath Street, Rhyl, Denbighshire, LL18 3EB, UK
Phone: 01745 356935
Email: info@swpp.co.uk
Website: www.swpp.co.uk

Description:

The SWPP & BPPA currently represents photographers who specialize in the following areas of expertise:

Freelance, Photojournalists, Weddings, Portraits, Children, Animal, Equestrian, Digital, Commercial, Fashion & Glamour, Landscape, Nature Sport, Medical, Scientific, Press, PR, Architectural, Industrial, Forensic, Natural History, Research, amongst others.

Mission/Aims:

The aims of the SWPP & BPPA are to encourage high professional standards and ethics in photography by providing continued training programmes that will benefit the experienced professional along with the newcomer to the business. Through itís publications it encourages the development and discussion about all aspects of the business of photography and promotes the interests of photographers.

To provide a focussed assessment of photographic and allied products, which are of specific interest to those who earn money from their photography and to provide essential information on radical changes in photographic capture, manipulation and output.

To encourage newcomers to the profession by providing support and ongoing print assessments, qualifications and competitions, in order to encourage and inspire them to achieve their ultimate goals.

The organisation prides itself on cultivating friendship and understanding among photographers from all corners of the globe by having alliances with other International based Associations.

Principal Activities:

Training
Magazine
Qualifications

Training/Licensing/Certification:

Licentiate
Associate
Fellow
Craftsman