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ARTIST DISTINCTION
A.CPE

Roberto Soares-Gomes

Country: Brazil 

Everyone knows how our first conquests are indelibly marked in our memory: the first bicycle, the first kiss, the first love...
Thus, I could not fail to be very well and lovingly registered my first title of Artist, received from your CPE.
Currently, I am still in the position of President of Fotoclube Rio Fotográfico, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, due to the impossibility of holding the elections provided by Statute for a new board of Directors.
I was Counselor and Color Director of the Brazilian Association of Photographic Art, co-founder of ART-SETTE and FOTOCONFRARIA, entities that study and disseminate Photography. Owner of the extinct IN - IMAGE NATION, an image bank. Curator of exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Niterói, FNAC/Barra Galery and Light Cultural Center.

I am Coordinator of the Open Calls of the “PARATY EM FOCO” INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY and I was a free-lancer photographer of the extinct Manchete Magazine.
I was elected by Popular Photography and Imaging Magazine, "Photographer of the Year in the USA", in 2006. Published in more than 65 international magazines and newspapers, I participated in more than 160 photographic art exhibitions in 50 countries, accounting for 2 FIAP and 1 MOL BADGES, 3x Best Author, 13 FIAP Gold Medals, 5 FIAP Silver Medals, 2 FIAP Bronze Medals, 29 PSA Gold Medals, 1 PSA Silver Medal, 1 PSA Bronze Medal, 79 Salon Gold Medals, 45 Salon Silver Medals, 30 Salon Bronze Medals, 190 Honorable Mentions, 45 Diplomas, 14 Merit Awards, 12 Jury Prizes, Hahnemühle Anniversary Contest Grand Prize, 3rd Place in the Architecture Category 1st SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS CANNES, 1st place in Leica-Fotografe Melhor-Consigo, 2 Gold Medals in Mazda Calendar Photo Contest, 4 photos selected for Nikon Corporation Calendars, 1st place in Concours Amateurs from PHOTO French magazine, 1st place in Momen Contest Unforgettable Volkswagen and many others.
4944 Acceptances in photo contests (3 years of participation).
Last year, I reached the 14th position in the PSA PID-Monochrome category, according to it’s Who's Who in Photography 2019 Magazine.
I have been waiting for the FIAP membership card (paid) for almost two years, however, without receiving it, which made me lose interest in continuing to participate in international photo contests.
So this A-CPE title is a new boost for me!