FIAP Gold Medal and 11 Acceptances in 20th Chhayapath Internation Salon 2019, Calcutta, India

My article about Drone Photography, part B in November PSA Journal, page 34.

Chairing the GPU Governing Board Meeting in Majorca, Spain

Article about Drone Photography, part A in October 2019 PSA Journal, page 11.

Interview in Turkish Airlines “Skylife” magazine about the Skylife International Photographic Contest I was member of the jury!!!

Member of the jury at TOSCANY PHOTO AWARD EXHIBITION 2019!!!

Member of the exhibition “Ethnographic Documents” in Museum Ethnographic of Moldova

5th GPU Photo festival 2019 Openning ceremony. Mr Manolis Metzakis, GPU president, gave a welcome speech to the participants.

Hononary Distinction, Hon CPE from Campina Photographic Society in Romania

Exhibition of Photography in Fotograd Negova of Slovenia!!! Thank youStefi P. Borko, Ivo Borko and the committe of the Fotograd for the invitation to exhibit my works!!!

Presenting GPU, as its President, with secretary general Marija Milovanovic Maksimovic and our representative in Bosnia and HerzegovinaImrana kapetanovic at GPU donation exhibition at Djeciji Dom Bjelave (Children’s home Bjelave) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina!ME BJELAVE) IN SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA!

Visiting Delta Danube, the beauty of nature!!!

Thanks to Mr. Mircea Angel, Mr. Adrian Trica and their photo club ” Mihai Dan Calinescu from Craiova, Romania for the honor to award me with the title :Membru De Onoare”!!!It is a big honor to be a Member of Honor of this historic club!!!

Awarded with the Honor title of ASIA PHOTOGRAPHERS UNION, FELLOW of Asia Photographers Union (FABU)!!!

Awarded with the highest honor title of Campina Photographic Exhibitions Society – HONORARY – HON.CPE, for the excellent promotion of photographic art worldwide!!!

Member of the jury in the Oman 2nd Intl Photography Circuit 2018

Member of the jury at the French Digital Tour 2018!

A Hononary Award from SIGMA ACADEMY OF PHOTOGRAPHY INDIA. A certificate with the highest award of the Academy, “HONORARY FELLOWSHIP” .

Invitation from the university of Craiva, Romania for a lecture and one workshop in “PORTRAIT”!!!

Presentation in Denizli, Turkey during the 2nd DEFSAD 2018 photographic days

Exhibition of Photography with the title “Photo Aspects” in Cluj-Napoca of Romania, 7-23 May 2018. Opening Ceremony 7 May 2018 at Foaierul Bibliotecii Judetene “Octavian Goga”

Manolis Metzakis was awarded with international distinctions from the Association of Photographic Artists Singapore and Photovivo. The titles are:  Hon. FPVS (Honorary Fellow of PhotoVivo Singapore) and FAPAS (Fellow os Assocoation of Photographic Artists Singapore)

Salon  Honorable Mention and 5 acceptances in the 2nd ONYX 2018

Salon ICS Honorable Mention and 10 acceptances in the 2nd RAINBOW 2018

Exhibition of photography of Manolis Metzakis in Athens, Greece with photos from the movie of Yiannis Smaragdis “Nikos Kazantzakis”