The Association of Photographers of Georgia (APG) is a non-governmental organization, founded on November 2008 and dedicated to promoting both professional and amateur photography sphere in Georgia. APG is a membership-based organization.


Our goals:

• The goal of the Association is to support the development of the sphere of professional and amateur photography in Georgia, to elaborate the development strategy of photography as the sphere of art and carry it out in practice.
• The challenges of the Association are as follows:
• Studying the existing state of photography as one of the spheres of art in Georgia, methodical research of the on-going processes and tendencies, working out the methodology, elaboration and implementation of innovative strategies;
• Planning and implementing the activities fostering the development of photography;
• Encouraging popularization of photography among the teenagers and youth;
• Forming the theoretical and practical base necessary for amateur photographers;
• Creating special internet portals for specializing amateur photographers, acquainting the society with their works by means of virtual galleries, providing creative relations with foreign colleagues and establishing business contacts; 
• Forming the information base in order to participate in international photographic competitions for amateur photographers;
• Integration of Georgian photography into different foreign creative unions;
• Studying the market of the photo-service centers in Georgia, encouraging the accomplishment of the spheres of service and giving recommendations;
• Publishing periodicals connected to photography;
• Organization of contests, exhibitions, festivals both in Georgia and outside its borders;
• Studying the current state of reserving copyright in the mentioned sphere and giving recommendations;
• Studying the existed base of the internet portals in the said sphere, as well as analyzing the state of protection user rights by these portals, and giving recommendations;
• Supporting coordination of the active commercial and non-commercial organizations in the mentioned sphere;
• Elaborating and introducing complex preventive and informational measures against abusing and violating the rights of photographers in their creative process;  
• Working out the Code of Ethics of the Association and supervising its fulfillment.

 

APG as a non-commercial juridical organization does not take any order on photo service and does not spread it among its members.
The most important principle of creating the APG web date is a client connects with photographers directly and chooses an APG member photographer himself to do an order without and payment to APG.


APG's address: Tbilisi, 0186. Vazha-Pshavela avenue, 3 block, 27a building, app 12.

Tbilisi. Kazneghi avenue 3a

Tell: (+995) 599028530; (+995) 591 143185; (+995) 591 143175
E-mail: photographers.ge@gmail.com