The handing of the always very important (and gorgeous) EISA Awards has place during the EISA Awards Gala that takes place every year at the beginning of the IFA fair, in Berlin. This year the venue will be the Axica Conference center, near the Brandenburg Gate, at the beginning of the evening of the 1st September.

EISA is the unique association of special interest magazines from 19 European countries. Internationally known for the European EISA Awards, EISA started in 1982 when the editors-in-chief from five European photo magazines came together to select «The Camera of the Year» for the first time. They had no idea that out of this meeting EISA – the European Imaging and Sound Association – would emerge some years later. This historic moment took place in 1989 after another 10 photo magazines had joined the group in the meanwhile.   More detail...