2021: FEP European Photo Book of the Year Award 2020

for '3x3x3'
First prize in the category "Nude photography books".

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2011: FEP European Photo Book of the Year Award 2010

for 'A Pocketful of Nudes'
First prize in the category "Nude photography books".
Pascal was awarded during the second European Congress of Professional Photography, Lyon, France, 2011

Het Nieuwsblad, Belgian newspaper, 2011-02-16

Le Vif, Belgian newspaper, 2011-02-16

Het Nieuwsblad, Belgian newspaper, 2011-02-17

Gazet van Antwerpen, Belgian newspaper, 2011-02-18

Het Belang van Limburg, Belgian newspaper, 2011-02-19

De Standaard, Belgian newspaper, 2011-02-23

De Streekkrant, local Belgian newspaper, 2011-03-02

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2008: Master QEP

Master Qualified European Photographer (MQEP) is Europe’s highest distinction and reserved for those who have held a QEP for at least a year. With the 4 new Master QEP’s in 2010 there are now only 28 who hold this hard-to-achieve distinction. “The Master QEP’s are virtually the best in their field”, says FEP CEO Giuseppe Scozzi “The Master QEP is all about impact and perfection”

Pascal was awarded  Master QEP by Luc Peeters, President of the FEP (Federation of European Professional Photographers) and Jack Rednizky, President of the PPA (Professional Photographers of America) during the first European Congress of Professional Photography, Valencia, 2008.

Pascal with Luc Peeters (President FEP, left) and Jack Rednizky (President PPA, right); photo Johan Brouwers - FEP

Pascal with Luc Peeters (President FEP, left) and Jack Rednizky (President PPA, right); photo Johan Brouwers - FEP

Pascal with Luc Peeters (President FEP, left) and Jack Rednizky (President PPA, right); photo Johan Brouwers - FEP

Pascal with colleague MQEP winners Belen Caballero (Spain) and Neil Warner (Ireland); photo Johan Brouwers - FEP

Jack Rednizky (President PPA), Mary Guillen Jimenez (Spain), Manuel Carpio Lopez (Spain), Belen Caballero (Spain), Pascal Baetens (Belgium), Neil Warner (Ireland), Luc Peeters (President FEP); photo Johan Brouwers - FEP

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2008: Orvieto Photo Book Prize - Primo premio libro d'arte - Orvieto Fotografia 2008

At the 9th Orvieto Fotografia congress, Pascal's book "Nude Photography, the Art and the Craft", published by Dorling-Kindersley in London, received the "First Prize" in the category "Art Books".
'Il nudo non è mai banale. Anche se sappiamo come sono fatti i nostri corpi non li conosciamo mai definitivamente. L'autore descrive in maniera elegante e smplice quale attenta preparazione necessiti la fotografia del nudo e come, in modo molto discreto, ci si comporti dietro l'obiettivo." 

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2006: QEP nude photography 

Qualified European Photographer (QEP) is a high European distinction awarded amongst the 50.000 photographers in the Federation of European Professional Photographers (FEP)'s member organizations from 20 countries. Today approximately 350 photographers have received this prestigious distinction in various specializations such as wedding, portrait, reportage, commercial, illustrative etc.

“Achieving a QEP is a sign of excellence and sets you apart from your competition”, says FEP President Neil Warner “it is in itself a hard and well sought after recognition of quality in a photographer’s work – a sign of dedication to your work.”