The Cultural Association “ACCADEMIA SULMONESE DI FOTOGRAFIA” (ASF), founded on February 15, 2020 with headquarters in SULMONA, is a cultural association that has among its statutory purposes the promotion of photographic art through research, study and training activities, workshops, the organization of photographic exhibitions, conferences.Among the main and most important initiatives carried out we include:- In 2020, during the Covid pandemic, the ASF promoted the photographic competition “Contest Covid 19” reserved for photography enthusiasts confined to their homes for the look-down. The Competition had considerable success in participation and, given its high social value, also highly appreciated nationally and internationally.- In the years 2022 - 2023 - 2024 the ASF created the "OVIDIAN AWARD for Visual Arts", a competition in which national and international artists participated on themes inspired by the works of the Latin elegiac poet Publius Ovidius Naso, whose universal literary figure is celebrated. The winners, in addition to the exhibition of their works for 4 months, also took part in photographic workshops set in the historic center of Sulmona and in the suggestive and characteristic villages of the area.- The ASF, in these few years, has collaborated with other Cultural Associations by creating Photographic Exhibitions as part of their own projects aimed at promoting the history, characters, customs, and environment of Sulmona and its surroundings.The FIAP "Sulmona" Exhibition Center is made up of administrative rooms, also suitable for small exhibitions, which are located in a 16th century building located in the historic center of Sulmona within the "Casa delle Culture". Three exhibition halls of various sizes suitable for events of international importance and where the selected works and the winning ones of the Ovidio Prize Competition have been exhibited so far, are instead located in the nearby fifteenth-century Palazzo della SS. Annunziata, now home to the Civic Museum and the Auditorium.The inauguration of the FIAP “Sulmona” Exhibition Center took place on April 18, 2025 in the presence of the FIAP President Riccardo Busi, the Vice-President Joan Burges Martisella, the Treasurer Herbert Gmeiner, the Head of Exhibition Centers Romain Nero, the Councilor Albert Frank. Also present were the Director of Cultural Services of the Municipality of Sulmona, the Commander of the Municipal Police, the Commander of the Carabinieri, the Bishop of the Diocese, the President of the CarispAq Foundation.