Associazione Autori di Immagini Annual 2025

A few days ago, at the Annual 2025 Awards celebration in Bologna, I was deeply honoured upon receiving a totally unexpectedly award, but not for my artwork; it came with this dedication: ‘For his tireless commitment to AI* and for the passion that has made him a point of reference in our battle to defend copyright.’
*AI refers of course to Italy’s Autori di Immagini association.
While I appreciate such award to the utmost, I must say that it also reflects the core mission and fundamental reason of existence of our association and all those united under the European Illustrators Forum (EIF).
This work is of even greater significance nowadays, when a new sort of AI poses an existential challenge to our beautiful profession and to those of authors in other sectors of human creativity.
So this is a heart-felt thank you to all AI Board and Annual 2025 jury members.

Last, but not least, AI (the good one!) manages an FB group called ‘Autori di immagini, diritti e doveri’, ‘Authors of images, rights and duties’ which deals exclusively with professional issues; it includes more than 5000 illustrators, designers and other professionals related or interested in the field, lawyers, publishers and other experts.