6th place in Getting Ready

Wedding photographer Justine Ungaro, was awarded 6th place for photo 52056 in the Getting Ready category for the WPJA's 2006 Summer.

The WPJA contest judges presented Justine Ungaro, a wedding photographer, with this Master Piece Award as recognition for top wedding photojournalism in the industry.

The leading documentary wedding photographers in the world enter their best photos to the Wedding Photojournalist Association's photography competitions. They want their wedding reportage photographs to be evaluated and selected by some of the most notable and respected working picture editors and photojournalists in the news industry (these are not wedding photographers or other WPJA members judging their work). Winning these competitions is a true accomplishment for a wedding photographer.

2006 Summer Judges

Judges

  • My lips pucker up everytime I look at this photograph! And then I smile. One of the beauties of photography is it's ability to capture fleeting moments that might ordinarilly go unnoticed. Those fleeting moments are critical when taking a documentary approach to wedding photography. I love this moment. And I love the people in the picture. The photograph reminds me of what a Norman Rockwell painting of people getting ready for a wedding might look like. The horizontal and vertical lines in the background are somewhat distracting, but the moment and the expressions easily overcome that.

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