1st place in Send Off/Departure
The WPJA contest judges presented Chris Purdum, 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.
2007 BRIDES Magazine Judges
Judges
- This is a really nice scene, the panoply of umbrellas serving to frame the bride, whose face is the only one seen in the picture. It would have benefited from a more dramatic crop, either just under the hand of the woman in the foreground, or even more drastically just under the bride's feet (either crop would have eliminated some unnecessary distractions, focused even more on the bride and employed a more severe shape to emphasize the movement within the photo). Love the angle, color and graphicness of this image. Such a happy photograph of the bride being followed by her clan, with all connected by simple, white umbrellas. Looks like a modern day version of an Impressionist painting.
The best and top wedding photographs from this category
WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.
Wedding photographer Chris Purdum, was awarded 1st place for photo 55836 in the Send Off/Departure category for the WPJA's 2007 BRIDES Magazine.