10th place in Getting Ready

Women get ready together in front of mirrors before the ceremony in this wedding photo composed by a Rome photographer.

Wedding photographer Alessandro Avenali, was awarded 10th place for photo 1882956 in the Getting Ready category for the WPJA's 2016 Q2 Photography Contest .

The WPJA contest judges presented Alessandro Avenali, a Roma, Italy 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.

2016 Q2 Photography Contest Judges

Judges

  • There’s a lot to look at in this image and helps to hold my attention. The color palette is beautiful with the blues and yellows separated down the center yet also repeating, as in the curling iron. But what really makes it for me is the portrait of the older woman peering in and watching.

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