2006 Winter Contest
Results from the 2006 Winter Contest Wedding Photojournalism Contest
The WPJA wishes to extend our congratulations to all our members who had award winning entries in this contest, as well as the work of the contest judges and support of our contest sponsors.
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Award Winning Photographers from this Contest
- Aaron Willcox, California (Southern)
- Adam Welch, Colorado
- Amanda Tung, California (Northern)
- Amy Prutch, Washington
- Andre Maier, New York (City/Metro)
- Andrey Mikityuk, Nebraska
- Angela Stott, North Carolina
- Anna Kuperberg, California (Northern)
- Anne Ruthmann, Massachusetts
- Armando Solares, Florida
- Ashley Garmon, Texas (Central)
- Barbara Kyne, Pennsylvania
- Barbara Warren, Pennsylvania
- Barbara Perotti Casagrande, Italy
- Bartosz Jastal, Poland
- Ben Chrisman, California (Northern)
- Beth Keiser, New York (City/Metro)
- Bill Mccullough, Texas (Central)
- Bill Getty, Maine
- Bill Holland, Virginia
- Bill Morgan, Ohio
- Bill Wang, New York (City/Metro)
- Bobbi Sheridan, Indiana
- Bradley Hanson, Washington
- Brady Dillsworth, New York (Upstate)
- Brent Calkins, Illinois
- Brett Carlson, Illinois
- Brian Walski, Colorado
- Brian Phillips, Massachusetts
- Brian Tsai, Washington
- Britney Gardner, California (Southern)
- Britta Trygstad, North Dakota
- Brooke Hendricks, Washington
- Brooke Lagstein, New Jersey
- Brooks Whittington, Texas (Northern)
- Bruce Benson, Canada
- Cameron Gillie, Wisconsin
- Carl Costas, California (Northern)
- Charlotte Geary, Virginia
- China Jorrin, New York (Upstate)
- Chris Parker, Michigan
- Chris Moseley, Texas (Northern)
- Christine Rucker, North Carolina
- Christopher Prinos, Massachusetts
- Christopher Gendron, Washington
- Chuck Fishman, New York (City/Metro)
- CK Hwang, California (Southern)
- Connie Miller, Massachusetts
- Cooper Carras, California (Northern)
- Corey McNabb, North Carolina
- Craig Mitchelldyer, Oregon
- Daniel Sheehan, Washington
- Daniele Del Castillo, Italy
- Danny Iskandar, Indiana
- Darcy Padilla, California (Northern)
- Daria Bishop, Vermont
- Dave Arntson, North Dakota
- Dave Robbins, New York (City/Metro)
- David Lau, New Jersey
- David Crane, California (Southern)
- David Bernstein, Ohio
- David Agnello, Wyoming
- David Wegwart, Colorado
- David Hartlage, Indiana
- David Murray, Georgia
- David Pullum, England
- David Hill, Texas (Central)
- Dayna Schroeder, California (Southern)
- Deborah Coleman, California (Northern)
- Diana M. Lott, Texas (Central)
- Dominique Cabrelli, France
- Don Mears, Virginia
- Douglas Benedict, Pennsylvania
- Dru Nadler, Connecticut
- Eadwine Lay, Singapore
- Edoardo Agresti, Italy
- Elaine Soong, Canada
- Elizabeth Pugliese, Pennsylvania
- Emin Kuliyev, New York (City/Metro)
- Emmanuel Vaucher, New York (Upstate)
- Eric Dean, Florida
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- Erin Fuller, Canada
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- Evan Bishop, California (Southern)
- Evangeline Cesar, Michigan
- Evrim Icoz, Oregon
- Fadi Kheir, New York (City/Metro)
- Florent Vidal, Australia
- Gary Allen, North Carolina
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- Grace Kim, Washington
- Greg Blomberg, Texas (Northern)
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- Heather Hughes Ostermaier, Virginia
- Hilarion Goh, Singapore
- Hollye Schumacher, Arizona
- Hun Kim, Washington
- Jacek Wiesnowski, New York (City/Metro)
- Jacqueline Marque, Rhode Island
- James Roberts, Maryland
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- Javon Longieliere, Georgia
- Jeanie Ow, Canada
- Jeff Tarantino, New Jersey
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- Jeff Newsom, California (Southern)
- Jeff Ascough, England
- Jenna Walker, Colorado
- Jennifer Barnett, Minnesota
- Jeremy Lawson, Missouri
- Jerry Frazier, California (Southern)
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- Jessica Johnson, Michigan
- Jim Sun, Massachusetts
- Joe Dickie, Minnesota
- Joe Nicholson, Washington
- Joel Wiebner, Pennsylvania
- John Cosner, California (Northern)
- John Hudetz, Colorado
- John Payton, Florida
- John Ly, Texas (Southern)
- John Schnack, California (Southern)
- John Santerre, Maine
- Jonathan Kirshner, Illinois
- Jonathan Adams, Kentucky
- Joseph Gidjunis, Pennsylvania
- Joseph Kohn, California (Northern)
- Joseph Hein, Washington
- Josh Stephenson, Colorado
- Karen Gordon, Texas (Central)
- Karl Maasdam, Oregon
- Kathi Littwin, New York (City/Metro)
- Kathleen Perez, North Carolina
- Keith Simonian, California (Central)
- Kelly Moore, Illinois
- Kenneth Leong, Singapore
- Kenneth Paul Soong, Canada
- Kenny Pang, New York (City/Metro)
- Kevin Kelley, Connecticut
- Kevin Beasley, Louisiana
- Kevin Weinstein, Illinois
- Kim Long, Ohio
- Kimberly Jarman, Arizona
- Kitty Maer, Ohio
- Kristin Reimer, New Jersey
- Kristina Carter, Illinois
- Kym Skiles, Texas (Northern)
- Lacey Gadwill, North Carolina
- Laura Schoeggl, Washington
- Leda Zych, Minnesota
- Leighanne Whittington, Texas (Northern)
- Len Spoden, Virginia
- Lezlie Sterling, California (Northern)
- Lina Jang, New York (City/Metro)
- Linda Wallace, North Carolina
- Malgorzata Woszczyna, New York (City/Metro)
- Marc Andrew, Minnesota
- Marc Pagani, Louisiana
- Marcel Siegle, California (Northern)
- Marco Ficili, Italy
- Margaret Cressman, Wisconsin
- Marianne Earthy, England
- Marie Labbancz, New Jersey
- Mark Wallis, England
- Mark Kegans, Iowa
- Mark Gardner, Maryland
- Mark Earthy, England
- Mark Motichek, Louisiana
- Mary Kate McKenna, Maryland
- MaryJo Prinos, Massachusetts
- Matt Emrich, Oregon
- Matt Grazier, Massachusetts
- Matt Lee, Indiana
- Matt Adcock, Mexico
- Matt Kim, California (Northern)
- Matteo Lavazza Seranto, Italy
- Meg Baisden, Florida
- Meg Runion, Virginia
- Melissa Schwartz, California (Southern)
- Michael Faas, Colorado
- Michael Temchine, District Of Columbia
- Michael Barber, Ohio
- Michele Waite, Washington
- Michelle Cabrera, Illinois
- Michelle Frankfurter, Maryland
- Mike Day, Canada
- Mike Kehr, Pennsylvania
- Miriam Doan, Illinois
- Natalie Nadozirny, Maryland
- Nate Kaiser, California
- Nathan Welton, Colorado
- Oscar Setiawan, Illinois
- Paul Johnson, Florida
- Phillippe Diederich, Florida
- Quin Cheung, Canada
- Rachel Gracie, New York (Upstate)
- Reina McCusky, Connecticut
- Rhee Bevere, California (Northern)
- Rich Janniello, New York (City/Metro)
- Richard McDowell, Canada
- Richard Esposito, Connecticut
- Rita Wiebner, Pennsylvania
- Rob Garland, Virginia
- Rob Bennett, New York (City/Metro)
- Robert Hammar, Finland
- Robert Mirani, Massachusetts
- Robin Shotola, Maryland
- Roger Winstead, North Carolina
- Ryan Browne, England
- Sabine Scherer, District Of Columbia
- Sarah Bastille, Massachusetts
- Scott Schoeberl, Minnesota
- Scott Lewis, Pennsylvania
- Scott Hopkins, Pennsylvania
- Sean Flanigan, Washington
- Sean Watson, Idaho
- Sean McLellan, Tennessee
- Sergio Lopez, Arizona
- Seshu Badrinath, Connecticut
- Shane East, Pennsylvania
- Shane Snider, North Carolina
- Shawna Herring, Georgia
- Simon Atkins, England
- Simon Ho, Hong Kong
- Sol Tamargo, Mexico
- Stacey Pinkney, Texas (Central)
- Stacey Kane, Maine
- Stacy Sodolak, Texas (Central)
- Stephen Loh, Singapore
- Susan Stripling, Florida
- Suzi Q Varin, Texas (Central)
- Tara Arrowood, California (Northern)
- Thomas Graves, Maryland
- Thor Swift, California (Northern)
- Tim Zielenbach, Georgia
- Tony Cabrera, Illinois
- Tor Clausen, Washington
- Tyler Wirken, Missouri
- Vladimir Chaloupka, New Mexico
- Windee Winata, Indonesia
- Zach Dobson, Indiana
- Zlatko Batistich, New Jersey
- Zoe Bowen, Connecticut