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 Wang, New York (City/Metro)
- Bill Morgan, Ohio
- Bill Holland, Virginia
- Bill Getty, Maine
- Bobbi Sheridan, Indiana
- Bradley Hanson, Washington
- Brady Dillsworth, New York (Upstate)
- Brent Calkins, Illinois
- Brett Carlson, Illinois
- Brian Tsai, Washington
- Brian Phillips, Massachusetts
- Brian Walski, Colorado
- 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 Gendron, Washington
- Christopher Prinos, Massachusetts
- 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 Pullum, England
- David Hill, Texas (Central)
- David Wegwart, Colorado
- David Lau, New Jersey
- David Hartlage, Indiana
- David Bernstein, Ohio
- David Agnello, Wyoming
- David Murray, Georgia
- David Crane, California (Southern)
- 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
- 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)
- Hassel Weems, Georgia
- Heather Hughes Ostermaier, Virginia
- Hilarion Goh, Singapore
- Hollye Schumacher, Arizona
- Hun Kim, Washington
- Jacek Wiesnowski, New York (City/Metro)
- Jacqueline Marque, Rhode Island
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- Javon Longieliere, Georgia
- Jeanie Ow, Canada
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- Jeff Hemmerlein, Indiana
- Jeff Ascough, England
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- Jennifer Barnett, Minnesota
- Jeremy Lawson, Missouri
- Jerry Frazier, California (Southern)
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- Jim Sun, Massachusetts
- Joe Dickie, Minnesota
- Joe Nicholson, Washington
- Joel Wiebner, Pennsylvania
- John Schnack, California (Southern)
- John Cosner, California (Northern)
- John Santerre, Maine
- John Payton, Florida
- John Ly, Texas (Southern)
- John Hudetz, Colorado
- Jonathan Adams, Kentucky
- Jonathan Kirshner, Illinois
- 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 Weinstein, Illinois
- Kevin Beasley, Louisiana
- Kevin Kelley, Connecticut
- 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 Pagani, Louisiana
- Marc Andrew, Minnesota
- Marcel Siegle, California (Northern)
- Marco Ficili, Italy
- Margaret Cressman, Wisconsin
- Marianne Earthy, England
- Marie Labbancz, New Jersey
- Mark Wallis, England
- Mark Gardner, Maryland
- Mark Earthy, England
- Mark Kegans, Iowa
- Mark Motichek, Louisiana
- Mary Kate McKenna, Maryland
- MaryJo Prinos, Massachusetts
- Matt Adcock, Mexico
- Matt Kim, California (Northern)
- Matt Lee, Indiana
- Matt Emrich, Oregon
- Matt Grazier, Massachusetts
- Matteo Lavazza Seranto, Italy
- Meg Runion, Virginia
- Meg Baisden, Florida
- Melissa Schwartz, California (Southern)
- Michael Temchine, District Of Columbia
- Michael Barber, Ohio
- Michael Faas, Colorado
- 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 Bennett, New York (City/Metro)
- Rob Garland, Virginia
- Robert Mirani, Massachusetts
- Robert Hammar, Finland
- Robin Shotola, Maryland
- Roger Winstead, North Carolina
- Ryan Browne, England
- Sabine Scherer, District Of Columbia
- Sarah Bastille, Massachusetts
- Scott Hopkins, Pennsylvania
- Scott Schoeberl, Minnesota
- Scott Lewis, Pennsylvania
- Sean Flanigan, Washington
- Sean McLellan, Tennessee
- Sean Watson, Idaho
- Sergio Lopez, Arizona
- Seshu Badrinath, Connecticut
- Shane Snider, North Carolina
- Shane East, Pennsylvania
- Shawna Herring, Georgia
- Simon Ho, Hong Kong
- Simon Atkins, England
- Sol Tamargo, Mexico
- Stacey Kane, Maine
- Stacey Pinkney, Texas (Central)
- 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