2012 Q3 Contest
Results from the 2012 Q3 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
- Adi Susanto, Indonesia
- Alan Venzi, Italy
- Alex Fagundo, Florida
- Allison Williams, Illinois
- Anastasia Arrigo, Switzerland
- Andrea Cittadini, Italy
- Andrea Corsi, Italy
- Andree Kehn, Maine
- Anginet Page, Colorado
- Artem Pitkevich, Russia
- Arttu Arojoki, Finland
- Artur Gawlikowski, Poland
- Bartosz Jastal, Poland
- Beatrice Moricci, Italy
- Ben Tang, Hong Kong
- Ben Chrisman, California (Northern)
- Bob Fritz, Pennsylvania
- Brent Foster, Canada
- Brett Butterstein, California (Southern)
- Chiara Ridolfi, Italy
- Chris Volpe, Connecticut
- Chuck Anerino, Delaware
- Cristiano Ostinelli, Italy
- Dan Bold, England
- Daniele Vertelli, Italy
- Dario Caruso, France
- David Zajac, France
- Deborah Coleman, California (Northern)
- Dennis Berti, Mexico
- Dennis Viera, California (Northern)
- Dominique Cabrelli, France
- Dorota Kaszuba, Poland
- Elias Joidos, Greece
- Elisabeth Millay, California (Northern)
- Emanuele Vignaroli, Italy
- Emin Kuliyev, New York (City/Metro)
- Enzo Picardi, Mexico
- Erin Chrisman, California (Northern)
- Ettore Colletto, Italy
- Fadi Kheir, New York (City/Metro)
- Feng Zhe, China
- Franck Boutonnet, France
- Gerhard Nel, Netherlands
- He Feng Weiweia, China
- Henning Hattendorf, Germany
- Ian Bursill, England
- Inbal Sivan, New York (City/Metro)
- Indra Simons, Netherlands
- Jacek Wrzesinski, Poland
- Jacob Murphy, New York (City/Metro)
- Jacques Mateos, France
- Jaime Viera, California (Southern)
- Jason Brown, Illinois
- Jenna Shouldice, Canada
- Jennifer Partington, Canada
- Jeremy Standley, Spain
- Jessica Stout, California (Northern)
- Jessie Li, Canada
- Ji Hu, China
- João Salamonde, Brazil
- Joe Craig, Pennsylvania
- Joe Brier, Virginia
- Joe Foley, Maryland
- Joyelle West, Massachusetts
- Jud McCrehin, Virginia
- Junior Viegas, Brazil
- Justin Mott, California (Northern)
- Justyna Ortyl, Poland
- Kathi Robertson, Canada
- Kim Long, Ohio
- Leon Wong, China
- Leslie Barbaro, New Jersey
- Liz Linder, Massachusetts
- Luis Efigénio, Portugal
- Lukas Powroziewicz, Colombia
- Lyndsey Goddard, England
- Marcin Harla, Poland
- Marcin Rusinowski, Poland
- Marco Schwarz, Germany
- Marek Koprowski, Poland
- Marie-Eve Bergère Beaumont, France
- Mark Toung, California (Northern)
- Mark Black, Illinois
- Mark Earthy, England
- Martin Sedacca, Argentina
- Massimiliano Magliacca, Italy
- Matt Theilen, California (Northern)
- Matteo Reni, Italy
- Maxime Desessard, France
- Maya Myers, California (Southern)
- Maykol Nack, Brazil
- Michael Albert, Canada
- Michele Ashley, Massachusetts
- Mitch Wojnarowicz, New York (Upstate)
- Nan Tang, China
- Nathaniel Wilder, Alaska
- Niamh Baldock, England
- Nick Despres, Channel Islands
- Nick Kirk, Scotland
- Olek Honca, Poland
- Pam Lauhachai, Thailand
- Panagiotis Kounoupas, Greece
- Paulo Castro, Portugal
- Philip Thomas, Texas (Southern)
- Preston Utley, Colorado
- Raman El Atiaoui, Germany
- Raymond Leung, Canada
- Relu Calota, Romania
- Ricardo Jayme, Brazil
- Ricardo Cintra, Brazil
- Rino Cordella, Italy
- Robert Tomczak, Poland
- Rongfeng Ke, Hong Kong
- Ruggero Farina, Italy
- Samo Rovan, Slovenia
- Sean Marshall Lin, Pennsylvania
- Shane Macomber, Washington
- Siang Loo, Washington
- Simon Cassanas, France
- Steffen Löffler, Germany
- Stephan Rauch, Austria
- Stephanie Secrest, California (Northern)
- Steve Matteo, Illinois
- Tatiana Breslow, New York (City/Metro)
- Thomas Weber, Germany
- Thomas Gudbrandsen, Norway
- Timo Kirsten, Germany
- Tina Wright, Arizona
- Toby Mears, England
- Travis Haughton, Illinois
- Tyler Vance, Louisiana
- Uma Sanghvi, Texas (Central)
- Vera Varley, Canada
- Vince Zhao, China
- Vincent Ng, Taiwan
- Vinicius Souza, Brazil
- William Chua, Singapore
- Yann Richard, France
- Yuchen Wang, China
Contest Judges
DAVID LEESON
David Leeson has been a staff photographer for The Dallas Morning News since 1984. In 2004, he was a Pulitzer Prize Winner for his photographs depicting the violence and poignancy of the war with Iraq. In 1985, Leeson was also a Pulitzer finalist for his photo coverage of apartheid in South Africa. In 1986, he lived on the streets of Dallas with the homeless for two months. The photos, published in a 24-page special section by The Dallas Morning News, won a Robert F. Read more
CHRIS CURRY
Chris Curry began his career at Houston's Lufkin Daily News. His elevation in photojournalism quickly migrated to Burlington, Iowa's The Hawk Eye followed by the Peoria Journal Star in central Illinois.
Curry is recipient of the Cliff Edom New America Award, the Missouri School of Journalism Photographer of the Year and the Japanese Sasakawa Sports Foundation's Canon Award. Most recently, Curry facilitated for the 2004 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, participated in a five-city tour and presented at the National Press Photographers Association's Flying Short Course. Read more
JEANIE ADAMS-SMITH
Award winning photographer based in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where she is an Associate Professor of Photojournalism at Western Kentucky University. She worked at the Chicago Tribune for 10 years as the national and foreign picture editor.
She has lectured at the Southwestern Photojournalism Conference and chaired a national Women in Photojournalism conference, sponsored by the National Press Photographers Association. Read more
JOHN KAPLAN
John Kaplan's 'Diverse Lifestyles of American 21-Year-Olds' project won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. His work shows at museums and galleries worldwide including solo exhibitions in the United States, Bolivia and Korea as well as group shows in the U.S., United Kingdom, France, Japan, Korea, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Kaplan is 1989 Photographer of the Year for the annual Pictures of the Year (POY) contest and received the Robert F. Read more
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