WPJA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE YEAR FOR 2022
The WPJA proudly recognizes the Photographer of the Year (POY), that member holding the most contest points at the end of each year.
Photographer | Location | Points | |
POY 2022 | Renan Radici | Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | 1013 |
1st Runner Up | Megan Hannah | Vermont, United States | 902 |
2nd Runner Up | Thomas Jongbloed | Utrecht, Netherlands | 768 |
WPJA TOP 150 INTERNATIONAL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS OF 2022
Photographer | Location | Points | |
1. | Renan Radici | Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | 1013 |
2. | Megan Hannah | Vermont, United States | 902 |
3. | Thomas Jongbloed | Utrecht, Netherlands | 768 |
4. | Patrick Mateer | Yorkshire, United Kingdom | 758 |
5. | Jacob Hannah | Vermont, United States | 756 |
6. | Valerie Teppe | Haute-Vienne, France | 678 |
7. | Nikhol Esteras | Oaxaca, Mexico | 667 |
8. | Ankita Asthana | Maharashtra, India | 634 |
9. | William Lambelet | Herault, France | 612 |
10. | Annie Bang | California, United States | 611 |
11. | Xiaoqi Li | Virginia, United States | 591 |
12. | Pierrick Roland | Hauts-de-Seine, France | 569 |
13. | Jean Baptiste Chauvin | Paris, France | 567 |
14. | Annie Kheffache | Dublin, Ireland | 558 |
Paolo Blocar | Vento, Italy | 558 | |
16. | Lisa De Domenico Pacor | Trieste, Italy | 555 |
17. | Freek Nagtzaam | Noord Brabant, Netherlands | 534 |
Luan Nguyen | Paris, France | 534 | |
19 | Leonard Walpot | Utrecht, Netherlands | 522 |
20. | Kate Crabtree | Maine, United States | 501 |
21. | Nathan Walker | Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom | 500 |
22. | Damien Dohmen | Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France | 490 |
23. | Andy Griffiths | Lancashire, United Kingdom | 480 |
24. | Ufuk Sarisen | Istanbul, Turkey | 467 |
25. | Lyndsey Goddard | London, United Kingdom | 457 |
26. | David Clumpner | Montana, United States | 444 |
27. | Michelle Arlotta | New Jersey, United States | 435 |
28. | Oliver Saillard | Haute-Marne, France | 434 |
29. | Alessandro Vargiu | Turin, Italy | 402 |
30. | Kenneth Clapp | Maryland, United States | 400 |
Kristian Leven | London, United Kingdom | 400 | |
32. | Kevin Kheffache | Dublin, Ireland | 391 |
33. | JD Land | Pennsylvania, United States | 390 |
34. | Serenay Lokcetin | Istanbul, Turkey | 378 |
35. | Hollie Mateer | Yorkshire, United Kingdom | 366 |
36. | Victoria Sprung | Illinois, United States | 357 |
Yuan Man | Shanghai, China | 357 | |
38. | Emre Nesli | Istanbul, Turkey | 356 |
39. | Sylvain Bouzat | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France | 355 |
40. | Pedro Volana | Jaen, Spain | 344 |
41. | Johnny Shryock | Virginia, United States | 334 |
42. | Milan Lazic | Illinois, United States | 323 |
Petrica Tanase | Bucharest, Romania | 323 | |
44. | Andrea Sampoli | Siena, Italy | 322 |
45. | Alex Paul | Massachusetts, United States | 314 |
46. | Sylvain Neugnot | Loiret, France | 312 |
Mohamed Jameer | Maharashtra, India | 312 | |
48. | Erica Dietz | Pennsylvania, United States | 311 |
Janina Brocklesby | Lancashire, United Kingdom | 311 | |
50. | Brittany Diliberto | Virginia, United States | 310 |
51. | Sylvain Garderes | Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France | 301 |
52. | Stacy Gillespie | Colorado, United States | 300 |
Damion Mower | Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom | 300 | |
54. | Esther Gibbons | Quebec, Canada | 299 |
55. | Calan Dsouza | Karnataka, India | 291 |
56. | Julian Kanz | Genova, Italy | 290 |
57. | Jawad Aslam | West Yorkshire, United Kingdom | 278 |
Cindy Brown | Georgia, United States | 278 | |
Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne | Paris, France | 278 | |
60. | Johanna Marjoux | Herault, France | 268 |
61. | Tsvetelina Deliyska | Sofia, Bulgaria | 267 |
Estelle Carlier | Nord, France | 267 | |
63. | Jeremie Sangare | Vendee, France | 257 |
64. | Jerome Villard | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France | 256 |
Loic Bourniquel | Tarn, France | 256 | |
66. | Matteo Reni | Varese, Italy | 255 |
Cheng Guo | Sichuan, China | 255 | |
Vincent Mu | Beijing, China | 255 | |
69. | Henri Deroche | Centre-Val de Loire, France | 245 |
70. | Michael Freas | North Carolina, United States | 244 |
Emil Boczek | Wolverhampton, United Kingdom | 244 | |
72. | Megan Rei | Virginia, United States | 235 |
73. | Nicola Genati | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy | 234 |
Marco Colonna | Taranto, Italy | 234 | |
Yves Schepers | Antwerpen, Belgium | 234 | |
76. | Teun Bakker | Noord Holland, Netherlands | 233 |
77. | Stephanie Secrest | California, United States | 232 |
78. | Nicky Byrnes | California, United States | 223 |
79. | Ken Pak | Washington DC | 222 |
80. | Andy Madea | Vermont, United States | 222 |
81. | Lauren Lindley | California, United States | 212 |
Cafa Liu | Ontario, Canada | 212 | |
Sergio Cueto | Madrid, Spain | 212 | |
84. | Ian Bursill | Somerset, United Kingdom | 211 |
Anastasiia Polyakov | Virginia, United States | 211 | |
86. | Isabelle Bazin | Toulouse, France | 202 |
87. | Sanne De Block | Antwerpen, Belgium | 201 |
Gaelle Caré | Indre, France | 201 | |
Danilo Coluccio | Reggio Calabria, Italy | 201 | |
Cristina Tanase | Bucharest, Romania | 201 | |
91. | Lori Anne Crewe | Ontario, Canada | 200 |
92. | Ilana Bar av | Wisconsin, United States | 189 |
Nilufer Nalbantoglu | Istanbul, Turkey | 189 | |
94. | Caroline Elenbaas | Noord Brabant, Netherlands | 188 |
Justin Edmonds | Colorado, United States | 188 | |
Chanarthip Cheingthong | Bangkok, Thailand | 188 | |
97. | Florian Maguin | Isere, France | 179 |
Chris Werner | California, United States | 179 | |
Gaelle Le Berre | Victoria, Australia | 179 | |
100. | Steven Herrschaft | Hessen, Germany | 178 |
101. | Bruno Mattos | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 167 |
Song Johns | North Carolina, United States | 167 | |
Christine Hochkeppel | Massachusetts, United States | 167 | |
Pietro Tonnicodi | Siena, Italy | 167 | |
Erica Hawkins | Hertfordshire, United Kingdom | 167 | |
Ben Schaefer | Massachusetts, United States | 167 | |
Edoardo Agresti | Florence, Italy | 167 | |
108. | Simon Leclercq | Vlaams Brabant, Belgium | 166 |
Simi Rabinowitz | Massachusetts, United States | 166 | |
Jenny Rutterford | West Sussex, United Kingdom | 166 | |
111. | Deanna Johnson | Missouri, United States | 157 |
Tyler Vu | California, United States | 157 | |
Kari Bellamy | London, United Kingdom | 157 | |
114. | Tom Beynon | Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom | 155 |
Paul Tansley | Hampshire, United Kingdom | 155 | |
Rocio Sanchez | Jaen, Spain | 155 | |
117. | Luca Fabbian | Vicenza, Italy | 145 |
Jonathan Fortuna | Moselle, France | 145 | |
Florent Cattelain | Haute-Garonne, France | 145 | |
120. | Natasha Lamalle | Washington DC | 144 |
Janneke Walpot | Utrecht, Netherlands | 144 | |
Nicolas Issaly | Haute-Garonne, France | 144 | |
Benjamin Wagner | Washington, United States | 144 | |
David Pullum | Devon, United Kingdom | 144 | |
Darren Kirwan | Limerick, Ireland | 144 | |
Edgard De Bono | Padua, Italy | 144 | |
127. | Madi Ellis | Illinois, United States | 135 |
128. | Michela Bocciarelli | Milan, Italy | 134 |
Sean Lara | Colorado, United States | 134 | |
Lucy Schultz | Colorado, United States | 134 | |
131. | Jason Brown | Illinois, United States | 133 |
Jody Priour | Calvados, France | 133 | |
Franck Petit | Lot-et-Garonne, France | 133 | |
Mark Creery | Colorado, United States | 133 | |
Alessandro Di Noia | Brescia, Italy | 133 | |
Jessica Evrard | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France | 133 | |
Hong Phuc Bui | Cotes-d'Armor, France | 133 | |
Ludovic Lieffrig | Herault, France | 133 | |
139. | Castille Alma | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France | 122 |
Hy Le | Texas, United States | 122 | |
Alex Gordeev | Massachusetts, United States | 122 | |
Alexis Rodriguez Montalvo | Puerto Rico | 122 | |
Luigi Porzia | Bari, Italy | 122 | |
144. | Ray Iavasile | Michigan, United States | 112 |
Chrystel Echavidre | Biarritz, France | 112 | |
Angelique Blaise | Ardeche, France | 112 | |
Greg Kmita | Hampshire, United Kingdom | 112 | |
James Arnia | Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom | 112 | |
Bozhidar Krastev | Ruse, Bulgaria | 112 | |
James Nix | North Carolina, United States | 112 | |
Kayla Rice | Massachusetts, United States | 112 |
WPJA POY and TOP 150 International Wedding Photographers for 2021