3rd place in Getting Ready

Georgia, United States

David Murray

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Wedding photographer David Murray, was awarded 3rd place for photo 52046 in the Getting Ready category for the WPJA's 2006 Summer.

The WPJA contest judges presented David Murray, a Georgia, United States 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.

2006 Summer Judges

Judges

  • It's the suspenders. This photo works on many, many levels, using the whole frame to tell us a remarkably complete story. The man's unfastened suspenders tell us, for example, that he was in the middle of dressing himself when he was called away to serve as a clothesline. In spite of being complex in it storytelling, there are few stray elements to distract us from the funny tale this picture tells.

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