8th place in Action
The WPJA contest judges presented Matteo Lavazza Seranto, a Italy 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 Winter Judges
Judges
- Just the right combination of ambient and artificial light to freeze this moment. I understand the tradition of rice/confetti, etc at weddings but I don't understand why – and perhaps that is my attraction to this image. I'm not sure the bride understands “why†at exactly this moment as well! The picture does suffer from a bit of compositional centeritis – it could have been composed better but I still like the action and movement of the picture.
The best and top wedding photographs from this category
WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.
Wedding photographer Matteo Lavazza Seranto, was awarded 8th place for photo 55936 in the Action category for the WPJA's 2006 Winter.