1st place in Trash The Dress (TTD) Portrait
The WPJA contest judges presented Javon Longieliere, 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.
2009 Q2 Judges
Judges
- I like the photographer’s poetic mood of this underwater photo of the Bride.
- Wow. What a beautiful, ethereal photograph. A lot of the images in this category are just too campy, too staged, but this one is beautiful in its simplicity, use of light to convey mood and its evocativeness.
Wedding photographer Javon Longieliere, was awarded 1st place for photo 200891 in the Trash The Dress (TTD) Portrait category for the WPJA's 2009 Q2.