For the fourth consecutive year, BRIDES Magazine and the WPJA are joining forces to sponsor the BRIDES|WPJA Photography Contest, exclusive to WPJA members. Winners of this year’s competition will have their photos published in the November/December issue of BRIDES Magazine and online on Brides.com and WPJA.com. Only images created in 2009 by WPJA members are eligible. First-place winners from each of the contest’s 10 categories will be published in the magazine and online. The top 10 winners in each category will be published on WPJA.com.
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIOS ARE OPEN - Many couples don’t want to wait. They are planning to get married in the very near future, eloping, or rushing a small ceremony with their photographer, some close friends, and family but dispensing with or postponing the reception party.
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2010 BRIDES Magazine
Award Winning Photographers from this Contest
- Matt Adcock
- Michael Andrews
- Dave Arntson
- Dimitris Balaskas
- Niamh Baldock
- Clara Bigaretti
- Ken Blaze
- David Bock
- Kurtis Bowersock
- Tatiana Breslow
- Lauren Brooks
- Jason Brown
- Dominique Cabrelli
- Michelle Cabrera
- Cindy Chen
- William Chua
- Deborah Coleman
- Joe Craig
- Francesco De Tito
- John Decker
- Patty Derick
- Nick Despres
- Jean-Philippe Dobrin
- Aidan Dockery
- Monica Donovan
- Brian Dorsey
- Blair Gable
- Piotr Gajewski
- Dave Getzschman
- Liliya Gorlanova
- Michael Grace-Martin
- Nick Grove
- Gabriel Harber
- Noah Hawthorne
- Lina Jang
- Rich Janniello
- Sunny Kalsi
- David Kamerman
- Elise Kapeller
- Fadi Kheir
- Henrikas Kudirka
- Daniel Kudish
- Pam Lauhachai
- Sasha Leahovcenco
- Adeline Leonti
- Kirsten Lewis
- Brooke Mayo
- Kent Meireis
- Laura Morton
- Juliana Mozart
- Gerhard Nel
- Justyna Ortyl
- Cristiano Ostinelli
- Anginet Page
- Claudio Papapietro
- Christobal Perez
- Joyce Perlman
- Przemyslaw Pokrycki
- Christopher Prinos
- Simi Rabinowitz
- Malia Rae
- Janis Ratnieks
- Juan Pablo Romero
- Alessandro Roncaglione
- Samo Rovan
- Shane Snider
- Mark Sobhani
- Ron Storer
- Adi Susanto
- Andrea Taylor
- Preston Utley
- Tyler Vance
- Florent Vidal
- Dennis Viera
- Karin Von Voigtlander
- Mark Wallis
- Hassel Weems
- Brian Widdis
- Kathy Widdis
- Brandon Wright
- Alex Zeevi-Christian
- Dragan Zlatanovic
Contest Judges
The editorial staff of BRIDES Magazine will select and rank the first through tenth place winning images from each category.Read more
The WPJA provided another top-notch judging panel consisting of Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalists and picture editors for this round. CAROL GUZY, PHOTOJOURNALIST Carol Guzy is a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer with The Washington Post. Guzy originally studied to be a nurse, but changed course after taking a photojournalism class. She received her most recent Pulitzer in... Read more
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.
