11th place in Getting Ready

The bride smokes outside on the balcony in this black and white photo created by a documentary Rome wedding photographer.

Wedding photographer Alessandro Iasevoli, was awarded 11th place for photo 1623216 in the Getting Ready category for the WPJA's 2015 Q2 Photography Contest.

The WPJA contest judges presented Alessandro Iasevoli, a Roma, 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.

2015 Q2 Photography Contest Judges

Judges

  • If you've never been a smoker, then you might miss this moment - the settling comfort of nicotine. However, you won’t miss the overall elegance of the image through good use of composition and light combined with the decisive moment when the cigarette meets her lips as she looks off to the world beyond her dressing room.

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