Final contest for 2017 created images. All contest points accumulated throughout Tri1, Tri2, and Tri3 will determine the WPJA's next Photographer of the Year.
2017 Tri3 Photography Competition
Award Winning Photographers from this Contest
- Alex Abbott
- Linda Alexandriyska
- Massimo Allegritti
- Julie Ambos
- Alessandro Arena
- Raffaella Arena
- Michelle Arlotta
- Simone Bacci
- Shaun Baker
- Annie Bang
- Donatella Barbera
- Matouš Bárta
- Helen Batt
- Martin Beddall
- Daniel Beh
- John Benavente
- Omar Berr
- Dennis Berti
- Emil Boczek
- Boni Bonev
- Justine Boulin
- Carl Bower
- Benjamin Brette
- Lauren Brimhall
- Ian Bursill
- Brett Butterstein
- Pedro Cabrera
- Kristina Cazares Neri
- Felix Chan
- Chanarthip Cheingthong
- Ben Chrisman
- Erin Chrisman
- Panayis Chrysovergis
- Marianne Chua
- Kenneth Clapp
- David Clumpner
- Ettore Colletto
- Danilo Coluccio
- Janine Cooper
- Rino Cordella
- Kate Crabtree
- Candice C. Cusic
- Albert Czyżowicz
- Dean Dampney
- Alpheus Danson
- Ashley Davenport
- Fabrizio Demasi
- Joshua Dhondt
- Ackapol Dhuamrearngrom
- Shaunte Dittmar
- Leandro Donato
- Piotr Dziwak
- Marianne Earthy
- Matt Ebbage
- Patrick Engel
- Nikhol Esteras
- Luca Fabbian
- Vinicius Fadul
- Casey Fatchett
- Sylvain Garderes
- Nando Ginnetti
- Lyndsey Goddard
- Alicia Gonzalez-Haro
- Romuald Goudeau
- Wojciech Gruszczyński
- Mango Gu
- Lukas Guillaume
- Jacob Hannah
- Elena Haralabaki
- Mari Harsan
- Jay Hoque
- Bartosz Jastal
- Chaiyasith Junjuerdee
- Julian Kanz
- Dorota Kaszuba
- Annie Kheffache
- Rahul Khona
- Peter Kos
- Daniel Kudish
- Emin Kuliyev
- Jesse La Plante
- Todd Laffler
- William Lambelet
- Kristian Leven
- Minifeel Lu
- Andrea Mabry
- Alison MacLean
- Martin Makowski
- Vasilis Maneas
- Gersiane Marques
- Marga Martí
- Wojciech Marzec
- Enzo Masella
- Kate McElwee
- Melissa Mercado
- Toni Miranda
- Fabio Mirulla
- Vincent Montagne
- Daniel Monteiro
- Romulo Morishita
- Gerhard Nel
- James Nix
- Shane O'Neill
- Marco Odorino
- Miguel Onieva
- Jamie Ousby
- David Page
- Ken Pak
- Radhika Pandit
- Luca Panvini
- Danette Pascarella
- Christophe Pasteur
- Elliot Patching
- Max Pell
- Joyce Perlman
- Damon Pijlman
- Chesira Pizzini
- Przemyslaw Pokrycki
- David Pommier
- Anna Poole
- Ray Poon
- Lukas Powroziewicz
- Andres Preumayr
- Sarah Priestap
- Matteo Reni
- Bernie Richardson
- Kathleen Ricker
- Adam Riley
- Katie Roberts
- Alan Rogers
- Sybil Rondeau
- Didier Ropers
- Luca Rossini
- Oleg Rostovtsev
- Luigi Rota
- Rebekah Sampson
- Pawel Sarota
- Kevin Sawyer
- Carsten Schertzer
- Julien Scussel
- Stephanie Secrest
- Blazej Sendzielski
- Dominique Shaw
- Gleb Shirokov
- Jenna Shouldice
- Indra Simons
- Sven Soetens
- Victoria Sprung
- Jenny Steer
- Bryan Surgener
- Francesco Survara
- Cristina Tanase
- Tara Theilen
- Matt Theilen
- Philip Thomas
- Neil Thurston
- Lea Torrieri
- Peter van der Lingen
- Natalja van Ommeren
- Rocio Vega Roa
- Maxime Vion
- Olya Vysotskaya
- Fei Wang
- Maxim Zaytsev
- John Zich
Contest Judges
WPJA Judge since 2009 - David Stephenson is a freelance photojournalist and an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky's School of Journalism and Media. After hopscotching to jobs across the country for five years after graduating from WKU, Stephenson returned to his native Lexington and joined the staff of the Herald-Leader in 1997. He then left to join the Kentucky Kernel in... Read more
WPJA Judge from 2007 - 2022 - (October 18, 1957 – April 16, 2022) - Pulitzer Prize winner David Leeson was a Dallas-based photojournalist and visual artist, freelancing in still and video photography. He worked as a newspaper photographer from 1977 to 2008. Leeson was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize three times prior to winning the award in 2004 for photographs made for The Dallas... Read more
WPJA Judge since 2005 - Jeanie Adams-Smith left the Chicago Tribune in 2002 to take a position at Western Kentucky University where she has shared her expertise with students in one of the nation’s premier photojournalism schools. Her 10-year career at the Tribune culminated with her in the position of national/foreign picture editor during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade... Read more
WPJA Judge since 2009 - Michael Ainsworth is a former staff photographer at The Dallas Morning News. A graduate of The University of Texas at Arlington, with a degree in journalism, he has won awards for his coverage of spot news and sports. He was one of the staffers at the DMN who were honored to receive the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News for their coverage of Hurricane Katrina and... Read more
WPJA Judge since 2008 - Preston Gannaway (b. 1977) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning documentary photographer and artist. Her work often focuses on intimate stories about American families and marginalized communities while addressing themes such as gender identity, class and our relationship to the natural world. The story she did on the St. Pierre family, Remember Me, was awarded the 2008... Read more
WPJA Judge since 2007 - Renée C. Byer is an award-winning documentary photojournalist and Emmy nominated multimedia field producer best known for her in-depth work focusing on the disadvantaged and those who otherwise would not be heard. Her ability to produce photographs with profound emotional resonance and sensitivity earned her the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 2007 and dozens... 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.
