8th place in Emotion
The WPJA contest judges presented Susan Stripling, a Florida, 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.
2006 Spring Judges
Judges
- This is simply a fine picture. The emotion is genuine beyond doubt. The clean background and tight framing get us right to the emotion, yet there is enough of the two women's' bodies so that the faces' expressions are reinforced by the arms, the lean, the heads touching.
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 Susan Stripling, was awarded 8th place for photo 51316 in the Emotion category for the WPJA's 2006 Spring.