2nd place in Emotion
The WPJA contest judges presented Robert Mirani, a Massachusetts, 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 Summer Judges
Judges
- Three hands, two heads, one gaze right at us. Add the almost tragic body language of the bent-over man, and you get an emotionally loaded picture. This is, like the previous picture, a MADE picture, as opposed to a taken picture. The photographer built the frame around an emotional moment, but the emotional content of the picture relies on more than just an emotional moment. That makes it a much more rich, layered photo with more layered emotion
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 Robert Mirani, was awarded 2nd place for photo 51976 in the Emotion category for the WPJA's 2006 Summer.