Results from the 2009 Q4 Wedding Photographer Contest of the WPJA.
2009 Q4
Award Winning Photographers from this Contest
- David Ahntholz
- John Akingbola
- Konstantin Andruhin
- Constantin Antochi
- Anna Au
- Alessandro Baglioni
- Lidia Bagnara
- Joriana Belcher
- Mindy Belcher
- Lisa Berry
- Andrea Bibeault
- Brian Bistodeau
- Marek Bodzioch
- Jackie Boldt
- Jamie Bott
- Khampha Bouaphanh
- Rebecca Bouck
- Carl Bower
- Olga Boyko
- David Bracho
- Steven Bridges
- Cindy Brown
- Cliff Brunk
- Ian Bursill
- Brett Butterstein
- Shane Carpenter
- Radhika Chalasani
- Rina Chan
- Jennifer Chase
- Denise Chastain
- Wansheng Chen
- Henry Chen
- HungChang Chien
- Erin Chrisman
- Ben Chrisman
- Jessica Christian
- Earl Christie
- Glen Cooper
- Christina Craft
- Joe Craig
- Candice C. Cusic
- Merri Cyr
- Mark Davidson
- Noah Devereaux
- Brian Dorsey
- Marianne Earthy
- Sharon Eliasi
- Alex Fagundo
- Jen Fellows
- Jocelyn Filley
- Abbie Flynn
- Mariano Friginal
- Tatiana Garanina
- Britney Gardner
- Genya Garrett
- Lamar Gee
- Dave Getzschman
- Gene Goh
- Gina Marie Goldman
- Jennifer Goolkasian
- Liliya Gorlanova
- Justin Graddy
- Kimberly Gray
- Simon Grosset
- Nick Grove
- Geoff Hansen
- Jonathan Hanson
- David Hares
- Chris Hartwig
- Brett Hartwig
- Noah Hawthorne
- Kim Hayes
- Brian F. Henry
- Carrie Hernly
- Victor Herrera
- Andreas Holm
- Jake Holt
- Patrick Horn
- Heather Hughes Ostermaier
- Jeremy Igo
- Danny Iskandar
- Bartosz Jastal
- Ian Johnson
- David Kamerman
- Joseph Kang
- Pawel Kaniuk
- Itti Karuson
- Dorota Kaszuba
- Julie Kim
- Nick Kirk
- Teodor Klepczynski
- Kelvin Koh
- Alicia Koh
- Daniel Kudish
- Emin Kuliyev
- Eric Lagstein
- Stephen Lam
- Dino Lara
- Jeremy Lawson
- Edmund Leong
- Kumiko Leung
- Scott Lewis
- Jessie Li
- Alwin Lim
- Josie Liming
- Manuel Llaneras
- Stephen Loh
- Javon Longieliere
- Siang Loo
- ChuianFeng Lui
- Karl Maasdam
- Kella MacPhee
- Wagner Maia
- Robert Maj
- Tony Marin
- Mary Maris
- Wojciech Marzec
- Vinicius Matos
- Aga Matuszewska
- Dylan Mayer
- Jayson Mellom
- Kevin Meynell
- Marco Miglianti
- Franco Milani
- Elisabeth Millay
- Mike Milne
- Kerry Morgan
- Aaron Morris
- Natalie Moser
- Eveliina Mustonen
- Gerhard Nel
- Nam Nguyen
- Genevieve Nisly
- Karri North
- Derrick Ong
- Justyna Ortyl
- Richard Overtoom
- Jose Pang
- Paris Papaioannou
- Minnow Park
- Jennifer Partington
- Shelley Paulson
- Christobal Perez
- David Perkins
- Alejo Pesce
- Brian Phillips
- Verna Pitts
- Mauro Pozzer
- Chaz Pradith
- Marino Prieto
- Melissa Prosser
- David Pullum
- Amy Raab
- Jérémy Rasse
- Stephan Rauch
- Kristin Reimer
- Danielle Richards
- Kathi Robertson
- Julia Robinson
- Alessandro Roncaglione
- Marcin Rusinowski
- Benjamin Rusnak
- Clete Schroeder
- Mary Schroeder
- Marco Schwarz
- Oscar Setiawan
- Jenna Shouldice
- Kirsten Shultz
- Chris Shum
- Linus Siaw
- Anne Simone
- Paul Simpson
- Debra Simpson
- Massimo Simula
- Melia Sorenson
- Larry Stanley
- Michele Stapleton
- Emily Sterne
- Agaton Strom
- Glen Stubbe
- Edwin Tan
- Shaun Tay
- Edmund Tham
- Tyson Trish
- Tracy Turpen
- Preston Utley
- Vera Varley
- Tanarak Visessonchoke
- Chris Volpe
- Kira Vos
- Alexander Wallace
- Mark Wallis
- Brad Landon Walters
- Yixin Wang
- Amanda Wei
- Jessica Weiser
- Nathan Welton
- Nathaniel West
- Aaron Willcox
- Allison Williams
- Scott Williams
- Hardy Wilson
- Rob Witzel
- Yvonne Wong
- F.C. Wong
- Zhou Xiaonan
- Barbara Zanon
- Izabela Zdziebko
- Debra Zeller
- En Ze Zhou
- John Zich
- Daniel Zollinger
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 since 2007 - Pulitzer Prize winner David Leeson is 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 Morning News during the war in Iraq. He has also... Read more
WPJA Judge since 2005 - Eric Strachan is the editor of Florida Weekly in Naples, Florida. He was previously the senior managing editor at the Naples Daily News, where he started as a staff photographer in 1981. He has won numerous awards as a picture editor and photographer in the NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Pictures of the Year International, Florida Press Club and the Florida Society of... Read more
WPJA Judge since 2009 - Loup Langton currently serves as Director of the Visual Journalism program at the University of Miami's School of Communication and as a member of the Pictures of the Year International Inaugural Advisory Board. His career reflects a balance between creative and research work with a particular passion for Latin America. His book, Photojournalism and Today'... Read more
WPJA Judge since 2009 - Seth Resnick is one of North America's most prolific corporate, editorial and stock photographers. Seth is greatly in demand for his beautiful graphic images in both natural and created light. Resnick has been published in the world's most prestigious magazines. His credits include over 2,500 publications worldwide and his clients constitute a virtual list of... 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.
