ARTISTIC GUILD INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE YEAR FOR 2019
The WPJA proudly recognizes the Artistic Guild Photographer of the Year (AG POY), that member holding the most contest points at the end of each year.
Photographer | Location | Points | |
AG POY 2019 | Jesse La Plante | Colorado, United States | 1416 |
1st Runner Up | Matteo Originale | Liguria, Italy | 1158 |
2nd Runner Up | Qi Xiang | Fujian, China | 999 |
AG WPJA TOP 100 INTERNATIONAL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS OF 2019
Photographer | Location | Points | |
1. | Jesse La Plante | Colorado, United States | 1416 |
2. | Matteo Originale | Liguria, Italy | 1158 |
3. | Qi Xiang | Fujian, China | 999 |
4. | Elena Haralabaki | Attica, Greece | 924 |
5. | Julien Laurent-Georges | Paris, France | 922 |
6. | Cafa Liu | Ontario, Canada | 861 |
7. | Tim D. Yun | New York, United States | 822 |
8. | Pasquale Minniti | Reggio Calabria, Italy | 768 |
9. | Gerhard Nel | Zuid Holland, Netherlands | 734 |
10. | Marco Vegni | Siena, Italy | 725 |
11. | Renan Radici | Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | 711 |
12. | Andreas Pollok | Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 688 |
13. | Huy Nguyen | Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam | 636 |
Ashley Davenport | Derbyshire, United Kingdom | 636 | |
15. | Vincent Mu | Beijing, China | 579 |
Donatella Barbera | Florence, Italy | 579 | |
Luigi Rota | Lecco, Italy | 579 | |
18. | Vinci Wang | Fujian, China | 567 |
19. | Milan Lazic | Illinois, United States | 546 |
20. | Simona Cancelli | Sicily, Italy | 545 |
21. | Vu Nguyen | Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam | 499 |
Nikhol Esteras | Oaxaca, Mexico | 499 | |
23. | Micky Zhou | Hunan, China | 478 |
Edoardo Agresti | Florence, Italy | 478 | |
25. | Claudia Amorim | Goiás, Brazil | 446 |
26. | David Pommier | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , France | 435 |
27. | Miguel Onieva | Madrid, Spain | 412 |
Joy Qin | Fujian, China | 412 | |
29. | Damiano Salvadori | Florence, Italy | 402 |
XiangJie Hao | Shaanxi, China | 402 | |
31. | Monika Zaldo | Gipuzkoa, Spain | 401 |
Dejan Zagar | Slovenia | 401 | |
Raymond Nguyen | California, United States | 401 | |
34. | Emre Nesli | Istanbul, Turkey | 400 |
35. | Richard Howman | Bristol, England | 379 |
36. | Kathleen Ricker | Maryland, United States | 378 |
37. | Dorota Karpowicz | Alberta, Canada | 367 |
Jiake Yang | Victoria, Australia | 367 | |
39. | Eduardo Blanco | Murcia, Spain | 356 |
Emin Kuliyev | New York, United States | 356 | |
41. | Ian Chin | California, United States | 355 |
42. | Vinicius Fadul | São Paulo, Brazil | 354 |
43. | Zsofia Rebicek | Terni, Italy | 345 |
44. | Bartosz Ciesielski | North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 334 |
David Zaoui | Florida, United States | 334 | |
46. | Haoce Sun | Zhejiang, China | 311 |
47. | Mike Cook | Stirlingshire, United Kingdom | 302 |
48. | Eric Corbacho | São Paulo, Brazil | 300 |
Brittany Diliberto | Virginia, United States | 300 | |
50. | Marlies Dekker | Zuid Holland, Netherlands | 290 |
Victoria Sprung | Illinois, United States | 289 | |
Caroline Elenbaas | Noord Brabant, Netherlands | 289 | |
53. | Steven Herrschaft | Hesse, Germany | 279 |
Francesco Gravina | Apulia, Italy | 279 | |
55. | Angela Nelson | Hawaii, United States | 278 |
56. | Orçun Yalçın | Ankara, Turkey | 277 |
57. | Alessandro Colle | Massa and Carrara, Italy | 269 |
58. | Lin Yang | Fujian, China | 268 |
59. | Xiaoye Sun | Beijing, China | 267 |
Darren Hendry | California, United States | 267 | |
61. | Federico Pannacci | Sicily, Italy | 266 |
62. | Lukas Guillaume | Florida, United States | 257 |
63. | William Lambelet | Occitanie, France | 256 |
Matouš Bárta | Czech Republic | 256 | |
Roque Reyes | Oaxaca, Mexico | 256 | |
Xiang Liu | Fujian, China | 256 | |
67. | Rocio Vega Roa | Castile and León, Spain | 255 |
68. | Sergio Cueto | Madrid, Spain | 245 |
Fille Roelants | Flanders, Belgium | 245 | |
70. | Florent Cattelain | Occitanie, France | 244 |
71. | Asaph Xu | Fujian, China | 235 |
Miguel Ponte | Madeira, Portugal | 235 | |
Giorgos Galanopoulos | Santorini, Greece | 235 | |
74. | Janina Brocklesby | Lancashire, United Kingdom | 234 |
Brenda Bergreen | Colorado, United States | 234 | |
76. | Sylvain Bouzat | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | 223 |
77. | Anastasia Arrigo | Aargau, Switzerland | 222 |
Serena Faraldo | Campania, Italy | 222 | |
79. | Ognyan Stoynev | Sofia, Bulgaria | 221 |
80. | David Anton | Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 212 |
Ufuk Sarisen | Istanbul, Turkey | 212 | |
82. | Trent Gillespie | Colorado, United States | 211 |
Orlando Suarez | Georgia, United States | 211 | |
84. | Johnny Shryock | Virginia, United States | 201 |
85. | Gustavo Lucena | Federal District, Brazil | 200 |
Shihao Yang | Zhejiang, China | 200 | |
87. | Tam Nguyen | Quang Nam, Vietnam | 190 |
Sanne De Block | Flanders, Belgium | 190 | |
Stacy Gillespie | Colorado, United States | 190 | |
Linda Bouritius | Utrecht, Netherlands | 190 | |
91. | Julie Ambos | Florida, United States | 189 |
92. | David Clumpner | Montana, United States | 188 |
93. | Ivelina Cholakova | Sofia, Bulgaria | 179 |
Miguel Gonzalez | Pennsylvania, United States | 179 | |
95. | Thai Le | Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam | 178 |
Andrea Sampoli | Siena, Italy | 178 | |
97. | Emil Boczek | Wolverhampton, United Kingdom | 177 |
Michelle Arlotta | New Jersey, United States | 177 | |
99. | Laura Ranftler | North Yorkshire, United Kingdom | 167 |
Jean-Luc Legros | Haute-Garonne, France | 167 | |
Franck Petit | Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | 167 | |
Tobias Löhr | Hesse, Germany | 167 | |
Hiske Boon | Noord Brabant, Netherlands | 167 |
Artistic Guild POY and TOP 100 International Wedding Photographers for 2018