11th place in Details (Found)

Detail photo of the reception table set with wine glasses and glowing glass candle holders. Taken by a Santorini wedding photographer.

Wedding photographer Athanasios Papadopoulos, was awarded 11th place for photo 1879771 in the Details (Found) category for the WPJA's 2016 Q2 Photography Contest .

The WPJA contest judges presented Athanasios Papadopoulos, a Greece 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.

2016 Q2 Photography Contest Judges

Judges

  • This is an enjoyable image that makes me want to linger for awhile, imagining the scene that will come, or has already come and gone. It’s dusk and the withering light casts just the right amount to match the lighting on the table. But my favorite element hear is the bottle of water at the apex of the entry points created by decor and those delicate looking glasses. The sweat of cool water within adds a layer of information that would be nearly impossible to know without its presence - the temperature is warm.

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