emotions

Massachusetts, United States

Robert Mirani

Wedding photographer Robert Mirani, was awarded place for photo 51976 in the category for the WPJA's .

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.

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

Michael Leslie

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Wedding photographer Michael Leslie, was awarded place for photo 44781 in the category for the WPJA's .

The WPJA contest judges presented Michael Leslie, a 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.

Judges

Raw emotion, and a nice moment.

Arizona, United States

Sergio Lopez

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Wedding photographer Sergio Lopez, was awarded place for photo 47716 in the category for the WPJA's .

The WPJA contest judges presented Sergio Lopez, a Arizona, 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.

Judges

A touching picture that echoes that old adage that a man is his mother's son until he takes a wife. No matter how many years have past, the mother still comforts her son like the little boy who just fell off his bike. The love is unspoken and this photo will be a powerful reminder to both in years to come. I love the wrinkled hands wiping away the tears. Nice moment and nice way of seeing it.