2009 Q1 Contest
Results from the 2009 Q1 Contest Wedding Photojournalism Contest
The WPJA wishes to extend our congratulations to all our members who had award winning entries in this contest, as well as the work of the contest judges and support of our contest sponsors.
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Award Winning Photographers from this Contest
- Adam Trzcionka, Poland
- Adam Welch, Colorado
- Agaton Strom, New York (City/Metro)
- Alea Moore, Georgia
- Alejo Pesce, Virginia
- Aljosa Videtic, Slovenia
- Allister Freeman, England
- Anginet Page, Colorado
- Anil Tohani, England
- Anne Almasy, Georgia
- Barbara Di Cretico, Italy
- Bartosz Jastal, Poland
- Benjamin Rusnak, Florida
- Bill Xie, New York (City/Metro)
- Brett Hartwig, Australia
- Brian Widdis, Michigan
- Britney Gardner, California (Southern)
- Carlo Carletti, Italy
- Charlie Gesell, California (Northern)
- Chip Litherland, Florida
- Chris Shum, California (Northern)
- Christian Keenan, England
- Christina Craft, Canada
- Christobal Perez, North Carolina
- ChuianFeng Lui, Singapore
- CK Hwang, California (Southern)
- Connie Miller, Massachusetts
- Craig Wolfrom, Idaho
- Daniel Kudish, Canada
- David Wittig, Illinois
- David Hartlage, Indiana
- David Pullum, England
- Debra Simpson, England
- Dennis Viera, California (Northern)
- Edmund Tham, Malaysia
- Emil Agaev, Azerbaijan
- Emin Kuliyev, New York (City/Metro)
- Eric Cousineau, New Mexico
- Erwin Darmali, California (Southern)
- Francesco Survara, Italy
- Franck Boutonnet, France
- Fred Bruneau, France
- Heather Banks, Texas (Central)
- Heather Hughes Ostermaier, Virginia
- Henrikas Kudirka, Lithuania
- Ingrid Firmhofer, Germany
- Jason Johns, Vermont
- JB Reed, New York (City/Metro)
- Jeremy Igo, North Carolina
- Jesse Prentiss, Michigan
- Jessie Li, Canada
- John Mazlish, New York (City/Metro)
- Jonas Peterson, Australia
- Josef Isayo, California (Southern)
- Joseph Kohn, California (Northern)
- Joyce Perlman, California (Northern)
- Julie Ambos, Florida
- Juma Bannister, Trinidad & Tobago
- Justyna Ortyl, Poland
- Kathi Robertson, Canada
- Kenneth Leong, Singapore
- Kenny Pang, New York (City/Metro)
- Kevin Tran, France
- Kristy Walker, California (Southern)
- Kym Skiles, Texas (Northern)
- Lauren Cohn-Frankel, California (Northern)
- Marcin Labedzki, Poland
- Marco Miglianti, Italy
- Marco Schwarz, Germany
- Mariano Friginal, California (Central)
- Mark Wallis, England
- Matt Adcock, Mexico
- Maya Myers, California (Southern)
- Michelle Cabrera, Illinois
- Mike Topham, Virginia
- Morgan Lynn Razi, Texas (Southern)
- Natalie Nadozirny, Maryland
- Nathan Welton, Colorado
- Nathan Bridges, Illinois
- Nathan Migal, Ohio
- Pam Lauhachai, Thailand
- Pam Hults, Texas (Central)
- Paris Papaioannou, Greece
- Parris Whittingham, New York (City/Metro)
- Patrick Low, Malaysia
- Paul Johnson, Florida
- Petros Sordinas, Greece
- Piotr Gajewski, Poland
- Radhika Chalasani, New York (City/Metro)
- Richelle Brown, Illinois
- Rick Collins, Canada
- Rob Witzel, Florida
- Ron Storer, Washington
- Sarah Whitmeyer, North Carolina
- Sarah Bastille, Massachusetts
- Shane Carpenter, Maryland
- Shane Snider, North Carolina
- Sharon Eliasi, Florida
- Simon Carr, England
- Simon Ho, Hong Kong
- Stephanie Secrest, California (Northern)
- Stephen Voss, District Of Columbia
- Steven Young, New York (City/Metro)
- Terry Ng, Singapore
- Thomas Ng, Hong Kong
- Tina Wright, Arizona
- Tom Palmaers, Belgium
- Wayne Ng, Singapore
- Yong How Tey, Singapore
- Yu Hsin Seah, Singapore
- Zlatko Batistich, New Jersey
Contest Judges
DAMON WINTER, PHOTOJOURNALIST
Damon Winter, 32, recently joined the staff of the New York Times in May 2007 after working for three years as a staff photographer at the Los Angeles Times. He has previously worked for The Dallas Morning News, Newsweek, Magnum Photos as well as The Ventura County Star and Indianapolis Star. Damon has covered a broad range of stories including conflicts in Israel and Afghanistan, 9/11 in New York, the Olympic Games and feature stories in Vietnam, Cuba, Russia and India among others. Read more
MELISSA LYTTLE, PHOTOJOURNALIST
Melissa Lyttle has been a photojournalist for the St. Petersburg Times since 2005, where she is committed to documenting the lives of people in her community.
Before working for the Times, Lyttle interned at newspapers in Florida, South Carolina and Michigan. A native of Florida, she began her career at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel after earning her Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Florida. Read more
TIFFANY BROWN, PHOTOJOURNALIST
Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Tiffany Brown has had a lifelong passion for photography. A news photographer with a distinct point of view, an eye for detail and a sense of humor, Tiffany digs into stories to inform her work and provide viewers with something more than straight news photographs – whether it’s casino workers losing their longtime jobs to the “progress” of a wrecking ball or a teacher coping with the devastating effects of a shooter’s bullet lodged in her husband’s spine. Read more
WALTER ESTRADA, PHOTOJOURNALIST
Walter Astrada was born in 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1996, he started his career as staff photographer in La Nacion newspaper (Argentina). During 1999 he traveled around Brazil, Chile, Bolivia and Peru developing a personal project on "Faith". In September 1999, he joined Associated Press in Bolivia and later in Argentina. From 2000 to 2002 he worked for the Associated Press based in Paraguay, from where he covered events in Latin America and the World Cup Korea-Japan 2002. Read more
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