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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Laughable
yet predictable moment during the wedding preparation.
The expression on the bridesmaid’s face says
it all – “please make this work.”
Hand play is terrific. Good light.
TENTH
PLACE (tie) - Heather Mabry
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Photo © 2004 by Heather
Mabry
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Photographer
captures a nice moment as the bride toasts
with her bridesmaids before wedding.
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JUDGES
FOR THIS WPJA CONTEST:
1.
Bruce Moyer - Picture Editor - The Hartford
Courant (CT). In 2004, for the third year in a
row, Moyer was named Newspaper Picture Editor
of the Year by the National Press Photographers
Association (NPPA). Numerous other NPPA awards.
2.
Suzette Moyer - Director of Graphics and Design
at the Hartford Courant newspaper. Director of
Region 1 for the Society for News Design. She
has been a designer for more than 16 years, working
at publications in Florida, Washington and North
Carolina. She has won numerous awards from the
Society of News Design, Print magazine and the
National Press Photographers Association.
3. Ami Vitale Ami is based in India and
her photographs and stories from events in Europe,
the Middle East, Africa, India and Asia have appeared
in publications including Time, Newsweek, Smithsonian
Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, The Telegraph
Sunday Magazine, Le Figaro Magazine and USA Today
among others. She has won numerous awards for
work including:
World Press Photos 2003, Third place General News
Story
NPPA Best of Photojournalism 2003:Magazine photographer
of the year
NPPA Best of Photojournalism 2003:Third place
International News Story
Photographer of the Year International: Third
place Magazine Division / General Reporting.
4.
Sean D. Elliot - Chief Photographer/Photo
Assignment Editor - The Day (CT). Currently is
the National Secretary for the National Press
Photographers Association - NPPA. Past director
of Region One for the NPPA. Sean was 1994 Rookie
of the Year from the New England Press Association
and was NEPA's 2000 Photographer of the Year.
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