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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Fun
moment on the altar. Emphasis on the bride helps
the photo. Wonderful shades of gray help white
of the gown stand out.
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TENTH
PLACE (tie) - Richard Esposito / Connecticut
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Photo © 2004 by Richard
Esposito
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
The
photographer captures a great look of anticipation
on the bride’s face as she looks out
the car window. Technically very well done.
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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.
