FOURTH
PLACE (tie) - Brian Tsai / Texas
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Photo © 2004 by Brian Tsai
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Lovely
photograph with bride and groom
in the background. Musician looks
intense and wedding atmosphere is
all around. You can feel the light
song playing.
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SIXTH
PLACE - Marie Labbancz / New Jersey
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Photo © 2004 by Marie
Labbancz
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Unusual,
striking use of light and color.
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SEVENTH
PLACE - Bradley Hanson / Washington
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Photo © 2004 by Bradley
Hanson
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Another
nicely angled photo. Sweeping
movement from the front (piano?)
leads into the musician and
makes for a nice picture
Artistic look at musician. Good
work framing the subject.
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EIGHTH
PLACE - Bill McCullough / Texas
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Photo © 2004 by Bill
McCullough
NINTH
PLACE - David Jay / California
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Photo © 2004 by David
Jay
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Nice
circular angle of the instrument.
Nice angle for photographer.
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TENTH
PLACE - Gary Allen / North Carolina
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Photo © 2004 by Gary
Allen
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Interesting
image of man looking over music
sheet as baby looks on.
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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.
