About Us
Leading the way in Wedding Photojournalism, WPJA represents the most discriminating talent around the world technically, creatively and visually. Qualified members hold industry-leading standards, skills and business integrity.
The WPJA sponsors educational programs including seminars, conventions and workshops geared toward wedding photojournalism. We also host wedding photojournalism contests, judged by top working photojournalists and news photo editors actively in the photojournalism industry. The purpose of these contests is to celebrate the photographers who document and record the found moment.
WPJA MISSION STATEMENT
The Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA), an International, membership-based organization, represents professional photographers skilled in the documentation of weddings and events in a candid, unobtrusive style. The WPJA was founded to uphold excellence in the area of wedding photojournalism.
WPJA OBJECTIVES
1. To assist individuals and wedding planners geographically research wedding photojournalist professionals.
2. To be the leading wedding photojournalist resource for skill advancement and networking.
TRUTH AND INTEGRITY
The Wedding Photojournalist Association credibility lies in the hands of our members and the truth of the photographs submitted.
WPJA contest image submissions must be from actual weddings. Images taken during seminars or other staged events are not eligible for entry.
Situations controlled by the photographer become portraits and may be entered only in portrait categories. |
