THE WORLDWIDE PHOTOGRAPHY GALA AWARDS ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE WPGA 2009 CONTEST

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 27, 2009 -- Winners of the WPGA 2009 Annual Contest organized by The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards and benefiting Save the Children have been announced. The jurors Chris Steele-Perkins from Magnum, Susan Zadeh from Eyemazing, Tim Anderson from Red Dog Journal, and Brooks Jensen from Lenswork have selected the foowing awardees:

WPGA 2009 ANNUAL CONTEST JURORS’ ANNOUNCEMENT
Participating Countries: 47
Images submitted: 3,180
Finalists: 187 images from 23 countries
see all awarded images at www.wonderpick.com)

WPGA PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2009

FIRST PRIZE: DILIP BHATIA
SECOND PRIZE: TOM ATWOOD
THIRD PRIZE: JOHN DELANEY
MERIT OF HONOR: ANTONIO BOLFO

DOCUMENTARY HUMANITARIAN GRANT:LARRY LOUIE

CATEGORY ABSTRACT
FIRST PRIZE: NAVID BARATY
SECOND PRIZE: ALAN MUNEY
THIRD PRIZE: ROBI GANDULI
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
DAMJAN VOGLAR
JOHN BERGHOLM
MIKE SMITH
FINALISTS:
ANDREW ILACHINSKI
JAMES LEGG

CATEGORY DIGITAL ENHANCED
FIRST PRIZE: TOM CHAMBERS
SECOND PRIZE: OSVALDO GONZALEZ
THIRD PRIZE: LYNN GOLDSMITH
HONORABLE MENTIONS:

DALE ODELL
OSVALDO GONZALEZ (2 HON. MENTIONS)
RONALDO GIRGULSKY
FINALISTS:
HELEN CHIEREGO
HUGH JONES

CATEGORY: DOCUMENTARY
FIRST PRIZE: DILIP BATHIA
SECOND PRIZE: FRANCESCA FAGO
THIRD PRIZE: DILIP BHATIA
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
AMRO HAMZAWI
ANDREW BIRAJ (2 HON. MENTIONS)
ANTONIO BOLFO (2 HONORABLE MENTIONS)
CHRIS MINIHANE
DILIP BHATIA (3 HON. MENTIONS)
JOHN DELANEY
DIMITRI BELLOS
FRANÇOIS DAGENAIS
GIULANO KOREN
GORDON WELTERS
JAN SEIFERT
JOYDEEP MUKHERJEE

KARSTEN RAU
KATE ORNE
LARRY LOUIE (5 HON. MENTIONS)
GIUSEPPE MOCCIA
OLIVIER DOULIERY
PETCU MIRELA
SUDIPTO DAS (2 HON. MENTIONS)
VIVIANE MOOS
FINALISTS:
ANTONIO BOLFO (3 IMAGES)
CHISTOPHER JONES
DAN KOSMAYER
DON GUREWITZ
FRANÇOIS DAGENAIS
GIUSEPPE MOCCIA
JANA ZILCAYOVA
JON EDWARDS
KATHLEEN LARAIA McLAUGHLIN
LOUIS MONTROSE

CATEGORY FINE ART:
FIRST PRIZE: LORNE RESNICK
SECOND PRIZE: MALAIKA WEBER
THIRD PRIZE: TANYA GRAMATIKOVA
HONORABLE MENTIONS:

ALMENDRA SANDOVAL
ANDREA GALLUZO
ARTHUR MEEHAN
BETH MOON
BILL JACKSON
CURTIS SALONICK
DIANA DIRIWAECHTER
GEOFFREY AGRONS
JOSEPH SHIELDS
KATHRYN OSGOOD
KIMBER WALLWORK-HEINEMAN
LORENZO PAXIA
MIKE SMITH
NAVID BARATY
PATRICK De SMET
PATTY CARROLL
PETER KING
ROBERT ZIELINSKI (2 HON. MENTIONS)
SHEILA GARDNER
STAN FRIEDMAN
SUZANNE GONSALEZ
TANYA GRAMATIKOVA
TIMOTHY CUSHAN (2 HON. MENTIONS)
VINCENT PUCCIARELLI
FINALISTS:
CAMILO CRUZ
EURO ROTELLI

JAMES SPARHATT
JOY GOLDKIND
MALAIKA WEBER
NICHOLAS FEDAK II
PATRICK De SMET
PATTY CARROLL
RALPH LEDERBERGER

CATEGORY LANDSCAPES AND CITISCAPES:
FIRST PRIZE: DAVID ZIMMERMAN
SECOND PRIZE: YOONG WAH WONG
THIRD PRIZE: ERIC MOORE
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
ALAN MUNEY
BELENNA LAUTO
BERTA BUZUNARIZ
BETH MOON
DANIEL POWERS
DAVID ZIMMERMAN
DENIS FRASER
GLENN RICHARDS
JAVIER SANCHEZ MARTINEZ
JIM HABERMAN
LIAM FRANKLAND
LOUIS MONTROSE
MANUELA CIGLIUTTI
OSVALDO HAMER

PETER BOYADJIEFF
FINALISTS:
DANIEL CRAVINO
DIMITRI MELLOS
DOT RADLEY
JOHAN TOTTERSTROM
PARTHA PAL
RALPH LEDERBERGER
CATEGORY PORTRAIT – PEOPLE AND FIGURE
FIRST PRIZE: TOM ATWOOD
SECOND PRIZE: JOHN DELANEY
THIRD PRIZE: JOHN DELANEY
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
ANGEL DE LA RUBIA
ANTONELLA FABIANI (2 HON. MENTIONS)
ARJUN MARK
ARMAN ZHENIKEYEV
ASHOKE KUMAR GHOSH
BEDROS AZINYAN (2 HON. MENTIONS)
BRUCE KRAVETZ
CHANDAN DEY
CHARLES SCHREINER
CHRIS KOGUT
CLAIRE GILLIAM
DAMJAN VOGLAR

DANIEL TUCKMANTEL
GEORGI KARAMIHAYLOV
HELEN CHIEREGO
ISABELLA DARNELL
JEFFRIS ELLIOT (2 HON. MENTIONS)
JOHDA SAMAR (2 HON. MENTIONS)
JOHAN ENSING
JOHN DELANEY
KEN VILLENEUVE (2 HON. MENTIONS)
LARRY LOUIE
LOLI KANTOR
MARE VACCARO
MARK SHARFMAN
SANDRA CHEN WEINSTEIN
SHEILA GARDNER
SUBHAJIT BASU (2 HON. MENTIONS)
TOM ATWOOD (3 HON. MENTIONS)
XAVIER GARZA
YUAN GAO
FINALISTS:
ADAM TAYLOR
ALISON JONES
ARTHUR MEEHAN
BRUCE KRAVETZ
CYNTHIA LaBARRE
DOT RADLEY

ERIN THAMES
GLORIANN LIU
KELLEY DALLAS
LORNE RESNICK
LOUIS MONTROSE
MARAL NIKRANG MOFRAD
MARLENE MIYAMOTO
MAURIZIO LANDRISCINA
MICHELE TARAS
PIETER MYERS
ROBIN MOORE
ROSE WARD
TORKIL FAEROE
VINCENT MUNDY

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