And the winner of the WPC 2021 is…. Team Australia!
WPC, World Photographic Cup, the only competition that brings together the worldwide photography community in an Olympics-style competition…online for its 8th announcement ceremony, again from Rome, Italy, for celebrating the best of the best in professional photography worldwide.
With a resounding exploit of 3 medals and 3 top finishes, Team Australia got the 2021Cup. Defending Champion, Team Brazil, on the second spot, followed by Canada and Spain, tied on the third place on the podium.
The other teams on the Top 10 list are Russia (5th place), Finland and U.S. (6th place), Greece (8th), Plilippines (9th) and Poland (10th).
Individual gold medals went to Szymon Świętochowski, Team Poland (Commercial photography); Diamantino Jesus, Team Portugal (Illustration); Hendro Soetrisno, Team United States (Nature); Antti Karppinen, Team Finland (Portrait); Anyelo García, Team Guatemala (Reportage), and Jonathan Hevia, Team Spain (Wedding).
Commercial
Szymon Świętochowski, Team Poland | Gold Medal
Louis-Philippe Provost, Team Canada | Silver Medal
Jacquie Matechuk, Team Canada | Bronze Medal
Julia Anna Gospodarou, Team Greece | 4th Place
Daniel Zachar, Team Slovakia | 5th Place
Diego Oliveira, Team Brazil | 6th Place
Luciano Honorato, Team Brazil | 7th Place
Amber Griffin, Team New Zealand | 8th Place
Alexander Khokhlov, Team Russia | 9th Place
Steve Scalone, Team Australia | 10th Place
Illustration / Digital Art
Diamantino Jesus, Team Portugal | Gold Medal
Forough Yavari, Team Australia | Silver Medal
Ignacio Segura, Team Chile | Bronze Medal
Nicolas BOUTRUCHE, Team France | 4th Place
Igor Sakharov, Team Russia | 5th Place
ANTONIO PEINADO MUÑOZ, Team Spain | 6th Place
Patrizia Burra, Team Italy | 7th Place
Szymon Świętochowski, Team Poland | 8th Place
Suvi Sievilä, Team Finland | 9th Place
Luciano Honorato, Team Brazil | 10th Place
Nature (Landscape and Wildlife)
Hendro Soetrisno, Team United States | Gold Medal
Joshua Holko, Team Australia | Silver Medal
Sherwin Magsino, Team Philippines | Bronze Medal
Risto Raunio, Team Finland | 4th Place
Luis Solano Pochet, Team Costa Rica | 5th Place
Tracey Lund, Team United Kingdom | 6th Place
Scott Portelli, Team Australia | 7th Place
Carlos Carrillo, Team Mexico | 8th Place
José David Altamirano, Team Costa Rica | 9th Place
Luciano Andres Richino, Team Argentina | 10th Place
Portrait
Antti Karppinen, Team Finland | Gold Medal
Erich Caparas, Team United States | Silver Medal
Forough Yavari, Team Australia | Bronze Medal
Natalia Pipkina, Team Norway | 4th Place
Aleksey Malikov, Team Russia | 5th Place
Ammara Sadiq, Team Canada | 6th Place
Stéphane AUDRAN, Team France | 7th Place
Ram Martínez, Team Venezuela | 8th Place
Stephanie Lachance, Team Canada | 9th Place
Richard Wood, Team New Zealand | 9th Place
Reportage / Photojournalism
Anyelo García, Team Guatemala | Gold Medal
Donell Gumiran, Team Philippines | Silver Medal
ALFONSO NOVO, Team Spain | Bronze Medal
Klaudia Ratzinger, Team Austria | 4th Place
Anna Pantelia, Team Greece | 5th Place
Peter Svoboda, Team Slovakia | 6th Place
Andy Cheung, Team Australia | 7th Place
Oscar Herrera, Team Costa Rica | 8th Place
Justin Aitken, Team New Zealand | 9th Place
Sergio Ivan Caro Torres, Team Mexico | 9th Place
Wedding
JONATHAN HEVIA, Team Spain | Gold Medal
Daniel Ribeiro, Team Brazil | Silver Medal
Igor Bulgak, Team Russia | Bronze Medal
Chris Chambers, Team United Kingdom | 4th Place
Sam Sacramento, Team Brazil | 5th Place
John Makris, Team Greece | 6th Place
胡 杰 Jie Hu, Team China | 7th Place
Shinichi Shimomiya, Team Japan | 8th Place
Maxi Oviedo, Team Argentina | 9th Place
VICTOR LAX, Team Spain | 10th Place
