The top10 images have been revealed! Discover the finalists and the Best of Nation winners!
The top 10 images in each of the World Photographic Cup’s six categories have been announced at Imaging USA by PPA CEO David Trust and WPC governing committee members Bert Behnke, Don MacGregor and Tim Walden. The ceremony has been streamed on Facebook Live, and you can watch the entire ceremony here.
The finalist (Top 10) images are now running for individual Gold, Silver, or Bronze medals and the further placements in the Top 10 lists, which will be finally announced, as long as the winning national teams at the World Photographic Cup ceremony on March 23rd in Rome, Italy.
Depending by their final ranking, all these images have the chance to help their country’ teams to win the World Photographic Cup 2020!
The announcement of the Top 10 images in each of the six categories has been preceded by the announcement of the Best of Nation awards. Since 2018, the World Photographic Cup awards with the Best of Nation Award the authors of the highest scoring images from each of the participating countries.
These are the “Best of Nation Award” winners for 2020:
Luciano Andres Richino Team Argentina
Matthew Gianoulis Team Australia
Markus Hofstätter Team Austria
Jürgen de Witte Team Belgium
Luciano Honorato Team Brazil
Amanda Beers Team Canada
Alfonso Finlay Team Chile
Lei Yao Team China
Ezequiel Becerra Team Costa Rica
Richard Horák Team Czech Republic
Lars Roed Team Denmark
Mikaela Holmberg Team Finland
Nicolas Boutruche Team France
Enda Cavanagh Team Ireland
Diego Pomanti Team Italy
Kazuyoshi Shimoda Team Japan
Roger Tan Team Malaysia
Félix Barra Team Mexico
Loren O’Connor Team New Zealand
Richard Wood also Team New Zealand (2 way tie)
Jeanette Larsen Team Norway
Noor Hussain Team Pakistan
Rodrigo Garcia Team Panama
Jose Antonio Herrera De Rivero Team Perù
Christopher O. Magsino Team Philippines
Jacek Kołodziejski Team Poland
Diamantino Jesus Team Portugal
Igor Sakharov Team Russia
Assem Alsabban Team Saudi Arabia
Joseph Goh Meng Huat Team Singapore
Dusan Holovej Team Slovakia
Vicente Esteban Abad Team Spain
Laila Villebeck Team Sweden
Daniel Wenzel Team The Netherlands
Chris Chambers Team United Kingdom
Erich Caparas Team United States
Claudio Napolitano Team Venezuela
Phan Thi Khanh Team Vietnam
And now the Top 10/ finalists in each and all of the 6 categories.
They are in a pure alphabetical order.
We’ll find out about the medalists and the winner of the World Photographic Cup on March 23rd in Rome, Italy.
The top 10 photographers in the commercial category are:
Nicolas Boutruche France
Enda Cavanagh Ireland
Shiyuan Gao China
Matthew Gianoulis Australia
Luciano Honorato Brazil
Randy McNeilly United States
Diego Oliveira Brazil
Diego Pomanti Italy
Igor Sakharov Russia
Lei Yao China
Our top 10 photographers in the illustrative category are:
Flavio Albino Brazil
Nicolas Boutruche France
Andre Gambini Brazil
Felix Hernandez Mexico
Diamantino Jesus Portugal
Michal Karcz Poland
Peter Rooney Malaysia
Sebastien Salamand France
Roger Tan Malaysia
Daniel Wenzel The Netherlands
Our top 10 photographers in the nature category, which includes landscape and wildlife photography are:
Amanda Beers Canada
Steven Blandin United States
Tamara Blazquez Mexico
Chris Chambers United Kingdom
Peter Eastway Australia
Luciano Honorato Brazil
Tracey Lund United Kingdom
Luciano Andres Richino Argentina
Christian Vizl Mexico
Kangfen Zhu China
The top 10 photographers in the portrait category are:
Jamie Bard-Dube Canada
Erich Caparas United States
Paulina Duczman Poland
Joao Guimaraes Brazil
Mikaela Holmberg Finland
Cassandra Jones Canada
Jeanette Larsen Norway
Aleksei Malikov Russia
Laila Villebeck Sweden
Kathy Wierda United States
The top 10 photographers in the reportage (or photojournalism) category are:
Ezequiel Becerra Costa Rica
Kristian Bogner Canada
Sylvia Borel France
Donell Gumiran The Philippines
Victor Medina Mexico
Kim Poulsen Denmark
Marcel Rebro Slovakia
Siow Koi Soon Malaysia
Belle Verdiglione Australia
Yijiu Yang China
Finally, the top 10 photographers in the wedding category are:
Felix Barra Mexico
Igor Bulgak Russia
Shireen Hammond Australia
Haseo Hasegawa Japan
John Hellstrom Sweden
Sanjay Jogia United Kingdom
Andrey Julay Russia
Mario Munoz United States
Sam Sacramento Brazil
Roger Tan Malaysia
Lene Kristine Torgersen Norway
Congratulations to all!
The galleries of all the awarded pictures are visible here:
TOP 10/Finalists Gallery (click to see)
Best of Nations Gallery (click to see)
The Best of nations, the Top 10 photographers and their team captains are all invited to attend the final WPC announcement in Rome and receiving their awards. Please visit www.wpcroma2020.com for info, bookings and registrations.