World Photographic Cup 2015

I was selected to represent Canada for the World Photographic Cup with this image in the Commercial category. My Skytrain Tunnel image also received an Award of Distinction by Master Photographers International and an Award of Merit by the Professional Photographers of Canada.

WPC Press Release:

We all know that EVERYONE is a winner with WPC, just like being part of a national team at the Olympics. Having an image submitted at this level is without doubt a pinnacle of anyone’s career… medalist or not. By being recognized as a team member for WPC, the respect for the photographer is immediately on a higher plateau. We would like to recognize and respect the 400 photographers from 27 countries and 4 continents which boldly had the opportunity to showcase their amazing images and worked towards enhancing their associations respect and brand around the globe. Anyway, WPC is a competition and winners are wanted! We are happy to announce now the national teams which have at least one finalist image: Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, USA.

The top ten finalists in each category will be announced in January at Imaging USA and the winners announced in March during ExpoFoto 2016 in Portugal. This is the second time I've been part of the National Photographic Team Canada! Canadian team members this year include: Commercial: Claude Brazeau, Jason Brown & Kerri-Jo Stewart Illustrative / Digital Art: Darlene Fros, Marc Bailey & Stéphane Larivière Nature (Landscape and Wildlife): Clark Lloyd, Trevor Pottelberg , & Allan Bailey Portrait: Joseph Simone, Jay Terry & Nathalie Lamy Reportage / Photojournalism: Paul Wright, Alexis Walters & Phanh Tram Wedding: Sam Sciarrino, Jeff Noon & Joseph Simone View all the entered images!

And congratulations and good luck to everyone who is representing their country.