Top Knots 2008 Winner: Story of a charmed image.
This is the second time I’ve entered an image in Photo District News’ Top Knots contest. It will be in the April edition of PDN. This is the second time they’ve chosen one of mine as a winner. Why is this such an honor? Because they continually see and work with the best photography in the world on a daily basis. They have their finger on the pulse of the photographic community as a whole, most of it not even closely related to wedding photography. So it’s a great honor when a wedding image crosses the lines photographic genres seem to make. This is one of my favorite “getting ready” images ever, and I wouldn’t have it if Chichi didn’t think enough of me to take me all the way to Nigeria to photograph her ceremony. This image also placed 4th in the 1Q 2007 WPJA contest. This amazing experience continues to resurface in my life, and I thank Chichi and Emeka greatly for the fond memories that are conjured up every time an image is recognized, every time someone emails me out of the blue complimenting me on this coverage, and every time Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe or Oliver de Coque comes up on my iTunes rotation. If you could see me doing the happy dance right now, you’d totally laugh your ass off. I’m that bad.
Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Climie
Filed under: Accolades and Client Raves, Big News You Can Use, Destination: Nigeria
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