Team USA 2023 Announced for World Photographic Cup

Twenty-two photographers will represent the United States in the 2023 World Photographic Cup. The goal of the international competition is to unite photographers in a spirit of friendship and cooperation via a one-of-a-kind battle for the top prize. Teams enter up to three images in each of eight categories: Commercial, Illustrative, Illustrative Portrait, Landscape, Natural Portrait, Reportage, Wedding, and Wildlife.

Finalists and the Best of Nation Awards, which honor the top scoring image from each country, will be announced at Imaging USA 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee.

World Photographic Cup winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Singapore on March 17, 2023.

Founded in 2013, WPC is administered by Professional Photographers of America and the Federation of European Photographers with support from additional international photographic organizations. 

TEAM USA 2023

Commercial
Karissa Blunck, M.Photog.
Randy McNeilly, M.Photog.MEI.Cr., CPP, API, F-ASP
John Hartman, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr., CPP, A-ASP, EA-ASP

Illustrative
Kimberly J. Smith, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr., CPP
Ben Shirk, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr.
Karen McCall, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr., CPP

Illustrative Portrait
Rachel Owen
Ben Shirk, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr.
Shannon Squires-Toews, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr., CPP

Landscape
John Grusd, M.Photog.
Kenneth Martin, M.Photog.Cr., CPP
Laura Bennett, M.Photog.Cr., F-ASP

Natural Portrait
Mark Melnick
Megan Drane, M.Photog.M.Artist.
Shannon Squires-Toews 

Reportage
Robert Near, M.Photog.
Erin Clark, M.Photog., CPP
David Soldano, M.Photog.

Wedding
Johnathan Fusco, M.Wed.Photog.
Mario Munoz, M.Photog.M.Wed.Photog.Cr.
Tomas Munoz, M.Photog.M.Wed.Photog.Cr.

Wildlife
Cheryl Moore, CPP
Andrew Glogower
Kenneth Bovat, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr., CPP