The International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers (ISPWP) holds a members-only wedding photography contest four times a year. Each contest has 20 different categories, so over the four quarterly contests that adds up to 80 First Place winners for the entire year. (Cover photo by Nico Poblete Fernández)
When we say this is the Best Wedding Photography of 2015, we mean it. We back it up with the results of a series of international photography contests that are judged by the world's best wedding photographers.
Here is a look back at ALL 80 1st place winning images published in 2015.
Raman El Atiaoui | RAMAN-PHOTOS | Frankfurt, Germany
Felipe Fuentes | Felipe Fuentes Photography | Santiago, Chile
Jackelini Kil | Jackelini Kil Fotografia | Curitiba, Brazil
Brian Callaway | Callaway Gable | Los Angeles, California
Pierre Bomfim | Pierre Bomfim Fotografia | Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Hendra Lesmana | Cheese N Click Photography | Jakarta, Indonesia
Tomás Avis | Tomás Avis | Cáceres, Spain
David Thiodorus | All Season Photography | Surabaya, Indonesia
Dean Dampney | CloudFace Photography | Lake Tabourie, New South Wales, Australia
George Shugol | Shugol George Wedding Photography | Frankfurt, Germany
Cole Kor | 2 of us photography | Singapore, Singapore
Victor Lax | Victor Lax | Barcelona, Spain
Erwin Darmali | Apertura | Los Angeles, California
Erika Mann | Two Mann Studios | Canmore, Alberta
Gerhard Nel | Gerhard Nel Photography | The Hague, Netherlands
Szymon Nykiel | Lmfoto.pl | Cracow, Poland
Derrick Ong | Derrick Ong Photography | Singapore
Victor Lax | Victor Lax | Barcelona, Spain
SUN Guangyi | Yily Wedding Photography Studio | Tianjin, China
Dennis Berti | Dennis Berti | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Lili Del Angel | Del Angel Photography | Cancun, Mexico
Georgi Kehayov | Gogo Kehayov | Sofia, Bulgaria
Dani Dávila | Dani Dávila Photography | Galicia, Spain
Fabio Mirulla | Fabio Mirulla Photographer | Florence, Italy
Tom Harmon | Tom Harmon Photography | Northern New Jersey, New Jersey
Joshua D'hondt | Joshua D'hondt Photography | Antwerpen, Belgium
Matthew Sowa | Matthew Sowa Photography | New York City, New York
Nicola Nesi | Nicola Nesi Fotografo | Como, Italy
Andrea Cittadini | Andrea Cittadini Photography | Perugia, Italy
Konstantin Eremeev | Konstantin Eremeev | Saint Petersburg, Russia
Reese Allen | Reese Allen Photography | Charleston, South Carolina
Ainiu Zhang | NIU+ Wedding Photography Studio | Chongqing, China
Rafael Vaz | Rafael Vaz | Lisboa, Portugal
Gabriela Matei | photochic | Bucharest, Romania
Ekaterina Mukhina | Purlita Photography | London, United Kingdom
Raphael Ranosi | Raphael Ranosi | São Paulo, Brasil
Susie Lee | SUSIE | Chongqing, China
Junior Barreto | Junior Barreto | Miami, Florida
Vinny Labella | LOOK FOTOGRAFIA | Zaragoza, Spain
Volodymyr Ivash | IVASH photography | New York City, New York
Dee Green & Tracey Taylor | 37 Frames Photography | Tokyo, Japan
Vinny Labella | LOOK FOTOGRAFIA | Zaragoza, Spain
Konstantin Eremeev | Konstantin Eremeev | Saint Petersburg, Russia
Igor Gerasimchuk | Igor Gerasimchuk | Moscow, Russia
Ariel Novak | Ariel Novak | Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ken Pak | Ken Pak Photography | Washington, D.C.
El Marco Rojo | El Marco Rojo | Madrid, Spain
Tim & Angela Chin | TIMCHIN Photography + Design | Montréal, Québec, Canada
Alessandro Colle | Alessandro Colle | Massa, Italy
Roberto Panciatici | Roberto Panciatici Photography | Siena, Italy
Oscar Castro | Oscar Castro Photography | Veracruz, Mexico
Dennis Jagusiak | Dennis Jagusiak - wedding photography - | Wiesbaden, Germany
Daniel Ribeiro | Estudiod | Aveiro, Portugal
Huang I-Husuan | UJK Image Studio | Tainan, Taiwan
Andrea Cittadini | Andrea Cittadini Photography | Perugia, Italy
Volodymyr Ivash | IVASH photography | New York City, New York
Ken Pak | Ken Pak Photography | Washington, D.C.
Vladimir Propp | Vladimir & Julia Propp photography | Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tom Harmon | Tom Harmon Photography | Northern New Jersey, New Jersey
Daniel Ribeiro | Estudiod | Aveiro, Portugal
Sybil Rondeau | Sybil Rondeau | Nantes, France
Alessandro Colle | Alessandro Colle | Massa, Italy
Tara Theilen | Theilen Photography | Lake Tahoe, California
Kepa Fuentes | Kepa Fuentes | Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Phil Nunez | Phil Nunez Photography | Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Philippe Swiggers | Philippe Swiggers Photography | Leuven, Belgium
Vinicius Matos | Vinicius Matos | Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
Susan Eikenaar | SUSAN documentary weddingphotography | Utrecht, Netherlands
Pedro Cabrera | 100% Fotos | Madrid, Spain
Nico Poblete Fernández | This-photo.com | Santiago, Chile
Andrea Corsi | Andrea Corsi Photographer | Florence, Italy
Volodymyr Ivash | IVASH photography | New York City, New York
Wellington Fugisse | Wellington Fugisse - Fotografia Criativa | Natal, Brazil
Juyá Gentil | Juyá Photographer | Bogota, Colombia
Helene Havard | helene havard photography | Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Paul Wachowski | Pavel Wachowski | Bremen, Germany
Chris Shum | Chris Shum Photography | San Francisco, California
Vinny Labella | LOOK FOTOGRAFIA | Zaragoza, Spain
Pavel Kritchko | Pavel Kritchko Photography | Brussels, Belgium
Gary Evan | All Seasons Photography | Surabaya, Indonesia
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