Team Canada in PHOTONews

Publishing date: Jan 18, 2024

Great photos tell great stories, which explains why Canada has so many great storytellers. With that, we are thrilled to announce the photographers whose images will represent Canada in the 2024 World Photographic Cup competition (WPC).

Congratulations to the following who have been selected:

Commercial: Alph Leydon (ON), Kathryn McGarvey (BC), Louis-Philippe Provost (QC)

Illustration/Digital Art: Kari Carter (AB), Diane Hanna (BC), Renée Robyn (AB)

Landscape: Evan Will, (AB) Jenny Wong (AB), Paul Wright (BC)

Illustrative Portrait: Claude Brazeau (ON), Diane Hanna (BC), Renée Robyn (AB)

Natural Portrait: Rosalind Guder (ON), Diane Hanna (BC), Cassandra Jones (AB)

Reportage/Photojournalism: Mike Houghton (BC), Curtis Jones (NL), Craig Minielly (BC)

Sports: Kristian Bogner (AB), Jacquie Matechuk (AB), Michael Winsor (NL)

Wedding Documentary: Railene Hooper (AB), Sean LeBlanc, Rabih Madi (QC)

Wedding Open: Sean LeBlanc (AB), Rabih Madi (QC), Kelly VanderBeek (AB)

Wildlife: Jacquie Matechuk (AB), Glen Strickey (PE), Michelle Valberg (ON)

The selected photographers hail from across the country and represent professionals and emerging artists in all genres of photography. Each had their images survive three rounds of qualifying to become part of Team Canada’s submission to be showcased on the world stage.

The Top 10 finalists, who are in the running for world medals, will be made public in January 2024 at Imaging USA. Then at the World Photographic Cup awards ceremony in Dallas, Texas on April 27, 2024 the medals will be announced and we will learn which country’s team has won the World Photographic Cup.

The WPC is an Olympic style photographic competition, where national teams compete in different categories for the honour of winning the World Photographic Cup. This is a prestigious platform to showcase Canadian imagery while unifying photographers in a spirit of friendship and cooperation.