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2023 Grand Prize Finalists
Below are the 25 Finalists for the Grand Prize category. This category is based on a photographer’s body of work that was submitted to the Pas de Deux Dance Photo Competition. The body of work required a minimum of five images.
The winners will be announced at the Pas de Deux Dance Photography Conference Welcome Reception at the Chicago Hilton on July 21 around 8 pm. It will be on live IG.
The images included in these montages are not always all of the images the photographer submitted to the competition. The images used in these montages are intended to be representative of their work.
Congratulations to the dance photographers who have made this elite list!
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FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ Chicago, IL














JOELLE MARTINEC Tarzana, CA










RANDALL HOBBET Walnut Creek, CA
@rdhobbet










JENNIFER CURRY WINGROVE San Diego, CA
@wingrove.studios.photography










EMILY DREW South Jordan, UT
@emilypearlphotography





AMY DRAKE San Jose, CA
@amydrakedancephoto


















NINO GORDELADZE McKinney, TX
@ninogphotography_













GEENA BENSON San Diego, CA
@geenabensonphotography










JENNIFER FITZPATRICK Manassas, VA
@artistry_reimagined












EMILY BRUNNER Berwyn, PA
@emilybrunnerphotography





BRIAN KRIPPENDORF Palo Alto, CA
@briankrippendorf







MARIA RANDOLPH Colorado Springs, CO
@MariaRandolphPhotography










URBAN RUMP Canton, GA
@utrphoto




















CINDY VALDEZ Tampa, FL
@cindyvaldezphoto





STACEY WRIGHT Bonne Terre, MO
@focalpointe_dancepix






GABY CAVALCANTI Bellevue, WA
@gabycphoto




















PAUL SASSO Flowery Branch, GA





JENNY RAE UTOFT Anoka, MN
@jennyraeimages










LAURA WHITE Roanoke, VA
@laurawhitephoto1










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