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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

@Fernando_Rodriguez_Photography

JOELLE MARTINEC   Tarzana, CA

@gingersolephotography

AMANDA TIPTON   Littleton, CO

@amandatiptonphotography



JERRY METELLUS  Las Vegas, NV 
@jerrymetellus



TIM AVERY   New Boston, NH
  @timothygavery



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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