Javon Longieliere places 6th at 2025 World Photographic Cup
Published 5:28 pm Friday, March 21, 2025
Javon Longieliere’s image “If the Bra Fits, [the Bride Must Commit]” placed sixth in the Wedding Photojournalism category at the 2025 World Photographic Cup. (Submitted photo)
Submitted photo: World Photographic Cup finalists
VALDOSTA — Valdosta photographer Javon Longieliere placed sixth in the 2025 World Photographic Cup in the Wedding Photojournalism category.
Longieliere’s image “If the Bra Fits [the Bride Must Commit]” was selected as a Team USA Finalist by a national association composed of professional photographers. The team was officially announced at the Imaging USA Grand Imaging Awards Feb. 3 in Dallas, Texas.
Winning photos were announced Thursday during an event in Quinto, Ecuador.
“It’s a great honor to be a finalist on Team USA,” Longieliere said prior to the award program. “It’s an amazing group to be a part of. I push myself to be a better photographer each year, and to be recognized and given the chance to represent my country is just icing on the cake.”
The World Photographic Cup, co-founded by Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and the Federation of European Photographers (FEP), featured 49 countries in 2025. The World Photographic Cup’s mission is to unite photographers in a spirit of friendship and cooperation.
Each country’s team picks its own photographers and images to enter. Teams may submit up to three images in each of ten categories: Commercial, Illustration/Digital Art, Nature Landscape, Nature Wildlife, Illustrative Portrait, Natural Portrait, Reportage/Photojournalism, Sports, Wedding Open, and Wedding Documentary. Teams may choose to enter the images of a single photographer in multiple categories; no single photographer may have multiple images entered into a single category.
Gold (1st), Silver (2nd), and Bronze (3rd) medals are awarded to the individual creator in each category. Teams are awarded points based on an aggregate score of the top ten placements in all categories. Then, the World Photographic Cup is awarded to the national team that receives the highest overall score.
Team USA took home the cup this year, after Team Spain has won two years in a row.
For more information on the World Photographic Cup, and to view the winning images from around the world, visit WorldPhotographicCup.org.
