Silver / 2019 / Portraiture / Wedding

The Flying Bride

  • Prize
    Silver in Portraiture/Wedding
  • Photographer
    Joe Lai, Taiwan

Bridal photography at golden hour.

Joe Lai, a self-taught photographer from Taiwan, has been interested in art since he was a child and has won many international drawing competitions from childhood. Through formal training in the fields of art and design, Joe got further developed his artistic eye and continue to absorb aesthetic ideas in the university.

In recent years, Joe begins to explore the camera as a creative tool in his spare time. Through a period of trials and errors, he quickly becomes interested in portraits and wedding photography. Over the years, Joe has won more than 120 international awards including, IPA,

Awards 2020 MPI-IIC - Master Photographer International (CA) | Silver Awards x4 | Category POY
2020 WPE - Wedding Photography Europe (EU) | 1st x2 | Silver x 19 | Bronze x6
2020 WPPI - Wedding & Portrait Photographers International | 1st place x1 | 3rd place x1 | Silver Awards x4
2020 ND Awards (US) | 1st x1 | HM x1
2020 Cosmos (FEA) | 1st x1 | HM x5
2020 EPA - Expression Photography Awards (BR) | 1st x9 | 2nd x10 | 3rd x7 | Silver x3 | Bronze x60
2020 AsiaWPA - Asia Wedding Photographers Association (HK) | 2nd x1 | HM x18
2020 PWS - Photo Wedding Stories (Greece) | 2nd x1 | HM x1
2020 bifa - Budapest International Foto Awards (HU) | Gold x1 | Silver x1
2020 Monochrom Awards | 3rd x1 | HM x1
2020 IPA - International Photography Awards (US) | HM x8
2020 PX3 Prix de la Photographphie Paris (EU) | Silver x2
2020 Portrait Master (AU) | Bronze x5
2020 FAPA - Fina Art Photography Awards (UK) | Nominee x3

2019 WPE - Wedding Photography Europe (EU) | Annual Grand Award Winner | 2nd place x1 | Silver x 17 | Bronze x4
2019 ND Awards (US) | 1st place x1 | 3rd place x1 | HM x3
2019 PX3 Prix de la Photographphie Paris (EU) | Silver x2 | Bronze x1
2019 IPA - International Photography Awards (US) | 1st place x1 | HM x5
2019 WPPI - Wedding & Portrait Photographers International | 3rd place x1 | Silver Awards x1
2019 MPI - Master Photographers International (CA) | Nominee of Open Challenge Photographer of the Year
2019 TPOTY - Travel Photographer of The Year (UK) | Shortlist x1
2019 tifa - Tokyo International Foto Awards (JP) | Gold x1 | HM x1
2019 bifa - Budapest International Foto Awards (HU) | Gold x1
2019 Chromatic Awards (US) | 3rd x1 | HM x5
2019 PPAC - Professional Photographers Aisa Community (Macau) | 3rd x1 | Bronze x8
2019 OneEye Land (IN)
Top 10 Wedding Photographers 2019 | Silver x1 | Bronze x1 | Finalist x 3