IN THE LOUPE: Joe Buissink
Location: Beverly Hills, Calif.
Popular wedding destinations: Venice and the Amalfi Coast in Italy; Mexico; The Bahamas; New York City; Napa Valley, Calif.; the south of France; Miami; and Aspen, Colo.
Accolades: Buissink has received numerous International Grand Awards for his work from the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International. In February 2007, American Photo nominated him as one of the Top 10 Wedding Photographers in the World. Kodak hired Buissink to shoot its ad campaign for the Portra film line in 2003. He was also selected in 2005 to be Apple's spokesperson for the wedding industry for the release of the Aperture suite.
Website: JoeBuissink.com
Joe Buissink: Every Wedding Tells a Story
With his training psychology, wedding photographer Joe Buissink knows how to put nervous couples at ease, making him a popular choice on the high-end wedding circuit.
What do Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, Hilary Swank and Christina Aguilera have in common? Aside from being beautiful, rich and famous, all have been captured by the insightful lens of Joe Buissink, wedding photographer to the "A-list" crowd.
In a little more than a decade, Buissink has become one of the foremost wedding photographers in the industry. Named one of the top 10 wedding photographers in the world by American Photo, and voted one of the top five by the BBC in 2003, Buissink has also received the International Leadership Award in photography from the International Photographic Council at the United Nations. Why Joe? His name kept coming up based upon a consensus of opinions from Photo District News, WPPI, PPA and other renowned photographic organizations.
How did this not-so-average Joe achieve such acclaim...
Canon Explorers of Light Program Adds 20 New Photographers to Roster
Canon USA has expanded its Explorers of Light panel with the addition of 20 photographers from all segments of the industry.
Joining the roster for the first time are Joe Buissink, Bob Davis, John Dibbs, Don Emmerich, Rod Evans, Hansen Fong, Paul Gero, Darrell Gulin, Jeff Hawkins, Stephen Johnson, Adam Jones, Vincent Laforet, Terrell Lloyd, Andy Marcus, Parker Pfister, Fran Reisner, Ken Sklute, Onne Van Der Wal and Jeff Woods.
