It has been over a decade since the world was introduced to an US-based technology company, Apple, that revolutionized mobile phones with features that shook up the photography industry. Since then, iPhones have been at cutting edge of technology. So much so that even professional photographers like Luisa Dörr, who shot the TIME FIRSTS covers last September prefers them over a DSLR.
The annual iPhone Photography Awards (or IPPAWARDS) recognize the best images taken with the iPhone. In the 11th edition of the Awards winners were selected from thousands of entries submitted by iPhone photographers from over 140 countries around the world. The founder of IPPAWARDS, Kenan Aktulun says “iPhone users have become very fluent in visual storytelling. This year’s photos were technically impressive and many of them were very personal.”
The awards in 18 categories were awarded to photographers around the the world including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Myanmar, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Syria, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The categories, included abstract, animals, sunset, news-events, and more, according to the IPPA website. Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook took to twitter “Congratulations to this year’s @ippawards winners! Take a look at some of the best #shotoniPhone photography from around the world.”
Here are the top ones
Jashim Salam of Bangladesh bagged the Grand Prize Winner Photographer of the Year Award for his entry ‘Displaced’. Alexandre Weber of Switzerland for ‘Baiana in Yellow and Blue’, Huapeng Zhao of China for ‘Eye to Eye’ and Zarni Myo Win of Myanmar for ‘I Want to Play’ go the first, second and third place for Photographers of the Year Awards respectively.
- Jashim Salam’s Displaced:
“Rohingya children watching an awareness film about health and sanitation near Tangkhali refugee camp in Ukhiya.”
- Alexandre Weber’s Baiana in Yellow and Blue
“The picture was taken in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, spontaneously, after a truck drove by. The woman with traditional clothes of a “Baiana”, was looking after the truck, during her work break.”
- Huapeng Zhao’s Eye to Eye
“I met this boy while walking at the seaside. When I was trying to take a picture of him, he put the fish he caught in front of his eye. “
- Zarni Myo Win’s I Want to Play
“A young boy who lost his leg was watching his friends play soccer, and he said he wanted to play soccer if he could.”
Image Courtesy: IPPAWARDS Website
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