Each year, iPhone Photography Awards announces a Grand Prize winner, as well as winners in 19 other categories, including Photographer of the Year, Abstract, Architecture, People, and Nature.
This year, Grand Prize Winner and Photographer of the Year Award went to Dimpy Bhalotia, who is a street photographer from the United Kingdom. To take this picture called Flying Boys, the photographer used an iPhone X.
#2 Travel: First Place, 'Free From The Past', Varanasi, India By Kristian Cruz
Besides, this year's winners prove that in order to take an amazing photo, you don't even need to have the newest iPhone in your pocket. In fact, one winner scored a prize using an iPhone 4!
#3 Architecture: Third Place, 'Calpe Sunrise', Calpe, Spain By Jiandong Wang
"This year marks the 13th Annual Awards with submissions from thousands of photographers from all over the globe. Dozens of winning photographs reflect powerful worldviews, from vast landscapes to a single tree, from city streets to remote desolation, from toil and hardship to a private moment in the sun," IPPAWADS team writes on their website.
#4 Trees: Third Place, 'Solitude Beauty', Ewa Beach, Hawaii By Chuyang Baideme
Another cool thing about this competition is that people from all around the globe can participate in it. "Top-three winners in an additional 18 categories were awarded to photographers from almost every corner of the world, including Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States," reads the website.
#6 Sunset: Second Place, 'Twilight Reflection', Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona By Joseph Cyr
#9 News/Events: First Place, 'Demons Lighting The Sky', Paterna, Spain By Fernando Merlo
#10 Landscape: Third Place, 'The Cloud', Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain By Dominic Dähncke
#11 Poty: Grand Prize Winner, 'Flying Boys', Banaras, India By Dimpy Bhalotia
#12 Still Life: Third Place, '84,000 Statues Of Yakushi Nyorai', Shimane, Japan By Shinya Itahana
#17 Children: Third Place, 'Through The Eyes Of The Children', San Carlos Pangasinan, Philippines By Mary Joy Loyola Ganitano
#18 Nature: Second Place, 'Kea At Mount Luxmore', Fiordland National Park, New Zealand By Avishai Futerman
#20 Floral: First Place, 'Lonely Morning Glory', Shenzhen, China By Peiquan Li
