I don’t have the habit of printing out my photographs. Instead, I will choose to upload my photographs to my social media channels such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. With good quality lens built onto the smartphones and fast network speed these days, this makes photo sharing so much easier. Despite I own 6 cameras at home, my personal favourite is still Apple iPhone. With lots of photography apps available on the App Store, this makes editing photographs on the go really easy. From Flickr’s data on Percentage of Photographers in 2015, Apple iPhone took the top 6 positions, leaving the DSLRs, compact cameras, and other smartphones behind. Up to 46% of the photographs uploaded on Flickr are from iPhone, crowning this Apple device “The Most Popular Camera” in 2015.
Founded in 2007, iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) is the first and longest running iPhone photography competition. With more than 130 countries participating, IPPAWARDS need to select the best photographs among the thousands of them submitted. This year will be the 9th IPPAWARDS and counties participating includes Hong Kong, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, United States and China.
For the prizes, the Grand winner will walk away with an iPad Pro. The first, second and third place award winner will walk away with an Apple Watch Sports Edition. As there are 19 categories in the 9th IPPAWARDS, each categories’ first-place winner will be awarded a Gold Bar. The Second and Third place winners will each awarded a Palladium Bar. This is the most recognisable private gold mint in the world.
Now, here are some of the winning photographs taken using the iPhone.
Siyuan Niu From Xinjiang, China
Grand Prize Winner, Photographer of the Year
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Robin Robertis From Carlsbad CA, United States
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year
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Siyuan Niu From Xinjiang, China
3rd Place, Photographer of the Year
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Andrew Montgomery From Hampton Wick, United Kingdom
1st Place – Food
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KK From Changsha, China
1st Place – Children
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Nick Ryan From Sydney, Australia
1st Place – Sunset
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Erica Wu From San Francisco CA, United States
1st Place – Animals
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Junfeng Wang From Shanghai, China
1st Place – Nature
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Rithwik V J From Tamil Nadu, India
3rd Place – Lifestyle
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Shiyang Han From Beijing, China
3rd Place, Travel
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