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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

Final score:

73points

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Mimi 4 years ago

This one is like a painting. I'll paint it!

13points

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

Final score:

70points

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Mimi 4 years ago

Yum, yum, crispy boat there.

4points

"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

Final score:

70points

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Kenny Kulbiski 4 years ago

That picnic table makes it. "You're alone and isolated but someone knew you'd be coming."

6points

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.

#5

Nature: First Place, 'Untitled', By Lisi Li

Final score:

64points

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T Simmons 4 years ago

There’s soooo much ps here

4points

#6

Sunset: Second Place, 'Twilight Reflection', Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona By Joseph Cyr

Final score:

63points

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Leslie Burleson 4 years ago

That rock looks like it's levitating

5points

#7

Animals: Second Place, 'Flamingos', By Ji Li

Final score:

55points

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Fieke Engelen 4 years ago

So graceful

1point

#8

Nature: Third Place, 'Journey To The Lava Field', Hawaii, By Jiawen Wu

Final score:

54points

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averageperson 4 years ago

No no don't touch

7points

#9

News/Events: First Place, 'Demons Lighting The Sky', Paterna, Spain By Fernando Merlo

Final score:

53points

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Demongrrrrl 4 years ago

Demons! Yeeesss!

3points

#10

Landscape: Third Place, 'The Cloud', Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain By Dominic Dähncke

Final score:

51points

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Catlady6000 4 years ago

Tonite at the local drive-in....

6points

#11

Poty: Grand Prize Winner, 'Flying Boys', Banaras, India By Dimpy Bhalotia

Final score:

46points

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Claire 4 years ago

This is really my favorite so far

5points

#12

Still Life: Third Place, '84,000 Statues Of Yakushi Nyorai', Shimane, Japan By Shinya Itahana

Final score:

43points

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RitaGG 4 years ago

Very visually appealing.

3points

#13

Landscape: First Place, 'Untitled', Marble Canyon, Arizona By Liu Dan

Final score:

42points

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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago

I really like how the use of black and white photography brings out all of natural patterns and textures in the canyon.

5points

#14

Landscape: Second Place, 'Duned', Zeeland, Netherlands By Nico Brons

Final score:

41points

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bastillee 4 years ago

Amazing purity in this photo.

4points

#15

Trees: Second Place, 'Grow Upwards', Wuhan, China By Wei Xiong

Final score:

41points

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Bazzinga 4 years ago

Reminds me of a Trash Boat album cover :)

0points

#16

Poty: First Place, 'No Walls', India, By Artyom Baryshau

Final score:

38points

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RitaGG 4 years ago

I see shades of the Truman Show.

3points

#17

Children: Third Place, 'Through The Eyes Of The Children', San Carlos Pangasinan, Philippines By Mary Joy Loyola Ganitano

Final score:

34points

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Colleen Garland 4 years ago

Kids are great models when they are themselves.

4points

#18

Nature: Second Place, 'Kea At Mount Luxmore', Fiordland National Park, New Zealand By Avishai Futerman

Final score:

34points

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ADHORTATOR 4 years ago

at the same time, his buddies are eating the photographers car

10points

#19

Other: Third Place, 'The Secret', Huntington, NY By Shāna Einhorn

Final score:

32points

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Doria 4 years ago

this one is eerie; it gives me the impression that the little girl is a ghost. love it.

9points

#20

Floral: First Place, 'Lonely Morning Glory', Shenzhen, China By Peiquan Li

Final score:

30points

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bastillee 4 years ago

Struggling to be seen

3points

#21

Trees: First Place, 'Alone', Queensland, Australia By Glenn Homann

Final score:

29points

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Heather Hayllar 4 years ago

Such a very Aussie scene

2points

#22

Poty: Second Place, 'Untitled', Chengdu, Sichuan By Geli Zhao

Final score:

28points

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bastillee 4 years ago

Monday in Sichuan.

2points

#23

Abstract: First Place, 'Splattered Paint', Shanghai, China By Tu Odnu

Final score:

27points

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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago

It makes me think of a bacteria culture.

15points

#24

Animals: First Place, 'Horses In The Storm', Iceland, By Xiaojun Zhang

Final score:

27points

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Dani Bratu 4 years ago

very similar to a mountain view

1point

#25

Floral: Second Place, 'Chrysanthemum', Zhongshan, China By Chikeung Poon

Final score:

27points

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Heather Hayllar 4 years ago

Glorious

3points

#26

Panorama: Third Place, 'Immersion', Meteora, Greece By Garrine Tsang

Final score:

26points

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CharliAnn Olney 4 years ago

I want a print of that in my home!

1point

#27

Portrait: First Place, 'Beautiful Isolation', Ouarzazate, Morocco By Mona Jumaan

Final score:

26points

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Marlene Ricker 4 years ago

The room is so very beautiful but he is so alone.

0points

#28

Children: First Place, 'Cotton Candy', Vorontsovsky Park, Moscow By Ekaterina Varzar

Final score:

25points

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Heather Hayllar 4 years ago

Can't beat Fairy Floss!!

0points

#29

Lifestyle: Third Place, 'Devil’s Gold', Kawa Ijen Volcano, Indonesia By Liu Dan

Final score:

25points

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Zulma Ruiz 4 years ago

There are some documentaries about this place, and the dangerous work that those men do, going up and down the mountains with sulfur on their backs, very sad.

12points