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2020 iPhone Photography Award Winners Once Again Proved That Striking Photos Can Be Taken Without An Expensive Camera (45 Pics)
You don't have to buy the most expensive gear in order to be an exceptional photographer—sometimes, all you need is an iPhone... and talent. And here's proof.
iPhone Photography Awards (also known as IPPAWARDS) is the first and the longest-running iPhone photography competition since 2007. Every year, this competition gives awards to the most spectacular photos taken on an iPhone or iPad. If you want to enter the competition, your photos should not be published anywhere previously and should not be edited on any desktop image processing program such as Photoshop. And that's basically it.
Recently, iPhone Photography Awards announced the winners of their 2020 competition and the photos are absolutely stunning. Bored Panda invites you to take a look and choose your favorites.
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Architecture: First Place, 'Duomo Di Milano', Milan, Italy By Haiyin Lin
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.
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#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
Kenny Kulbiski 4 years ago
That picnic table makes it. "You're alone and isolated but someone knew you'd be coming."
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
#6
Sunset: Second Place, 'Twilight Reflection', Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona By Joseph Cyr
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Animals: Second Place, 'Flamingos', By Ji Li
#8
Nature: Third Place, 'Journey To The Lava Field', Hawaii, By Jiawen Wu
#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
#13
Landscape: First Place, 'Untitled', Marble Canyon, Arizona By Liu Dan
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.
#14
Landscape: Second Place, 'Duned', Zeeland, Netherlands By Nico Brons
#15
Trees: Second Place, 'Grow Upwards', Wuhan, China By Wei Xiong
#16
Poty: First Place, 'No Walls', India, By Artyom Baryshau
#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
#19
Other: Third Place, 'The Secret', Huntington, NY By Shāna Einhorn
#20
Floral: First Place, 'Lonely Morning Glory', Shenzhen, China By Peiquan Li
#21
Trees: First Place, 'Alone', Queensland, Australia By Glenn Homann
#22
Poty: Second Place, 'Untitled', Chengdu, Sichuan By Geli Zhao
#23
Abstract: First Place, 'Splattered Paint', Shanghai, China By Tu Odnu
#24
Animals: First Place, 'Horses In The Storm', Iceland, By Xiaojun Zhang
#25
Floral: Second Place, 'Chrysanthemum', Zhongshan, China By Chikeung Poon
#26
Panorama: Third Place, 'Immersion', Meteora, Greece By Garrine Tsang
#27
Portrait: First Place, 'Beautiful Isolation', Ouarzazate, Morocco By Mona Jumaan
#28
Children: First Place, 'Cotton Candy', Vorontsovsky Park, Moscow By Ekaterina Varzar
#29
Lifestyle: Third Place, 'Devil’s Gold', Kawa Ijen Volcano, Indonesia By Liu Dan
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.
#30
People: First Place, 'Knitting To Heal Wounds', Ayacucho, Peru By Omar Lucas
#32
Abstract: Third Place, 'Silent Architecture', Shanghai, By Tod Chen
#33
Architecture: Second Place, 'Palm Tree Series #5', Los Angeles, California By Emilia Kashfian
#34
Animals: Third Place, 'The Empty Quarter', United Arab Emirates, By Anna Aiko
#38
Series: First Place, 'Tattooed Women', Mindat, Myanmar By Liu Dan
#40
Travel: Second Place, 'Eye Spy', Katoomba, Nsw, Australia By Anthony Ginns
#42
Poty: Third Place, 'Sheikh Of Youth', Baghdad, Iraq By Saif Hussain
#43
Children: Second Place, 'Chinlone', Myanmar, By Dan Liu
#44
Still Life: First Place, 'The Wine Bottle And The Seven Chouriços', Santa Maria Dos Olivais, Portugal By Joao Cabaco
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Cassie 4 years ago
Yea, I was trying to figure out in way an iPhone is not an expensive camera.
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Brendan 4 years ago
It's true, all he needed was an iPhone...oh yeah, and years of experience with PhotoShop.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
I was actually curious if the photographers were able to use PhotoShop to edit their photographs for this contest. The contest website says that photos should not be altered in andy "desktop" processing program like Photoshop. However, the photographers are allowed to use IOS apps.
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Computernaut 4 years ago
"...Striking Photos Can Be Taken Without An Expensive Camera" Yeah, right. Like iPhones aren't expensive. Worse than just being expensive, they're also overpriced; you don't even really get what you pay for.
Cassie 4 years ago
Yea, I was trying to figure out in way an iPhone is not an expensive camera.
Load More Replies... Brendan 4 years ago
It's true, all he needed was an iPhone...oh yeah, and years of experience with PhotoShop.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
I was actually curious if the photographers were able to use PhotoShop to edit their photographs for this contest. The contest website says that photos should not be altered in andy "desktop" processing program like Photoshop. However, the photographers are allowed to use IOS apps.
Load More Replies... Computernaut 4 years ago
"...Striking Photos Can Be Taken Without An Expensive Camera" Yeah, right. Like iPhones aren't expensive. Worse than just being expensive, they're also overpriced; you don't even really get what you pay for.
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