ADVERTISEMENT From joy-riding pups racing through the streets of Brasília to the quiet hush of a Colombian village, the 18th annual iPhone Photography Awards returns with a breathtaking celebration of moments both intimate and epic.
Chosen from thousands of entries across 140+ countries, this year’s winners prove that you don’t need a fancy camera to achieve photographic brilliance – just a trusty iPhone.
Sorry, Android owners, maybe next year!
This year’s Grand Prize went to Jarod Peraza (USA) for his gorgeously cinematic photograph titled Viajero Nocturno, capturing the hushed stillness of Villa de Leyva, Colombia. Under a lone golden streetlamp, an elderly man in a hat pauses on a cobblestone street, phone in hand, as the whitewashed walls glow and shadows stretch in a scene tinged with noir.
The First Place award was picked up by Carol Addassi for his photograph titled Passage, a timeless black and white image of Central Park at night. Thiago Bernardes de Souza (Brazil) claimed Second Place with Moto Cães, a playful image of two canines enjoying a wild ride while Martha Nance (USA) took Third with Foggy Morning on the Corrotoman, a dreamlike portrait of Virginia’s riverside calm.
Below, you’ll find all the winning images across the various categories, along with a few of our favourite runner-up shots that caught our eye.
‘Viajero Nocturno’ by Jarod Peraza, Photographer of the Year (Grand Prize winner)
‘Passage’ by Carol Addassi, Photographer of the Year (1st place)
‘Moto Cães’ by Thiago Bernardes de Souza, Photographer of the Year (2nd place)
‘Foggy morning on the Corrotoman’ by Martha Nance, Photographer of the Year (3rd place)
‘Liminal’ by Sunny Hsiao-Mei Cheng, Abstract (Winner)
‘Close Encounter’ by Jayne Parker, Animals (Winner)
Aleksandra Debiczak, Architecture (Winner)
‘When the chestnut trees bloom’ by Julia Zyrina, Children (Winner)
‘The Timeless Tyne Bridge’ by Adrian Beasley, Cityscape (Winner)
‘Lübeck Amazonas’ by Jens Peterson, Landscape (Winner)
‘Who lost the elephant balloon?’ by Leo Huang, Lifestyle (Winner)
‘Winter Bamboos’ by Mark Sarmiento, Nature (Winner)
‘Winter Lines’ by André Skagervik, Other (Winner)
‘Vibrant Colours of The Neighbourhood’ by Karolina Zielony, People (Winner)
‘I am the King’ by Valeria Cammareri, Portrait (Winner)
‘Puzzle’ by Dominic Dähncke, Series (Winner)
‘Playing in the Air’ by Minghui Xu, Children (2nd place)
‘Light chaser’ by Lan Zhan Xiang, Cityscape (2nd place)
‘Untitled’ by Dominic Dähncke, Other (2nd Place)
Shot by Kęstutis Cemnolonskis, People (3rd place)
