The iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) announced the winners of the 11th annual awards this month. This year’s winners were selected from thousands of entries submitted by iPhone photographers from over 140 countries around the world.
The Grand Prize Winner Photographer of the Year goes to Jashim Salam of Bangladesh for his entry Displaced. First, second and third place photographers of the Year awards go to Alexandre Weber of Switzerland for his image Baiana in Yellow and Blue, Huapeng Zhao of China for his entry of Eye to Eye and Zarni Myo Win of Myanmar for his image I Want to Play.
The first, second and third places in 18 categories were awarded to photographers who represented countries around the world including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Myanmar, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Syria, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States. The founder of IPPAWARDS Kenan Aktulun said, “IPhone users have become very fluent in visual storytelling. This year’s photos were technically impressive and many of them were very personal.”