The organisers have unveiled the winners of the 2019 iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS). Now in its 12th year, the IPPAWARDS is the first and longest running iPhone photography competition.
This year’s winners were selected from thousands of entries submitted by iPhone photographers from over 140 countries around the world.
And the awards were not short of really good submissions. It’s amazing to see how something so ubiquitous as the iPhone can be a tool to create breathtaking works of art.
“The 2019 entries were off the charts great. Astounding work that pulls the planet together through photographs.” said, Cary Hazelgrove, one of this year’s jury members.
The Grand Prize Winner and Photographer of the Year for this year’s award goes to Gabriella Cigliano, a 23-year-old globetrotter from Italy.
Her entry, titled Big Sister, was taken when she was teaching in Zanzibar, Tanzania using the iPhone X. She explains:
“Last year I spent a month in Wasa, Tanzania, teaching a class of young, curious and amazing guys. Before heading back to Italy we stopped in Zanzibar, where this photo was taken. I still wonder how could I capture that exact moment in all its beauty. I was just observing, a few meters from them, but they were probably more curious about me than I was about them, and that’s probably why the girl was looking at me. We couldn’t talk much, except for a few words in Swahili I had learned in the previous weeks, but those kids could definitely talk with their eyes. It was one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in my life, and I’ll keep it in my memories forever. The best part was showing them and their mums the photos, for some it was the first time they were seeing their faces, and their excitement was unexplainable, unfortunately, my iPhone was in their hands and I couldn’t capture that!“
Beyond the grand prize winner, the awards recognise photography in various other categories as well including abstract, animals, architecture, children, floral, landscape, lifestyle, nature, news & events, panorama, people, portrait, series, still life, sunset, travel, and trees. You can browse through the collection of winning submissions down below. Click on the images for a better view.
Sea Stripes by Diogo Lage 
Sorry, no movie today by Yuliya Ibraeva 
Come Across by Peng Hao 
Big Sister by Gabriella Cigliano
Abstract
The Light Beam by Jiangying Guo 
Looking Up by JulieAnne Kaplan 
Salve by Samantha Byrd
Animals
The Proud Peacock by Diogo Lage 
Owl by Yoichi Sato 
Who’s Watching by Deena Berton
Architecture
Janta Manta Observatory by Kuanglong Zhang 
Palm Springs Palm by Sally Ann Field 
Here I Come by Shuo Chen
Children
Jasper the Raptor by Neri Rivas 
Look Dad! by Kirill Voynovskiy 
Untitled by David Booker
Floral
Cactus under the Scorching Sun by Dan Liu 
Agave by Ted Silveira 
Flowers in the Dark by Chuangchen Jin
Landscape
Petra Wadi by Hsueh Isan 
Palo Duro Canyon by Erik Burdett 
Frozen Lake Baikal by Guoxi Chen
Lifestyle
Fishing by Biao Peng 
Hanging to Dry by Lenny Yueng 
In his Memory by Hleb Drazdou
Nature
The Womb by Huei Jiuan Wang 
Annapurna by Xiao Lin 
Waves by Yingya Liu
News & Events
Fire Dragon by Lianyu Lu 
When the Curtain Falls by Yanan Li 
Wedding Prayer by Gabriel Ribeiro
Others
Sky scaffolding by Sari Sutton 
Hang On by Dyllon Wolf 
The Wait by Caren Drysdale
Panorama
Segla Mountain at Sunrise by Vincent Chen 
Monument by Garrine Tsang 
Matera Magic by Jessica Notelo
People
Untitled by Wei Xiong 
Dominoes in Havana by Christine L. Mace 
At the Lake by Valeria Cammareri
Portrait
A Future Eagle Hunter by Mona Jumaan 
Little Beekeeper by Christian Horgan 
Who is the boss? by Magali Chesnel
Still Life
In the Wind by Clarita Phiri Beierdoerffer 
Green Breeze by Daniel Kafalas 
The Absolute by Elena Bolshakova
Sunset
Piercing the Sky by Sreekumar Krishnan 
Sunset on the Baltic Sea by Shirley Xu 
Penetrated Sunset by Chuangcheng Jin
Travel
Lonely Boat by Liu Bo 
Tourists at the Dunes-Death Valley by James Cowlin 
Palanquera by Alfonso Ordosgoitia
Trees
Snowshadow by Christian Helwig 
Morning Mist by Neil Bennett 
The Last Secret of Jiangnan by Zhang Xiaojun
For more on IPPAWARDS, click here.
Call for Entries
The organisers are accepting submissions for the 13th edition of the iPhone Photography Awards. To submit your work, click here. Entry closes March 31, 2020. Good luck!
