The winners of the iPhone 2020 Photography Awards (IPPA) have been announced today. This year marks the thirteenth annual iPhone Photography Awards, which crowns dozens of winners in 18 categories, and one of the winning photos was taken with the 10-year-old iPhone 4.
The Grand Prize winner and Photographer of the Year went to UK photographer Dimpy Bhalotia for her image. Flying boys, filmed with an iPhone X. You can see this image on the far left of the header image of this article.
The Grand Prize winner and Photographer of the Year goes to UK street photographer Dimpy Bhalotia for her Flying Boys image. In it, three children flee from a wall towards the Ganges river, their expressive limbs fill the sky with tension and exuberance.
Here is the Grand Prize winning photo:
First place: Artyom Baryshau from Belarus with No walls, where the blue streaks fade into an even bluer sky. Shooting with iPhone 6:
Second place: Geli Zhao, from China, for an untitled image of plates taking wind on a cloudy day. Shooting with iPhone XS Max:
Third Place: Saif Hussain from Iraq with Sheikh Of Youth, a portrait of an old man caught between aspects of himself. Shooting with iPhone X:
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In an interview with EntryIPPA founder Kenan Aktulun explained that there are “tens of thousands” of photos submitted each year. Judge training consists of “a diverse cast of visual storytellers” and all photos are judged blindly. Submitted photos cannot be edited with desktop applications, but editing is allowed in iPhone applications. Aktulun said Entry that there was only one instance where a winning image was found to have been taken with something other than an iPhone:
“There are basic things we can do, like ask them to send the original image from their phone,” says Aktulun. “Until now we have had nothing of notable rape in the last 13 years. There were only two cases and I think there was a case of a guy from Poland who presented something and I think her photo earned an honorable mention and someone else saw her photo and sent us something about it being misleading. That was the only one we disqualified. “
One of this year’s winning images was actually shot with the iPhone 4, underscoring that you don’t need the latest and greatest iPhone to take great pictures. This image was taken by Omar Lucas and took first place in the “People” category this year:
The iPhone Photography Awards are completely independent from Apple, although Apple often promotes winning images every year. Apple also has its own separate Shot on iPhone competition as well.
You can see all the winners of the iPhone Photography Award here.
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