Its been 10 years since Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone and things have never been the same. Uber, Whatsapp, and countless other apps which we cannot imagine spending a day without all owe their genesis to the iPhone. In the past decade, the iPhone has also completely revolutionized the photography industry, starting with the original iPhone which packed a humble 2 megapixel camera to the current dual lens 12 megapixel camera on the iPhone X which is touted as a DSLR replacement. Started in 2007, the iPhone photography awards have been showcasing talented photographers and inspiring others that you do not need an expensive camera set up to shoot a great photo.
For the 2018 iPhone photography awards thousands of photos were submitted from 140 countries. The above photo was the grand prize winner, shot with an iPhone 7 by Jashin Salam it shows the Rohingya children watching a film about health and sanitation in Bangladesh. Here are the 58 best photos from across the 16 categories, its interesting to note that the majority of winning photos were not shot on the iPhone X but on the iPhone 7S and 6S.
Alexandre Weber – Switzerland
1st Place, Photographer of the Year
Huapeng Zhao – China
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year
Zarni Myo Win – Myanmar
3rd Place, Photographer of the Year
Glenn Homann – Australia
1st Place – Abstract
Edwin Loyola – Philippines
2nd Place – Abstract
Jedrzej Franek – Poland
3rd Place – Abstract
Robin Robertis – United States
1st Place – Animals
Katie Wall – United Kingdom
2nd Place – Animals
Erica Wu – Taiwan
3rd Place – Animals
Massimo Graziani – Italy
1st Place – Architecture
KuangLong Zhang – China
2nd Place – Architecture
Nasra Al Sharji – Oman
3rd Place – Architecture
Melisa Barrilli – Canada
1st Place – Children
Dina Alfasi – Israel
2nd Place – Children
Savadmon Avalachamveettil – Ireland
3rd Place – Children
Alison Helena – United States
1st Place – Floral
Zhendi Zhang – United States
2nd Place – Floral
Hongjun Ge – China
3rd Place – Floral
