20 of the Best iPhone Photos of 2016
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Founded in 2007, the iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) is the longest running photo contest in the world for iPhone photographers. This year’s winning photos were selected from thousands of entries submitted by shooters in 139 countries around the globe.
Here are the other 1st place photos from the major categories:
Photographer of the Year
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Patryk Kuleta of Warsaw, Poland for “Modern Cathedrals”
Abstract
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Jiayu Ma of Dallas, Texas, United States
Animals
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Erica Wu of San Francisco CA, United States
Architecture
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Jian Wang of Beijing, China
Children
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K K of Changsha, China
Flowers
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Lone Bjørn of Zurich, Switzerland
Food
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Andrew Montgomery of Hampton Wick, United Kingdom
Landscape
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Vasco Galhardo Simoes of Lisbon, Portugal
Lifestyle
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Yuki Cheung of Hong Kong
Nature
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Junfeng Wang of Shanghai, China
News/Events
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Loulou d’Aki of Säter, Sweden
“This photo was taken in March 2016, in Athen’s Piraeus port where Syrian and Afghan refugees stranded in Greece afer the borders with Macedonia closed, lived in tents.”
Others
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Kevin Casey of Pemulwuy, Australia
Panorama
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Glenn Homann of Ipswich, Australia
People
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Xia Zhenkai of Guangdong, China
Portrait
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Elaine Taylor of Leeds, United Kingdom
Seasons
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Valencia Tom of Short Hills NJ, United States
Still Life
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Wen Qi of Guangdong, China
Sunset
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Nicky Ryan of Sydney, Australia
Travel
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Fugen Xiao of Guangdong, China
Trees
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Victor Kintanar of Cebu City, Philippines
You can find a full gallery of all the winners of the 2016 iPhone Photography Awards here.
Image credits: Photographs courtesy iPhone Photography Awards