Apple Reveals the Winners of Its ‘Night Mode’ Photo Contest

Apple has officially crowned the winners of its “Shot on iPhone” Night Mode photo contest, choosing six photos out of “thousands of submissions” that were all taken with the iPhone 11/Pro/Pro Max’ newfound low-light photography mode.

The original terms indicated that there would be five winners, but apparently the judges just couldn’t eliminate any more of the photos below, so six images were crowned and six smartphone photographers will start to see their Night Mode photos showing up all over Apple’s website, social networks, and marketing materials worldwide.

Scroll down to see the winners for yourself:


Konstantin Chalabov

Location: Moscow, Russia
Camera: iPhone 11 Pro
Instagram Account: @chalabov


Andrei Manuilov

Location: Moscow, Russia
Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max
Instagram Account: @houdini_logic


Mitsun Soni

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Camera: iPhone 11 Pro
Instagram Account: @mitsun


Rubén P. Bescós

Location: Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max
Instagram Account: @rubenpb


Rustam Shagimordanov

Location: Moscow, Russia
Camera: iPhone 11
Instagram Account: @tomrus


Yu “Eric” Zhang

Location: Beijing, China
Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max
Weibo Account: ericube_23


The winners are officially live on Apple.com, the Apple Instagram account, and will appear on billboards around the world.

But it’s not just a contest for “exposure.” As we reported in January, Apple’s terms for the contest clearly state that the company will be paying a licensing fee for the privilege of using these images to advertise their newest phones.

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