As smartphones continue to get more and more advanced one of the things that manufacturers love to upgrade are their cameras which has meant that in recent years for many the smartphone has begun to replace the digital camera, but what about the more hardcore photographs amongst us?.
Although it’s unlikely that smartphones will ever rival the likes of dedicated SLR cameras there’s no denying that they’re already very much capable of taking some stunning shots, as proven by the winners of the 2016 iPhone Photography Awards, or IPPAWARDS for short.
This years entries mark the 9th annual competition with the overall standard being higher than ever. Check them out.
1st Place, Animals, Erica Wu, United States
1st Place, Travel, Fugen Xiao From Guangdong, China
2nd Place, Sunsets, Yongmei Wang, Chongqing, China
Grand Prize winner, Siyuan Niu From Xinjiang, China
3rd Place, Animals, Junbiao Cai From Guangdong, China
1st Place, Architecture, Jian Wang From Beijing, China
3rd Place, Travel, Shiyang Han From Beijing, China
1st Place, People, Xia Zhenkai From Guangdong, China
1st Place, Nature, Junfeng Wang From Shanghai, China
1st Place, Flowers, Lone Bjorn From Zurich, Switzerland
1st Place, Trees, Victor Kintanar From Cebu City, Philippines
3rd Place, Abstract, Jinsong Hu From Kunming, China
2nd Place, Landscape, Nazaret Sanchez Rodriquez From Tarragona, Spain
1st Place, Nature, Junfeng Wang From Shanghai, China
1st Place, Sunset, Nick Ryan From Sydney, Australia
3rd Place, Lifestyle, Rithwik V.j From Tamil Nadu, India
1st Place, Children, K.k From Changsha, China
1st Place, Still Life, Wen Qi From Guangdong, China
1st Place, Lifestyle, Yuki Cheung From Hong Kong
1st Place, Photographer Of The Year, Patryk Kuleta From Warsaw, Poland
