PHOTO: IVAN SILVA
Snapping travel photos on our phones helps us preserve the memories of those journeys. Even on our pocket devices, there’s the power to capture an image that can do more than collect Instagram likes, but truly encapsulate the depth and emotion of that slice of time. This year’s winners of the iPhone Photography Award does just that.
In first place was France’s Long Nguyen, with a Christmas Eve shot of Paris’ Cour du Commerce Saint-André passageway on an iPhone 12 Pro.
LONG NGUYEN
Next was Australia’s George Allen with an oddly humorous roadside attraction in South Australia—lawn mowers topping a run-down trailer, also taken on an iPhone 12 Pro.
GEORGE ALLEN
Advertisement
The third place went to Poland’s Beata Krowicka for a stunning perspective in the Argentine village of Tolar Grande, snapped on an iPhone 13 Pro.
BEATA KROWICKA
To capture the most meaningful travel photos, Aktülün said: “While photos of monuments and other famous places of interest can serve to remind us of a trip we may have taken, the more personal you can be with the photos you take while traveling, the more they going to be inherently interesting and communicate something with depth.”
Photographer of the Year: First Place
Thea Mihu of Germany for "Soy Sauce Village" in Hanoi, Vietnam
THEA MIHU
Advertisement
Photographer of the Year: Second Place
Sasa Borozan of Bosnia and Herzegovina for "Taming Waves" in Croatia
SASA BOROZAN
Photographer of the Year: Third Place
Derek Hager of the U.S. for "Tucson Morning" in El Presidio, Texas.
DEREK HAGER
Advertisement
Architecture: First Place
Edwin Cabingan of Australia for "The Great Synagogue" in Sydney
EDWIN CABINGAN
Architecture: Second Place
Akira P. of the U.S. for "Oculus" in New York City
AKIRA KAWAHATA
Advertisement
Architecture: Third Place
Leon Wang of the U.S. for "Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana" in Rome
LEON WANG
Landscape: First Place
Ton Ensign of Netherlands for "Early Morning Farm" in Thesinge, Netherlands
TON ENSIGN
Advertisement
Landscape: Second Place
Di Lu of China for "Castles in Nature" in Karamay, Xinjiang, China
DI LU
Landscape: Third Place
Linda Repaskyof the U.S. for "The Tiny Tree" in Belchertown, Massachusetts
LINDA REPASKY