The winners of the 12th annual iPhone Photography Awards

26 July 2019

The iPhone Photography Awards have announced the winners of the 12th Annual awards for 2019, aimed at celebrating the creativity of iPhone photographers worldwide.

Founded in 2007, The Awards are the first and longest running iPhone photography competition. Kenan Aktulun, who created the awards, told the Washington Post that this year's entries are very personal.

“There's less technical experimentation and more focus on moments, emotions and stories,” he said.

This year’s winners were selected iPhone photographers from over 140 countries around the world, with 'thousands of entries' received.

Gabriella Cigliano, Italy, Photographer of the Year, Grand Prize. © Gabriella Cigliano/IPPAwards

The Grand Prize Winner and Photographer of the Year Award was awarded to Gabriella Cigliano of Italy for her entry Big Sister. First, Second and Third Place Photographers of the Year Awards were awarded to Diogo Lage of Portugal for his image Sea Stripes, Yuliya Ibraeva of Russia for her entry Sorry, no movie today and Peng Hao of China for his image Come Across.

Closer to home, Canberra's Sari Sutton took out first place in the 'other' category, with her image 'Sky scaffolding', Freemantle's Christian Horgan was second place in the portrait category and Neil Bennett was second place in the 'trees' category.

Sari Sutton, Australia, First Place - Other. © Sari Sutton/IPPAwards

Cary Hazlegrove, one of this year’s jury members, says, “The 2019 entries were off the charts great. Astounding work that pulls the planet together through photographs.”

Below you can see the category winners for all 18 categories, Abstract, Animals, Architecture, Children, Floral, Landscape, Lifestyle, Nature, News and Events, Panorama, People, Portrait, Series (3 images), Still Life, Sunset, Travel, Trees, and Other.

Diogo Lage, Portugal, Photographer of the Year, First Place. © Diogo Lage/IPPAwards.

Diogo Lage, Portugal, First Place - Animals. © Diogo Lage/IPPAwards.

Kuanglong Zhang, China, First Place - Architecture. © Kuanglong Zhang/IPPAwards.

Neri Rivas, United States, First Place - Children. © Neri Rivas/IPPAwards.

Vincent Chen, China, First Place - Panorama. © Vincent Chen/IPPAwards.

Christian Helwig, Germany, First Place - Trees. © Christian Helwig/IPPAwards.

Neil Bennett, Australia. Second Place - Trees. © Neil Bennett/IPPAwards.

Sreekumar Krishnan, India, First Place - Sunset. © Sreekumar Krishan/IPPAwards.

Lianyu Lu, China, First Place - News & Events. © Lianyu Lu/IPPAwards.

Mona Jumaan, Bahrain, First Place - Portrait. © Mona Jumaan/IPPAwards.

Christian Horgan, Australia, Second Place - Portrait. © Christian Horgan/IPPAwards.

Carol Allen Storey, United Kingdom, First Place - Series. © Carol Storey/IPPAwards.

Wei Xiong, China, First Place - People. © Wei Xiong/IPPAwards

Liu Bo, China, First Place - Travel. ©Liu Bo/IPPAwards

Jiangying Guo, United States, First Place - Abstract. © Jiangying Guo/IPPAwards.

Dan Liu, China, First Place - Floral. © Dan Liu/IPPAwards.

Hsueh Isan, Taiwan, First Place - Landscape. © Hsueh Isan/IPPAwards.

Biao Peng, China, First Place - Lifestyle. © Biao Peng/IPPAwards.

Huei Jiuan Wang, Taiwan, First Place - Nature. © Huei Jiuan Wang/IPPAwards.

Clarita Phiri Beierdoerffer, Germany, First Place - Still Life. © Clarita Phiri Beierdoerffer/IPPAwards