World's best iPhone images recognised at the 14th annual iPhone Photography Awards

23 July 2021

The winners of the 14^th annual iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) have just been announced with Australian photographers taking out honours in a number of the categories. Recognised and the first, and longest-running, iPhone photography competition in the world, founded in 2007, every year thousands of images are received from photographers from over 140 countries.

The Grand Prize Winner and Photographer of the Year Award went to Hungarian photojournalist Istvan Kerekes for his image, Transylvanian Shepherds, which was captured on an iPhone 7. In it, two shepherds have been captured in a rugged industrial landscape, each carrying a lamb. The photograph was taken in Targu Mures, Transylvania, Romania.

Grand Prize Winner and Photographer of the Year Award winner, Istvan Kerekes. — © Istvan Kerekes, Hungary. Grand Prize Winner. Transylvanian Shepherds. Targu Mures, Transylvania, Romania.

Indian photographer Sharan Shetty received the First Place Photographer of the Year Award his image, Bonding, where a man and his horse commune in an empty landscape. Captured in Yanar Dag, Baku, Azerbaijan, the image was shot on an iPhone X.

First Place Photographer of the Year Award, Sharan Shetty, India. — © Sharan Shetty, India. 1st Place Photographer of the Year. Bonding. Yanar Dag, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Second Place prize went to Chinese photographer Dan Liu for his image, A Walk on Mars, of an astronaut traversing a desolate Martian-esque landscape, in Qinghai, China.

Second Place, Dan Liu, China. — © Dan Liu, China. 2nd Place Photographer of the Year. A Walk on Mars. Qinghai, China..

Third Place Photographer of the Year Award went to American photographer Jeff Rayner for his image, Side-Walking on Air – a portrait of a young girl in a pool of light on her Los Angeles sidewalk, in the suburb of Los Feliz.

Third Place Photographer of the Year Award, Jeff Rayner, United States. — © Jeff Rayner, United States. 3rd Place Photographer of the Year.
*Side-Walking on Air*. Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California.

Photographers placing first, second, and third were also named 17 categories, with winners coming from around the world, including Australia, Germany, Bangladesh, China, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Israel, the Netherlands, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Australians honoured

Glenn Homann (Ipswich, QLD) was awarded First Place in the Abstract category as well as Second Place in the Environment category. He also received honourable mentions in the People, Portrait, and Sunset categories. All his images were shot on an iPhone 11 Pro.

Meanwhile Christian Horgan (Fremantle, WA) took out First Place in the Nature category as well as First Place in the People category. His photos were shot on an iPhone X. Theresa Lee (Sydney, NSW) received Third Place in the Animals category. She also received a honourable mention in the same category. Lee’s images were shot on an iPhone XR.