The winners of the iPhone Photography Awards 2017 were proclaimed, the tenth edition of the photo competition since 2007, awarding the best photos taken using the iPhone and iPad camera. This year’s edition was attended by thousands of photographers from more than 140 countries. The winner of the “Grand Prize as Photographer of the Year” is the american photographer Sebastiano Tomada for photographing two children on a road in Qayyarah, Iraq, with the smoke of an oil well burned by Isis in the distance. The photo was taken in November 2016 with an iPhone 6.
Sebastiano Tomada
Brooklyn, New York
Grand Prize Winner, Photographer of the Year
iPhone 6s
Children of Qayyarah
“Children roam the streets in Qayyarah near the fire and smoke billowing from oil wells, set ablaze by ISIS militants.”
On the podium as “Photographer of the Year” the Irish Brenda O Se with a shot representing a Jakarta port sailor, second Yeow-Kwang Yeo for the photo “The Performer” taken in Singapore and third the Chinese Kuanglong Zhang with a photo taken at the City Palace in Udaipur.
Brendan O Se Cork, Ireland
1st Place, Photographer of the Year
iPhone 6s
Dock Worker
“I shot this photo on an early morning photo walk around the docks in Jakarta in April 2016. These were the hands of a dock worker who was taking a break. I was struck by the texture created by the accumulated dirt on his hands.”
Yeow-Kwang Yeo, Singapore
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year
iPhone 6 Plus
The Performer
“Chines traditional street opera is part of the Chinese culture. Unfortunately, the young generation in Singapore is no longer interested. Hence the street opera is fast disappearing.
Instead of shooting their performance, I decided to go the back of the stage to capture the performers’ preparation activity. I spotted this experience performer who is taking a short rest and was waiting for his turn to perform. I was attracted by the lighting of the old plastic curtain, electric fan, and the overall calm atmosphere.”
Kuanglong Zhang, Shenzhen, China
3rd Place, Photographer of the Year
iPhone 7
The City Palace
“Udaipur is one of the most romantic cities in India. in the City palace, I snapped a moment of one of the staff gazing out of the window as if he saw the slowly historic course of the palace’s construction, which was as quite attractive moment.”
In addition to them, other single category winners were appointed.
Christopher Armstrong
Sydney, Australia
1st Place – Abstract
Francesca Tonegutti
Milan, Italy
1st Place – Animals
Christian Horgan
Fremantle, Australia
1st Place – Landscape
Singing Rock
Sidney Po
Cebu, Philippines
1st Place – Floral
Szymon Felkel
Poznan, Poland
1st Place – Children
Paddy Chao
Taipei, Taiwan
1st Place – Architecture
Dina Alfasi
Israel
1st Place – People
Darren Boyd
London, United Kingdom
1st Place – Other
Samuel Nacar
Albacete, Spain
1st Place – News/Events
Aaron Sandberg
Chicago IL, United States
1st Place – Nature
Nick Trombola
Pittsburgh, PA USA
1st Place – Lifestyle
Joshua Sarinana
Cambridge MA, United States
1st Place – Series
Nick Trombola
Pittsburg PA, United States
1st Place – Panorama
Magali Chesnel
Ferney-Voltaire, France
1st Place – Trees
Jen Pollack Bianco
Seattle WA, United States
1st Place – Travel
Kuanglong Zhang
Guangdong, China
1st Place – Sunset
David Hayes
Milford OH, United States
1st Place – Still Life
Gabriel Ribeiro
Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
1st Place – Portrait