Believe it or not, all these stunning photographs were taken using a smartphone. Metro presents the best images from this year’s iPhone Photography Awards, a global contest for pictures taken only with iPhones.
This year’s winning entries were submitted by 54 photographers from 17 countries.
1. Photographer of the Year
Patagonian glacier is the winner
“We had to walk about six hours on ice in full trekking gear,” says photographer Julio Lucas from Florida.
2nd Place
Striking black-and-white photo brought to light
Madrid-based digital artist Jose Luis Barcia Fernandez plays with light and darkness in his Instagram shots of people.
3rd Place
Dalmatian dog plays disappearing act in photograph
Top dog photog is Jill Missner from Connecticut.
Other categories
Smiling fox photo wins the animals category
His website says adventurous San Francisco-based art director and photographer Michael O’Neal “is still trying to figure out what ‘No Trespassing’ really means.”
Winning snap in architecture
Journalist Yilang Peng from Wisconsin tops the architecture category with this lofty photograph.
Striking shot in nature
Felicia Pandola, from Rhode Island takes the nature category by storm.
Snowy scape wins travel
Adrienne Pitts from London wins the travel category with a cottage in the snowy landscape.