The winners of the 9th annual iPhone Photography Awards have been announced. Submission came in from 139 countries. The images are proof that pictures taken with phones are in no way inferior just because they were not taken with traditional cameras.
The Grand Prize Winner Photographer of the Year Award goes to Siyuan Niu of China for his entry The Man and the Eagle. First, Second and Third Place Photographers of the Year Awards go to Patryk Kuleta of Poland for his image from his series the Modern Cathedrals, Robin Robertis of the United States for her entry titled She Bends with the Wind and Carolyn Mara Borlenghi of the United States from her series Wonderland.
See the top photos here, with links to winners in each of the 19 subject categories. The image above by Erica Wu of San Francisco won first place in the animals category. It was taken in Zao Fox Village in Japan. -via Uproxx