Returning for its 15th year, the iPhone Photography Awards showcase spectacular scenes from around the world, captured with the touch of a screen. Rose Dykins reports
This winners of the 2022 iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) – the world’s first and longest running iphone photography competition – have been revealed. Founded in 2007, IPPAWARDS has been coined the “Oscars of iPhone photography”.
The global competition celebrates the creativity of international iphone photographers. Every year, IPPAWARDS selects the best shots taken by iphone photographers from more than 140 countries, with a jury choosing the best from thousands of submissions.
Entries are open worldwide to any photographers using an iPhone or iPad. Photos should not have been published anywhere previously, although those published on personal social media accounts are eligible. Images should not be altered via desktop programmes such as Photoshop, but use of IOS apps is permitted. iPhone add-on lenses can also be used.
Many of the entries for 2022 depict the beauty that can rise out of isolation, honouring the power that photograph has to “build bridges across lost connections”.
Meanwhile, the first place Photographer of the Year Award goes to Rachel Seda from Sweden for her image “Anti-Social Distancing”, which turns masking up during the pandemic into an act of theatre, and was shot using an iPhone Pro 12.