With the advent of ever-improving smartphone camera technology, the digital SLR's exclusive dominance in the world of quality photography is slowly crumbling. Smartphone users around the world are proving that a good photographer's eye is far more important for taking a good photograph than your photographic hardware, so the IPPAWARDS (iPhone Photography Awards) were created to recognize their efforts.
The photos in this competition, which was organized by Apple, need to have been taken with an iPhone, iPod or iPad and cannot have been edited on any way by desktop software (device-based apps are allowed).
Take a look at the winners – maybe they'll inspire you to take an amazing photo with your own smartphone!
Source: ippawards.com (h/t: mymodernmet)
MICHAEL ONEAL, San Francisco, CA United States, 1st Place - Animals
MELISA BARILLI, York, Ontario, Canada, 3rd Place - Children
JULIO LUCAS, Bradenton, FL United States, 1st Place - 2014 Photographer of the Year
JOSE LUIS BARCIA FERNANDEZ, Madrid, Spain, 2nd Place - 2014 Photographer of the Year
MIHAI COLIBAN, Bucharest, Romania, 3rd Place - Lifestyle
NAOMI WU, New Taipei City, Taiwan, 2nd Place - Animals
YILANG PENG, Madison, WI United States, 1st Place - Architecture
JUANA CHAVES, Madrid, Spain, 2nd Place - News/Events
TEDDY COHEN, Tel Aviv, Israel, 3rd Place - Animals
MARIKO KLUG, Erding, Germany, 3rd Place - Trees
MONICA GANTER, Glenside, PA United States, 3rd Place - Flowers
ELENA GRIMAILO, Moscow, Russia, 1st Place - Landscape
ADRIENNE PITTS, London, United Kingdom, 1st Place - Travel
DRAGOS BARDAC, Bucharest, Romania, 2nd Place - Seasons
JILL MISSNER Ridgefield, CT United States, 3rd Place - 2014 Photographer of the Year
EDWARD ADAMS, Pebworth, Warwickshire United Kingdom, 3rd Place - Sunset
COCU LIU, Chicago, IL United States. 1st Place - Seasons
BRANDON KIDWELL, Jacksonville, FL United States, 1st Place - Lifestyle
COCU LIU, Chicago - IL United States, 2nd Place - Trees
ALEXA SEIDL, Washington, DC United States, 1st Place - Food
LAUREN SMITH, Pensacola, FL United States, 1st Place - People
AARON PIKE, San Francisco, CA United States, 1st place - Trees
JORDAN FRASER, Belfast, Ireland, 2nd Place - Travel