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iPhone 7 photo wins Apple iPhone Photography Award Grand Prize 2021 – Here are all the winners

Jul 23, 2021 by John Aldred Leave a Comment

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Istvan Kerekes / Hungary / Grand Prize Winner / Transylvanian Shepherds | Shot on iPhone 7 / Targu Mures, Transylvania, Romania

Apple’s annual iPhone Photography Awards event has happened for 2021 and the winners have been announced. The competition covers seventeen categories with winners coming from all over the world including Australia, Germany, Bangladesh, China, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Israel, the Netherlands, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The competition is, obviously, to celebrate the photographers submitting, but also to highlight the capabilities of the iPhone camera. But as well as proving that you don’t always need the highest-end mirrorless camera to take a decent photo, you don’t even need the latest iPhone to win the iPhone competition. The overall winner this year is Hungary-based Istvan Kerekes for his photo of Transilvanian Shepherds, shot on an iPhone 7.

This theme follows through the competition with some of the winning images being created with iPhones as old as the iPhone 5S. In fact, their are a surprising amount of older iPhone devices amongst the winners this year.

The grand prize winner, pictured above, is Istvan Kerekes from Hungary, with his portrait of two Transylvanian Shepherds, and many of the rest of the winning entries this year are equally as impressive. But without further ado, here are the rest of this year’s iPhone Photography Awards winners.

Photographer of the Year

Sharan Shetty / India / 1st Place / Photographer of the Year / Bonding | Shot on iPhone X / Yanar Dag, Baku, Azerbaijan

Dan Liu / China / 2nd Place / Photographer of the Year / A Walk on Mars | Shot on iPhone 11 Pro Max / Qinghai, China

Jeff Rayner / United States / 3rd Place / Photographer of the Year / Side-Walking on Air | Shot on iPhone X / Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California

Abstract

Glenn Homann / Australia / 1st Place / iPhone 11 Pro
Bei Xiao / China / 2nd Place iPhone 12 Pro Max
Matteo Lava / Italy / 3rd Place / iPhone 8 Plus

Animals

Laila Bakker / Netherlands / 1st Place / iPhone 11 Pro Max
Elizabeth Burns / United States / 2nd Place / iPhone XS
Theresa Lee / Australia / 3rd Place / iPhone XR

Architecture

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Yayun Liu / China / 2nd Place / iPhone 7 Plus
Tao He / China / 3rd Place / iPhone XS Max

Children

Dong Wei / China / 1st Place / iPhone 7 Plus
Iakovos Draculis / Greece / 2nd Place / iPhone 11 Pro
Diego Moreno / Mexico / 3rd Place / iPhone 5S

City Life

Liz Huang / United States / 1st Place / iPhone X
Lisi Li / China / 2nd Place / iPhone XS Max
Ann Ghory-Goodman / United States / 3rd Place / iPhone 11 Pro

Environment

Einat Shteckler / Israel / 1st Place / iPhone 11
Glenn Homann / Australia / 2nd Place / iPhone 11 Pro
Song Han / China / 3rd Place / iPhone 11 Pro Max

Landscape

Lizhi Wang / United States / 1st Place / iPhone XR
Jialin Liu / China / 2nd Place / iPhone 8 Plus
Shi Tian Zhang / China / 3rd Place / iPhone X

Lifestyle

Mahabub Hossain Khan / Bangladesh / 1st Place / iPhone XS
Keith Brofsky / United States / 2nd Place / iPhone X
Valerie Helbich-Poschacher / Germany / 3rd Place / iPhone 8

Nature

Christian Horgan / Australia / 1st Place / iPhone X
Ge Wang / United Kingdom / 2nd Place / iPhone 7 Plus
Marton Tordai / Hungary / 3rd Place / iPhone 11 Pro Max

Other

Zerry Song / China / 1st Place / iPhone 7
Carlotta Consonni / Italy / 2nd Place / iPhone XS
Pavlo Kyryliuk / United States / 3rd Place / iPhone X

Panorama

Gabriele Rodriquez / Italy / 1st Place / iPhone XS

Matthew Lahtinen / United States / 2nd Place / iPhone 12 Pro Max

Andre Skagervik / Sweden / 3rd Place / iPhone 6

People

Christian Horgan / Australia / 1st Place / iPhone X
Shuo Li / China / 2nd Place / iPhone 12 Pro Max
Alessandra Manzotti / Italy / 3rd Place / iPhone 8

Portrait

Krysten Crabtree / United States / 1st Place / iPhone 12 Pro
Juliet Cope / United Kingdom / 2nd Place / iPhone XS
Quim Fabregas / Spain / 3rd Place / iPhone 8

Series

Erin Brooks / United States / 1st Place / iPhone 11 Pro
Erin Brooks / United States / 1st Place / iPhone 11 Pro
Erin Brooks / United States / 1st Place / iPhone 11 Pro

Dina Alfasi / Israel / 2nd Place / iPhone 11 Pro & 12 Pro
Dina Alfasi / Israel / 2nd Place / iPhone 11 Pro & 12 Pro
Dina Alfasi / Israel / 2nd Place / iPhone 11 Pro & 12 Pro

Haibao Tong / China / 3rd Place / iPhone 11 Pro
Haibao Tong / China / 3rd Place / iPhone 11 Pro
Haibao Tong / China / 3rd Place / iPhone 11 Pro

Still Life

Kunkun Liu / China / 1st Place / iPhone 12 Pro Max
Hexiang Zhou / China / 2nd Place / iPhone 7 Plus
Yi Liao / China / 3rd Place / iPhone 7 Plus

Sunset

Claire Droppert / Netherlands / 1st Place / iPhone 11 Pro Max
Enhua Ni / China / 2nd Place / iPhone 7 Plus
Danette Spriggs / United States / 3rd Place / iPhone 12 Pro Max

Travel

Tatiana Merzlyakova / Russia / 1st Place / iPhone 12 Pro Max
Dina Alfasi / Israel / 2nd Place / iPhone 11 Pro
Talib Almarri / Saudi Arabia / 3rd Place / iPhone X

The images above really do go to show that sometimes, it really isn’t about having the best gear with you, but about mastering the gear you do have. Even smartphones are capable of some pretty decent photography these days, as the winning images above serve to prove.

Congratulations to all the winners. You can find out more about the competition, its rules and other information on the Apple iPhone Photography Awards website.

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John Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

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