The photos for the competition were submitted by thousands of iPhone photographers from over 140 countries for various categories such as Portrait, Abstract, and Still Life. The grand prix this year went to Sebastiano Tomada from Brooklyn, New York for his picture of “Children roaming the streets in Qayyarah near the fire and smoke billowing from oil wells, set ablaze by ISIS militants”.

Dina Alfasi From Israel, 1st Place, People

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Sebastiano Tomada From Brooklyn, New York, Grand Prize Winner, Photographer Of The Year

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Branda O Se From Cork, Ireland, 1st Place, Photographer Of The Year

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Sergey Pesterev From Mendeleevo, Russia, 2nd Place, Landscape

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Magali Chesnel From Ferney-voltaire, France, 1st Place, Trees

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Dongrui Yu From Yunnan, China, 2nd Place, Animals

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Joshua Sarinana From Cambridge Ma, United States, 2nd Place, Travel

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Gabriel Ribeiro From Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil, 1st Place, Portrait

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Barry Mayes From Herts, United Kingdom, 3rd Place, Children

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Dyllon Wolf From Huntingtown Md, United States, 2nd Place, Trees

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Szymon Felkel From Poznan, Poland, 1st Place, Children

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Maria K. Pianu From Pordenone, Italy, 3rd Place, The America I Know

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Yuming Guan From Guangdong, China, 2nd Place, Lifestyle

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Paddy Chao From Taipei, Taiwan, 1st Place, Architecture

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Vlad Vasylkevych From Kiev, Ukraine, 3rd Place, Portrait

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Varvara Vislenko From St. Petersburg, Russia, 2nd Place, Children

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Kuanglong Zhang From Guangdong, China, 1st Place, Sunset

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Joseph Cyr From Tucson Az, United States, 3rd Place, Sunset

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Naian Feng From Shanghai, China, 3rd Place, Architecture

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Juan Carlos Castañeda From Astoria Ny, United States, 1st Place, The America I Know

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Sidney Po From Cebu, Philippines, 1st Place, Floral

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Smetanina Julia From Moscow, Russia, 2nd Place, Floral

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David Hayes From Milford Oh, United States, 1st Place, Still Life

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Aaron Sandberg From Chicago Il, United States, 1st Place, Nature

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Shuo Li From Beijing, China, 3rd Place, Animals

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Xiaoying Tang From Zhejiang, China, 2nd Place, Sunset

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Yeow-kwang Yeo From Singapore, 2nd Place, Photographer Of The Year

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Kuanglong Zhang From Shenzhen, China, 3rd Place, Photographer Of The Year

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Kaiyuan Teng From Taipei, Taiwan, 3rd Place, Trees

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Jen Pollack Bianco From Seattle Wa, United States, 1st Place, Travel

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Laura Warren From Putney, Vt, United States, 3rd Place, Floral

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Joseph-cyr From Tucson Az, United States, 3rd Place, Nature

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Chung Hung From Taipei, Taiwan, 3rd Place, Lifestyle

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Li Jinquan From Beijing, China, 3rd Place, Travel

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Patryk Kuleta From Warsaw, Poland, 2nd Place, Architecture

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Dan Liu From Sichuan, China, 2nd Place, Portrait

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Francesca Tonegutti From Milan, Italy, 1st Place, Animals

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Thea Mihu From Sibiu, Romania, 2nd Place, News/events

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Christopher Armstrong From Sydney, Australia, 1st Place, Abstract

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Christian Horgan From Fremantle, Australia, 1st Place, Landscape

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Nick Trombola From Pittsburgh, Pa Usa, 1st Place, Lifestyle

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Deena Berton From Weston Ma, United States, 2nd Place, Still Life

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Lee Jones From Shanghai, China, 3rd Place, Abstract

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Waldemar Nowak From, Gdańsk, Poland, 3rd Place, Still Life

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David Redhill From Sydney, Australia, 2nd Place, Abstract

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Davis Bell From Los Angeles Ca, United States, 2nd Place, The America I Know

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Alexandra Maldonado From Quito, Ecuador, 3rd Place, Landscape

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Dongrui Yu From Yunnan, China, 2nd Place, Nature

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Samuel Nacar From Albacete, Spain, 1st Place, News/events

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Xirui Huang From Hunan, China, 3rd Place, News/events

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Jiabing He From Guangdong, China, 2nd Place, People

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Marina Spironetti From Milano, Italy, 3rd Place, People

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