2019
Winning Photographs

Gabriella Cigliano

Italy
Grand Prize Winner, Photographer of the Year

Big Sister
Last year I spent a month in Wasa, Tanzania, teaching a class of young, curious and amazing guys. Before heading back to Italy we stopped in Zanzibar, where this photo was taken. I still wonder how could I capture that exact moment in all its beauty. I was just observing, a few meters from them, but they were probably more curious about me than I was about them, and that’s probably why the girl was looking at me. We couldn’t talk much, except for a few words in Swahili I had learned in the previous weeks, but those kids could definitely talk with their eyes. It was one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in my life, and I’ll keep it in my memories forever. The best part was showing them and their mums the photos, for some it was the first time they were seeing their faces, and their excitement was unexplainable, unfortunately my iPhone was in their hands and I couldn’t capture that!  

Location: Zanzibar, Africa
Shot on iPhone X

Diogo Lage

Portugal
1st Place, Photographer of the Year

Sea Stripes
Sea Stripes was taken in Santa Rita Beach, Portugal where the striped beach tents are very typical and set the tone of the well organized and summery little villages. Playing along with this beachy mood, a bather in the distance embodies the spirit in a striped shirt.

Location: Santa Rita Beach, Portugal
Shot on iPhone SE

Yuliya Ibraeva

Russia
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year

Sorry, no movie today
It was a hot summer day in Rome, Italy, even the asphalt was melting. We decided to escape from the city center to see the ancient trees of the Borghese Gardens and watch an Italian movie, but when we arrived the pouring rain began. We didn’t see the film, but I took wonderful pictures. It was great travel moment I’ll never want to forget.

Location: Rome, Italy
Shot on iPhone 7 Plus

Peng Hao

China
3rd Place, Photographer of the Year

Come Across
I took this photo in the desert in Nevada, USA, at the Burning Man festival. I stood on a bridge and saw two people lost in a sand storm, but after a while, something very special came along, a huge silver ball.

Location: Nevada, USA
Shot on iPhone X