2021 Winning Photographers

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Istvan Kerekes

Hungary

Grand Prize Winner

Transylvanian Shepherds | Shot on iPhone 7
Targu Mures, Transylvania, Romania

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Sharan Shetty

India

1st Place
Photographer of the Year

Bonding | Shot on iPhone X
Yanar Dag, Baku, Azerbaijan

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Dan Liu

China

2nd Place
Photographer of the Year

A Walk on Mars | Shot on iPhone 11 Pro Max
Qinghai, China

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Jeff Rayner

United States

3rd Place
Photographer of the Year

Side-Walking on Air | Shot on iPhone X
Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California

A b s t r a c t

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Glenn Homann

Australia
1st Place – Abstract

Untitled | Shot on iPhone 11 Pro
Queensland, Australia

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Bei Xiao

China
2nd Place – Abstract

The Last Steam Train | Shot on iPhone 12 Pro Max
Xinjiang, China

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Matteo Lava

Italy
3rd Place – Abstract

Frozen Lines | Shot on iPhone 8 Plus
Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland

A n i m a l s

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Laila Bakker

Netherlands
1st Place – Animals

Strike a Pose | Shot on iPhone 11 Pro Max
Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Netherlands

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Elizabeth Burns

United States
2nd Place – Animals

Untitled | Shot on iPhone XS
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico

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Theresa Lee

Australia
3rd Place – Animals

Untitled | Shot on iPhone XR
Pyrmont, Sydney, Australia

A r c h i t e c t u r e

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Yuexiang Wang

China
1st Place – Architecture

Candy | Shot on iPhone 8 Plus
Shanghai, China

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Yayun Liu

China
2nd Place – Architecture

Untitled | Shot on iPhone 7 Plus
China

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Tao He

China
3rd Place – Architecture

Taj Mahal in the Mist | Shot on iPhone XS Max
Agra, India

C h i l d r e n

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Dong Wei

China
1st Place – Children

Untitled | Shot on iPhone 7 Plus
Sichuan, China

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Iakovos Draculis

Greece
2nd Place – Children

Untitled | Shot on iPhone 11 Pro
Greece

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Diego Moreno

Mexico
3rd Place – Children

The Watchman | Shot on iPhone 5S
San Crist bal de las Casas, Chiapas

C i t y   L i f e

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Liz Huang

United States
1st Place – City Life

Untitled | Shot on iPhone X
Manhattan, New York

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Lisi Li

China
2nd Place – City Life

Winter Dawn in a Small Town | Shot on iPhone XS Max
Altay, Xinjiang, China

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Ann Ghory-Goodman

United States
3rd Place – City Life

PR_CTICE S___AL DI_TANCE | Shot on iPhone 11 Pro
Orleans, Massachusetts, USA

E n v i r o n m e n t

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Einat Shteckler

Israel
1st Place – Environment

Clouds | Shot on iPhone 11
Negev

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Glenn Homann

Australia
2nd Place – Environment

Untitled | Shot on iPhone 11 Pro
Brisbane, Australia

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Song Han

China
3rd Place – Environment

Untitled | Shot on iPhone 11 Pro Max
China

L a n d s c a p e

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Lizhi Wang

United States
1st Place – Landscape

Flight from Iguazu | Shot on iPhone XR
Paraná River, Argentina

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Jialin Liu

China
2nd Place – Landscape

Untitled | Shot on iPhone 8 Plus

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Shi Tian Zhang

China
3rd Place – Landscape

Untitled | Shot on iPhone X
Xinjiang, China

L i f e s t y l e

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Mahabub Hossain Khan

Bangladesh
1st Place – Lifestyle

The Old Gym | Shot on iPhone XS
Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Keith Brofsky

United States
2nd Place – Lifestyle

Landscaper Study | Shot on iPhone X
Bainbridge Island, Washington

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Valerie Helbich-Poschacher

Germany
3rd Place – Lifestyle

La vue des filles | Shot on iPhone 8
Sri Lanka, Galle

N a t u r e

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Christian Horgan

Australia
1st Place – Nature

Pondering the Positives | Shot on iPhone X
Perth, Australia

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Ge Wang

United Kingdom
2nd Place – Nature

Untitled | Shot on iPhone 7 Plus
Wuhan, Hubei China

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Marton Tordai

Hungary
3rd Place – Nature

Green Depth | Shot on iPhone 11 Pro Max
Budapest, Hungary

O t h e r

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Zerry Song

China
1st Place – Other

New Clothes for the Pole | Shot on iPhone 7
Luoyang, Henan, China

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Carlotta Consonni

Italy
2nd Place – Other

Isolation | Shot on iPhone XS
Monza, Italy

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Pavlo Kyryliuk

United States
3rd Place – Other

Artist’s Preview | Shot on iPhone X
San Mateo, California

P a n o r a m a

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Gabriele Rodriquez

Italy
1st Place – Panorama

Over the Clouds | Shot on iPhone XS
Gruppo del Carega, Italy

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Matthew Lahtinen

United States
2nd Place – Panorama

Sierra Nevada Sky | Shot on iPhone 12 Pro Max
Huffaker Hills, Nevada

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Andre Skagervik

Sweden
3rd Place – Panorama

Estádio da Luz | Shot on iPhone 6
Lisbon, Portugal

P e o p l e

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Christian Horgan

Australia
1st Place – People

Black Summer Blue Montaigne | Shot on iPhone X
Sydney, Australia

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Shuo Li

China
2nd Place – People

When The Giant Arrivals | Shot on iPhone 12 Pro Max
Beijing, China

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Alessandra Manzotti

Italy
3rd Place – People

Holding On | Shot on iPhone 8
Siena, Tuscany

P o r t r a i t

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Krysten Crabtree

United States
1st Place – Portrait

Untitled | Shot on iPhone 12 Pro
Ohio

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Juliet Cope

United Kingdom
2nd Place – Portrait

The Christmas Trees | Shot on iPhone XS
St Ann Wells Gardens, Brighton & Hove

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Quim Fabregas

Spain
3rd Place – Portrait

Reach the Soul | Shot on iPhone 8
Sare Soukanda, Senegal

S e r i e s

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Erin Brooks

United States
1st Place – Series

After the Jump, Mermaid, Sisterhood | Shot on iPhone 11 Pro
Houston, Texas

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Dina Alfasi

Israel
2nd Place – Series

Sign of the Times, Pandemic Perspective | Shot on iPhone 11 Pro & 12 Pro
Haifa

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Haibao Tong

China
3rd Place – Series

One’s Seaside | Shot on iPhone 11 Pro
Qingdao, China

S t i l l L i f e

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Kunkun Liu

China
1st Place – Still Life

Sweet | Shot on iPhone 12 Pro Max
Shanghai , China

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Hexiang Zhou

China
2nd Place – Still Life

Vibrant | Shot on iPhone7 Plus
Xianyang, China

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Yi Liao

China
3rd Place – Still Life

The Ice Cream | Shot on iPhone7 Plus
Qinghai, China

S u n s e t

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Claire Droppert

Netherlands
1st Place – Sunset

A Dutch Morning | Shot on iPhone 11 Pro Max
Kinderdijk, Netherlands

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Enhua Ni

China
2nd Place – Sunset

Dusk | Shot on iPhone 7 Plus
Meknes, Morocco

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Danette Spriggs

United States
3rd Place – Sunset

Sunrise Over Our Pond | Shot on iPhone 12 Pro Max
Angleton, Texas

T r a v e l

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Tatiana Merzlyakova

Russia
1st Place – Travel

Magic of Aurora Borealis | Shot on iPhone 12 Pro Max
Teriberka, Russia

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Dina Alfasi

Israel
2nd Place – Travel

Ready for Space Hike | Shot on iPhone 11 Pro
Haifa

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Talib Almarri

Saudi Arabia
3rd Place – Travel

Heart of Muslims | Shot on iPhone X
Mecca, Saudi Arabia