A b s t r a c t
Liminal
Shot on iPhone 12 Pro
San Francisco, California
Chih-ya Hsu
Taiwan
2nd Place – Abstract
A Slice of Time
Shot on iPhone 13 Pro
Taichung City, Taiwan
Wei Wei
China
3rd Place – Abstract
Shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max
China
A n i m a l s
Close Encounter
Shot on iPhone 15 Pro
Vava’u Island group of Tonga
Iuliia Antonova
Ukraine
2nd Place – Animals
Drawn by Light
Shot on iPhone 15 Pro
Umag, Croatia
Kunhua Chen
China
3rd Place – Animals
Gladiator
Shot on iPhone 11
Chimelong, China
A r c h i t e c t u r e
Aleksandra Debiczak
United Kingdom
1st Place – Architecture
Shot on iPhone 13 Pro
Burano, Italy
Bo shao xian
China
2nd Place – Architecture
The Sun Tower
Shot on iPhone 8 Plus
Yantai, China
Elizabeth Burns
United States
3rd Place – Architecture
Shot on iPhone 14 Pro Max
Toulouse, France
C h i l d r e n
Julia Zyrina
The Netherlands
1st Place – Children
When the chestnut trees bloom
Shot on iPhone 11
Blitterswijck, the Netherlands
Minghui Xu
China
2nd Place – Children
Playing in the Air
Shot on iPhone 12 Pro
Nepal, Pharping
Sasa Borozan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3rd Place – Children
Heroes of Summer
Shot on iPhone 11 Pro Max
Stolac, river Bregava, Bosnia and Herzegovina
C i t y s c a p e
Adrian Beasley
United Kingdom
1st Place – Cityscape
The Timeless Tyne Bridge
Shot on iPhone 13 Pro
Newcastle upon Tyne
Lan Zhanxiang
China
2nd Place – Cityscape
Light Chaser
Shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max
Zhiyi Building, Shenzhen City
Sebastian Pearson
United Kingdom
3rd Place – Cityscape
The Peace Within
Shot on iPhone 12 Pro Max
Quito, Equador
L a n d s c a p e
Jens Petersen
Germany
1st Place – Landscape
Lübeck Amazonas
Shot on iPhone 15 Pro
Trave River, Lübeck
Sharon Goepferich
United States
2nd Place – Landscape
Whispers in the Rift
Shot on iPhone 14 Pro Max
Kerlingarfjoll Geothermal Park, Iceland
Jennifer Newitt
United States
3rd Place – Landscape
A Duet of Cascading Light
Shot on iPhone 15 Pro
Multnomah Falls, Oregon
L i f e s t y l e
Leo Huang
Taiwan
1st Place – Lifestyle
Who lost the elephant balloon?
Shot on iPhone 14 Pro
Yilan, China
Han Qi Chen
Singapore
2nd Place – Lifestyle
Chasing Powder
Shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max
Val Thorens, France
Ricardas Jarmalavicius
Lithuania
3rd Place – Lifestyle
The Path to the Shore
Shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max
Calella de Palafrugell, Catalonia, Spain
N a t u r e
Mark Sarmiento
Australia
1st Place – Nature
Winter Bamboos
Shot on iPhone 14 Pro
Japan
Paddy Chao
Taiwan
2nd Place – Nature
The Silence of the Night
Shot on iPhone 16 Pro
Aso, Japan
Iñigo Calles
Spain
3rd Place – Nature
Abandoned Palm Grove
Shot on iPhone 13 Pro Max
Near Elche. Alicante, Spain
O t h e r
André Skagervik
Sweden
1st Place – Other
Winter Lines
Shot on iPhone 12
Norrköping, Sweden
Dominic Dähncke
Spain
2nd Place – Other
Untitled
Shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max
Tenerife, Canary Islands
David Welsh
Mexico
3rd Place – Other
Transit of Light
Shot on iPhone 16 Pro
San Pedro Garza García, Monterrey, Mexico
P e o p l e
Karolina Zielony
United Kingdom
1st Place – People
Vibrant Colours of The Neighbourhood
Shot on iPhone 14 Pro Max
La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maartje Punt
The Netherlands
2nd Place – People
Waiting for the Water
Shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Kęstutis Cemnolonskis
Lithuania
3rd Place – People
A Dream of Youth
Shot on iPhone XS
China
P o r t r a i t
Valeria Cammareri
Italy
1st Place – Portrait
I am the King
Shot on iPhone 12 Pro
Verbania, Lake Maggiore, Italy
Louise Rayner
United Kingdom
2nd Place – Portrait
Goggle Boy
Shot on iPhone 13 Pro Max
Bradford, United Kingdom
Leah Kim
South Korea
3rd Place – Portrait
A White Lotus
Shot on iPhone 12 Pro
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
S e r i e s
Dominic Dähncke
Spain
1st Place – Series
Puzzle
Shot on iPhone XS
La Palma, Canary Islands
Mabel Cedrón
Spain
2nd Place – Series
Primary Code
Shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max
Nova Icaria Beach, Barcelona
Milena Konstantinova
Russia
3rd Place – Series
The dream of the hunt
Shot on iPhone XR
Surgut, Russia