2017 iPhone Photography Awards Celebrate 10 Years of Smart Pics

Founded in 2007, IPPAWARDS has “grown from a small circle of people and friends of friends into a truly global audience with thousands of participants,” creator Kenan Aktulun said in a statement.

“In this time of political upheaval we feel very thankful to host such a truly diverse group of people and their view of the world.”

See some of the winning photographs.

Grand Prize Winner – Photographer of the Year: Children of Qayyarah (Sebastiano Tomada/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place -Photographer of the Year: Dock Worker (Branda O Se/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – The America I Know (Juan Carlos Castañeda/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Abstract (Christopher Armstrong/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Animals (Francesca Tonegutti/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Architecture (Paddy Chao/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Children (Szymon Felkel/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Flowers (Sidney Po/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Landscape (Christian Horgan/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Lifestyle (Nick Trombola/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Nature (Aarond Sandberg/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – News/Events (Samuel Nacar/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Others (Darren Boyd/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Panorama (Nick Trombola/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – People (Dina Alfasi/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Portrait (Gabriel Ribeiro/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Series Image of Structure (Joshua Sarinana/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Still Life (David Hayes/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Sunset (Kuanglong Zhang/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Travel (Jen Pollack Bianco/IPPAWARDS)

1st Place – Trees (Magali Chesnel/IPPAWARDS)