The best photos with a 2018 iPhone already have their price

It's no secret that the iPhone is capable of taking awesome photos, some even worthy of being rewarded. It's not for nothing that thousands of photographers from more than 140 countries around the world have sent their photos to the Eleventh Annual Edition of the iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS), and the winners have been officially announced . Here are the best photos taken with an iPhone this year.

Established shortly after the launch of the first iPhone, the IPPAWARDS are the competition for the world's oldest iPhones. All images are captured with the help of an iPhone or iPad and can not be published anywhere else than a personal social network account. Although photos can not be edited with the help of software such as Photoshop, photographers can use any iOS application.

The grand prize winner of this year's iPhone photographer was Jashim Salam from Bangladesh. The photo, titled "Displaced", was taken with an iPhone 7 and shows a group of children watching a movie about health and health care near a refugee camp at Ukhiya, Bangladesh.

The first place was for Alexander Weber, Switzerland, with a photo of a woman in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Taken with an iPhone 6S, Weber said that it was "a photo taken" spontaneously after the pbadage of a truck ". The woman in the photo wears the traditional clothes of a "baiana" while leaning against a wall.

Chinese photographer Huapeng Zhao took second place for his photo "Eye to Eye", taken with an iPhone 6 in YanTai ShanDong province, China. The black and white photo shows a child in the water who, Zhao explained, placed a fish that he caught in front of his eye just before taking the picture.

The third place was for Zarni Myo Win for his photo titled "I want to play," and shows a boy who lost a leg watching his friends play football. The moving image was captured with an iPhone 7 in Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma).

In addition to the winners, the contest He also awarded the top three photographers in 18 different categories . The winners represent a wide variety of countries around the world, including Australia, Ecuador, Russia, the United States and others.

"iPhone users have become very fluid in terms of visual storytelling," says Kenan Aktulun, founder of IPPAWARDS. "This year's photos were technically impressive, and many of them are very personal."