These could be the best photos taken with an iPhone in 2018

On Wednesday, July 18 iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) announced its official winners of its 11th annual World Competition. Each has been selected from thousands of entries spanning more than 140 countries around the world.

Launched shortly after the release of the first iPhone, the IPPAWARDS is the first and longest iPhone competition in the world. All submissions are made using an iPhone or iPad, but can not be published anywhere other than on personal social media accounts. Although photos can not be edited using software like Photoshop, photographers can use any iOS application.

The grand prize winner of the year 's iPhone photographer was Jashim Salam from Bangladesh. The photo, titled "Displaced", was taken on an iPhone 7 and shows a group of children watching a film about health and sanitation near a refugee camp in Ukhiya.

The first place goes to Alexander Weber from Switzerland. of a woman in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Taken on an iPhone 6S, Weber explains that the bright and colorful shot was taken "spontaneously after the passage of a truck" The woman in the picture wears the traditional clothes of a "baiana", while that # 39: she leans against a wall during her work

Photographer Huapeng Zhao took second place for her photo entitled "Eye to Eye", taken on an iPhone 6 in YanTai ShanDong province, China . The black and white photo shows a young boy in open water who, as Zhao explains, put a fish that he caught in front of his eye just before the picture was taken

Zarni Myo Win for his picture titled "I Want to Play" – featuring a young boy who lost his leg watching his friends play football. The powerful shot was captured on an iPhone 7 in Yangon, Myanmar.

In addition to the winners of the iPhone photographer of the year, the contest also awarded the top three photographers in 18 different categories. The winners represented a variety of countries around the world, including Australia, Ecuador, Russia, the United States and so much more.

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