Best of the 2024 iPhone Photography Awards — In Pictures

The Guardian presents a gallery of the best images from the 2024 IPPA, featuring Grand Prize winner Erin Brooks' "Boy Meets Shark" and category winners across People, Nature, Landscape, Cityscape, Travel, and more.
The Guardian, August 22, 2024
The Guardian presents a gallery of the best images from the 2024 iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS), featuring Grand Prize winner Erin Brooks' photo "Boy Meets Shark" captured in Tampa, Florida.
Grand Prize Winner
Boy Meets Shark — Tampa, Florida — Photograph: Erin Brooks
Photographer of the Year
1st Place: Lifeguard Camp, Huntington Beach, California — Glen Wilbert
3rd Place: Tucson Morning, Fujian, China — Wenlong Jiang
People
1st Place: Oompa Loompa, Bates Motel, Silver Lake, Los Angeles — Brooke Wilen
3rd Place: Senhor do Vento, China — Chi Zhang
Lifestyle
2nd Place: Kite Festival, Hsinchu City, Taiwan — Leo Huang
3rd Place: Balloon Head, Qingdao, China — Lingbo Wang
Nature
1st Place: Stream, Tottori, Japan — Shinya Itahana
Portrait
2nd Place: Pilgrim, Varanasi, India — Enhua Ni
3rd Place: The Gaddi Boy and his Goat, Burwa, Himachal Pradesh, India — Manush Kalwari
Cityscape
1st Place: Paradise, Chongqing, China — Yanzhou Chen
2nd Place: Retro under the Lamp, Gdansk, Poland — Aliaksandr Kaptsevich
Abstract
3rd Place: Rounded Out, Brisbane, Australia — Glenn Homann
Travel
1st Place: Sahara Surfing, Erg Chebbi, Northern Sahara, Morocco — Khalid Mahmood
Landscape
1st Place: Night Sky in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand — Paddy Chao
View the full gallery on theguardian.com.
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