IPPAWARDS 2024: Die iPhone-Fotografien des Jahres (GEO)

GEO magazine presents a gallery of the year's best iPhone photographs from the IPPAWARDS 2024 competition, featuring winning images across all categories — from Leping Cheng's 'Fancy Land' to landscapes, portraits, and wildlife.
GEO magazine presents a gallery of the year's best iPhone photographs from the IPPAWARDS 2024 competition, the 17th annual iPhone Photography Awards.
The gallery features winning images across all categories, from stunning landscapes and portraits to architectural details and wildlife — all captured entirely on iPhone.
Featured photographs include:
- Erin Brooks (USA) — a boy looking into an aquarium
- Yanzhou Chen (China) — 1st place, Cityscape — a view of a playground by a river
- Leo Huang (Taiwan) — a parrot turning its head backward
- Leping Cheng (China) — 1st place, Architecture — "Fancy Land." "A leisure park? A swimming pool? An adventure village for children? What exactly lies behind the 'Fancy Land,' the photographer unfortunately doesn't reveal. But for his shot of the entrance, the Chinese photographer earned first place in the Architecture category."
- Huapeng Zhao (China) — 2nd place, Animals — leopard mother and cub in Serengeti National Park
- Soledad Barranca Miron (Spain) — 2nd place, Children — view of a child's head
- Glen Wilbert (USA) — 1st place — lifeguards in the water at Huntington Beach
- Paddy Chao (Taiwan) — 1st place, Landscape — night sky over Lake Tekapo
- Verity Milligan (UK) — 2nd place, Abstract — abstract landscape motif
- Lingbo Wang (China) — 3rd place, Lifestyle — person with a bunch of balloons
- Yu Jiang (Singapore) — 2nd place, Still Life — tangled garden hose
- Shuo Li (China) — 2nd place, Other — giant pink plush rabbit
- Artem Koleganov (Germany) — 1st place, Portrait — portrait of a woman behind an awning
- Khalid Mahmood (Sweden) — 1st place, Travel — camels in the desert
- Chen Lin (China) — child with closed eyes in traditional garment
- 李 琚 (China) — two mopeds in front of a temple on a foggy night
Source: GEO
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