The best camera is the one in your hand. A maxim that tells us that the camera does not make the photographer, and a sign that the abilities to capture the magic or essence of a moment depend solely and exclusively on each person. And for sample not one, but several buttons… or photos in this case.
These are the winning photographs of the Mobile Photo Awards contest, which is organized in Toronto, Canada and is reaching its ninth edition. For this edition, 2019, more than 5,500 photos were received from photographers from 60 countries. Here the winner of the contest takes $ 3,000 in cash, in addition to the international exhibition.
The key point of this contest is that only photographs taken and edited by a smartphone or tablet are considered. Nothing else. Hence its importance and what has caused today to be one of the most important mobile photography competitions in the world.
The Mobile Photo Awards is divided into 20 categories: photographic essays; architecture and design; black and white; digital art; the eyes of the world; landscapes; macro and details; nature and wildlife; persons; photojournalism; Pictures; silhouettes self-portraits; street photography; static life; darkness; transport; travel/adventure; visual effects; water/snow/ice. And among all these categories, the absolute winner of the contest is chosen.
It should be noted that from each category a winning photograph is chosen, as well as special honorable mentions that will also be part of the exhibition tour. An important point is that anyone can participate and send their photographs to be considered for the next edition of the contest.
Now we know the winning photos of each category as well as the great winner of the Mobile Photo Awards 2019.
Travel / Adventure
- ‘Hiking in Norway’ by Huapeng Zhao using an iPhone XS Max.
Architecture and design
- ‘Busan, South Korea’ by Brendan Ó Sé using a Huawei P9.
Black and white
- ‘We Run, You Fly’ by Dimpy Bhalotia using an iPhone X.
Landscapes
- ‘Pearls’ by Sharon Barezer using an iPhone XS.
Water / snow / ice
- ‘White Out’ by Margaret Shaw using an iPhone 7 Plus.
Silhouettes
- ‘Dance with Us’ by Roza Ludwikowska using a Samsung A30.
The eyes of the world
- ‘Novice Monks in Bagan, Myanmar’ by Penni James using an iPhone X.
Static Life
- ‘Lamp’ by Kuanglong Zhang using an iPhone 7.
Darkness
- ‘Solitude’ by Sasa Prizmic using an iPhone 6s.
Nature and wildlife
- ‘Praying Mantis’ by Leigh Darilek using an iPhone XS Max.
Transport
- ‘Peak Hour in Tokyo’ by Jeff Liang using an iPhone XR.
Visual effects
- ‘Pure Heart’ by Erika Brothers using an iPhone X.
Macro and Details
- ‘Stowaway’ by Jaroslaw Bryla using a Huawei Mate.
Persons
- ‘Just Jensen’ by Michelle Simmons using an iPhone XS.
Photojournalism
- ‘Blind in Refugee Camp, Dadaab, Kenya’ by Eduardo López Moreno using a Huawei P9.
Self-portrait
- ‘Tiny Blue Planet’ by Eliza Tsitsimeaua-Badoiu using an iPhone 6s.
Street photography
- ‘Waiting’ by Dina Alfasi using an iPhone XS Max.
Pictures
- ‘Above the Surface’ by Joanna Cykowska using a Galaxy Note 8.
Digital art
- ‘Sax’ by Sukru Mehmet Omur using an iPhone XR.
Photo essays
- ‘Protests or Prophecies? The Songs of Kurt Cobain ‘ by Peter Wilkin.
Big winner
Hungarian Daniel Heilig, who works as a musician, interior designer and fine art photographer in Germany, was named the photographer of the year of the Mobile Photo Awards 2019.
Heilig won a prize of $ 3,000 thanks to a series of photographs taken with an iPhone XS Max. It should be noted that Heilig has participated since the first edition of the contest in 2011 when he sent photos captured by his iPhone 3GS.
“We live in a world so saturated with images that the most important and innovative work of a photographer must be to strive to attract the attention of the viewer.”
We leave you with some of Daniel Heilig’s photographs.