2020 iPhone Photography Award Winners Once Again Proved That Striking Photos Can Be Taken Without An Expensive Camera (57 Pics)

You don't have to buy the most expensive gear in order to be an exceptional photographer—sometimes, all you need is an iPhone... and talent. And here's proof.

iPhone Photography Awards (also known as IPPAWARDS) is the first and the longest-running iPhone photography competition since 2007. Every year, this competition gives awards to the most spectacular photos taken on an iPhone or iPad. If you want to enter the competition, your photos should not be published anywhere previously and should not be edited on any desktop image processing program such as Photoshop. And that's basically it.

Recently, iPhone Photography Awards announced the winners of their 2020 competition and the photos are absolutely stunning. Bored Panda invites you to take a look and choose your favorites.

More info: ippawards.com

#1 Architecture: Third Place, 'Calpe Sunrise', Calpe, Spain By Jiandong Wang

Image credits: Jiandong Wang

Each year, iPhone Photography Awards announces a Grand Prize winner, as well as winners in 19 other categories, including Photographer of the Year, Abstract, Architecture, People, and Nature.

This year, Grand Prize Winner and Photographer of the Year Award went to Dimpy Bhalotia, who is a street photographer from the United Kingdom. To take this picture called Flying Boys, the photographer used an iPhone X.

#2 Architecture: First Place, 'Duomo Di Milano', Milan, Italy By Haiyin Lin

Image credits: Haiyin Lin

Besides, this year's winners prove that in order to take an amazing photo, you don't even need to have the newest iPhone in your pocket. In fact, one winner scored a prize using an iPhone 4!

#3 Travel: First Place, 'Free From The Past', Varanasi, India By Kristian Cruz

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"This year marks the 13th Annual Awards with submissions from thousands of photographers from all over the globe. Dozens of winning photographs reflect powerful worldviews, from vast landscapes to a single tree, from city streets to remote desolation, from toil and hardship to a private moment in the sun," IPPAWADS team writes on their website.

#4 Trees: Third Place, 'Solitude Beauty', Ewa Beach, Hawaii By Chuyang Baideme

Image credits: Chuyang Baideme

Another cool thing about this competition is that people from all around the globe can participate in it. "Top-three winners in an additional 18 categories were awarded to photographers from almost every corner of the world, including Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States," reads the website.

#5 Animals: Second Place, 'Flamingos', By Ji Li

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#6 Sunset: Second Place, 'Twilight Reflection', Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona By Joseph Cyr

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#7 Landscape: Third Place, 'The Cloud', Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain By Dominic Dähncke

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#8 Nature: First Place, 'Untitled', By Lisi Li

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#9 Nature: Third Place, 'Journey To The Lava Field', Hawaii, By Jiawen Wu

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#10 News/Events: First Place, 'Demons Lighting The Sky', Paterna, Spain By Fernando Merlo

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#11 Poty: First Place, 'No Walls', India, By Artyom Baryshau

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#12 Nature: Second Place, 'Kea At Mount Luxmore', Fiordland National Park, New Zealand By Avishai Futerman

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#13 Poty: Grand Prize Winner, 'Flying Boys', Banaras, India By Dimpy Bhalotia

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#14 Still Life: Third Place, '84,000 Statues Of Yakushi Nyorai', Shimane, Japan By Shinya Itahana

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#15 Landscape: First Place, 'Untitled', Marble Canyon, Arizona By Liu Dan

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#16 Sunset: First Place, 'Nightfall At The Dolomites', Auronzo Di Cadore, Italy By Leo Chan

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#17 Other: Third Place, 'The Secret', Huntington, NY By Shāna Einhorn

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#18 Abstract: Third Place, 'Silent Architecture', Shanghai, By Tod Chen

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#19 Children: First Place, 'Cotton Candy', Vorontsovsky Park, Moscow By Ekaterina Varzar

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#20 Children: Third Place, 'Through The Eyes Of The Children', San Carlos Pangasinan, Philippines By Mary Joy Loyola Ganitano

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#21 Floral: Second Place, 'Chrysanthemum', Zhongshan, China By Chikeung Poon

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#22 Trees: First Place, 'Alone', Queensland, Australia By Glenn Homann

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#23 Abstract: First Place, 'Splattered Paint', Shanghai, China By Tu Odnu

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#24 Poty: Third Place, 'Sheikh Of Youth', Baghdad, Iraq By Saif Hussain

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#25 Floral: First Place, 'Lonely Morning Glory', Shenzhen, China By Peiquan Li

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#26 Landscape: Second Place, 'Duned', Zeeland, Netherlands By Nico Brons

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#27 Floral: Third Place, 'Untitled', By Hao Wen

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#28 Poty: Second Place, 'Untitled', Chengdu, Sichuan By Geli Zhao

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#29 Lifestyle: Second Place, 'Room At Sunset', Melbourne, Australia By Shitian Zhang

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#30 People: Second Place, 'The Temple Of Philae', Aswan, Egypt By Kris Arzadun

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#31 Animals: Third Place, 'The Empty Quarter', United Arab Emirates, By Anna Aiko

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#32 Lifestyle: First Place, 'Culture Fusion', Cancun, Mexico By Audrey Blake

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#33 People: First Place, 'Knitting To Heal Wounds', Ayacucho, Peru By Omar Lucas

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#34 Series: First Place, 'Tattooed Women', Mindat, Myanmar By Liu Dan

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#35 Animals: First Place, 'Horses In The Storm', Iceland, By Xiaojun Zhang

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#36 Architecture: Second Place, 'Palm Tree Series #5', Los Angeles, California By Emilia Kashfian

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#37 Lifestyle: Third Place, 'Devil’s Gold', Kawa Ijen Volcano, Indonesia By Liu Dan

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#38 Other: First Place, 'Beach Chair', Westhampton Beach, New York By Danielle Moir

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#39 Panorama: Third Place, 'Immersion', Meteora, Greece By Garrine Tsang

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#40 Trees: Second Place, 'Grow Upwards', Wuhan, China By Wei Xiong

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#41 News/Events: Second Place, 'The Virus', Trang, Thailand By Caterina Bertone

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#42 News/Events: Third Place, 'Field Of Dreams', Melbourne, Australia By Josephine Cafagna

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#43 Other: Second Place, 'Call From Mokattam Mountain', Cairo, Egypt By Magali Chesnel

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#44 Portrait: First Place, 'Beautiful Isolation', Ouarzazate, Morocco By Mona Jumaan

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#45 Still Life: Second Place, 'Winding Down', Manila, Philippines By Kristian Cruz

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#46 Sunset: Third Place, 'Tower 11', Pacific Beach, California By Bill Marson

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#47 Children: Second Place, 'Chinlone', Myanmar, By Dan Liu

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#48 Portrait: Third Place, 'Fancy Hat', Xiamen, By Leping Cheng

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#49 Travel: Second Place, 'Eye Spy', Katoomba, Nsw, Australia By Anthony Ginns

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#50 Travel: Third Place, 'Window To Denali', Talkeetna, Alaska By Scott Yamano

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#51 Series: Second Place, 'Lonely Fishermen', Pico, Peru By Peng Hao

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#52 Abstract: Second Place, 'Beauty In Everyday', Irvine, California By Veronica Yoo

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#53 Panorama: First Place, 'Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas', Madrid, Spain By Bojan Pacadziev

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#54 Panorama: Second Place, 'Un Verano En… Napoli', Naples, Italy By Fabián Cárdenas

Image credits: Fabián Cárdenas

#55 People: Third Place, 'Prune Deuce', Brisbane, Australia By Glenn Homann

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#56 Portrait: Second Place, 'Roberta', L’almentera, Spain By Renata Dangelo

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#57 Still Life: First Place, 'The Wine Bottle And The Seven Chouriços', Santa Maria Dos Olivais, Portugal By Joao Cabaco

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