Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2019
2019
iPhone Photography
iPhone Awards
Photography Awards
Winners
Winners
Intro03
Photographers of the Year04
Abstract 10
Animals 14
Architecture 18
Children 22
Floral 26
Landscape 30
Life Style 34
Nature 38
News Events 42
Other 46
Panorama 50
People 54
Portrait 58
Series 62
Still Life 66
Sunset 70
Travel 74
Trees 78
Honorable Mentions 82
Big Sister
Last year I spent a month in Wasa,
Tanzania, teaching a class of young,
curious and amazing guys. Before heading
back to Italy we stopped in Zanzibar, where
this photo was taken. I still wonder how
could I capture that exact moment in all its
beauty. I was just observing, a few meters
from them, but they were probably more
curious about me than I was about them,
and that’s probably why the girl was looking
at me. We couldn’t talk much, except for
a few words in Swahili I had learned in
the previous weeks, but those kids could
definitely talk with their eyes. It was one
of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in
my life, and I’ll keep it in my memories
forever. The best part was showing them
and their mums the photos, for some it was
the first time they were seeing their faces,
and their excitement was unexplainable,
unfortunately my iPhone was in their hands
and I couldn’t capture that!
Sea Stripes
Sea Stripes was taken in Santa Rita Beach,
Portugal where the striped beach tents
are very typical and set the tone of the
well organized and summery little villages.
Playing along with this beachy mood, a
bather in the distance embodies the spirit in
a striped shirt.
Come Across
I took this photo in the desert in Nevada,
USA, at the Burning Man festival. I stood on
a bridge and saw two people lost in a sand
storm, but after a while, something very
special came along, a huge silver ball.
Looking Up
Looking up, at the corner of Laguna and
Hayes Streets, San Francisco. The midday
sun casts an engaging abstract pattern of
geometric shadows onto the quirky facade.
Salve
From the wrong angle, it looked chaotic, like
someone had hung string frivolously. But
from straight on, it was perfect. Serene and
calming.
Owl
Who’s watching
I was captivated by the giant fish tanks at
a resort in the Bahamas where the fish
seemed to be observing people, mirroring
the people observing the fish.
Location: Bahamas
Shot on iPhone X
Here I come
This image was taken in the Xiamen,
international shipping center. I was trying to
create a futuristic battle scene of Star Wars
(I’m a huge starwars fan). When a friend
told me about this location, I thought it
would be very good to shoot something like
this with a lightsaber and two characters
fighting. The lighting that afternoon was
great, and we waited for the best natural
light of the sun to light up the place.
Look Dad!
This is my daughter Olivia.
Untitled
My two year old son, Gabriel, totally
captivated by his first experience of
traveling by steam train.
Agave
I’ve taken quite a few photos of this agave
plant, which is tucked away in the corner of
a courtyard in downtown Santa Cruz, and
every time I walk by it, I take another. The
close-up view, especially in black & white,
seems to draw out a part of the agave’s
beauty that’s easy to miss in real life when
it’s surrounded by flowers and sidewalks
and benches.
Petra Wadi
An unexpected scene on the road to Petra.
Fishing
A man fishing by the lake, it feels like it
came out of the movie called “The Grand
Budapest Hotel” and I wrote a poem at the
time:半山融水雾,深树隐渔翁。君钓江中
鲤,吾观落日红。
Hanging to Dry
In his Memory
This is the former room of my grandfather
in my grandparents’ house in Bobruysk,
Belarus. Now he is dead and my
grandmother has decorated it in his
memory in a typical old soviet rural style
which used to be chic and gorgeous when
she was a child in the poor countryside
after WWII. Nowadays we don’t have such
interiors in our houses, and it is a kind of
museum of those times: all those covered
pillows, the abundance of carpets (on the
walls as well), austere, neat and tidy.
The Womb
It was dark, humid and quiet inside the ice
cave. I was climbing up step by step toward
the light. The moment brought me to the
scene as a newborn inside the womb of
nature, ready to embrace the outside world.
Location: Iceland
Shot on iPhone 6
Annapurna
The picture is of Annapurna mountain in the
Himalayans where I was walking the ABC trail.
The view was so amazing, I will never forget it.
Waves
Fire Dragon
This photo was taken at the Lantern
Festival in Buzhai Town. It is the tradition of
this small southern town to hold a dragon
dance performance for Lantern Festival
that dates back to the Qing Dynasty. It is
a spectacular scene with the fire dragon
being lifted by more than 30 adults while
it dances and fireworks are set off from its
body. Thousands of people came to watch
the event and to pray for their family to be
safe and healthy for the New Year.
Wedding Prayer
I photographed this wedding with my father
in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul. During
the religious ceremony, each person kneels
to hold a prayer with all present for the
purpose of blessing the wedding.
Sky Scaffolding
Hang On
We received a large package with an absurd amount of
this brown packing paper and my younger brother and I
decided to get creative with it.
Location: Maryland
Shot on iPhone 7
The Wait
I shot this photo in a local restaurant, I
was captivated by the beautiful woman
seated at the table across from us. She
was preparing to leave, and her table was
cluttered with dirty dishes, but I focused on
the bright, shimmering fabric and the shiny
gold sandals she was wearing.
Monument
View from Artist’s Point in Monument
Valley, where the ground falls away
steeply and the flat land stretches ahead
for many miles, punctuated by the
peaks of buttes, mesas and pinnacles in
distance.
Matera Magic
Walking the streets of this magical city,
it’s so difficult to actually capture the
spirit of the town. There are corners of
quiet solitude where you find hidden
gems such as an abandoned 1000 year
old cave abode, and there are bustling
streets in the city centre with scooters
buzzing by on business, and the fresh
smell of Italian coffee.
Untitled
Location: China
Shot on iPhone X
Dominoes in Havana
Dominoes in Havana was captured at the
Solar de Aguilar in Havana, Cuba. The building
is a mere memory of what it once was, from
the wrought iron curving around the grand
stair case at the entrance of the building to
the non-functioning fountain in the courtyard.
Six families occupy the Solar de Aguilar and
every afternoon the residents gather in front
of the grand staircase to play dominoes. On
this particular afternoon, I captured these four
neighbors engaged in a friendly game.
Location: Cuba
Shot on iPhone SE
At the Lake
I live in Milan and during the weekend I
often go back to the lake to spend time with
my parents. One of my favorite things to
do is to take the ferry boat across the lake
with no definite destination. I spend hours
going back and forth with the sole purpose
of observing passengers. People look
capivated by the beauty of the landscape.
In one of these solitary journeys of mine I
focused on this man, as he reminded me of
my father’s fragility.
Little Beekeeper
I take my nephew Eden on ‘Photo Safaris’,
where we only shoot with our iPhones. Our
trophies are the images we capture. My
mum has a couple of bee hives in Margaret
River, Western Australia, and I thought
they’d make for an exciting safari. As we
dressed for this adventure I decided to take
a portrait of Eden in his ‘photo safari suit’.
Gloria Roney
“When I grow up I want to be a lawyer “When I grow up I plan to be a pilot, so I can
who prosecutes criminal people. Many travel the world and see other countries.”
people are forced off their land and are left
homeless.”
Young Survivors
These intimate portraits focus on how adolescents cope with being HIV positive. Amidst these
chilling narratives, extraordinary stories of hope and glimpses of heroism in their quest to
pursue their dreams emerged.
In the Wind
This photo is one of a series where I
wanted to document moments where I felt
particular emotions and I took a picture
whether I felt like it or not.
Location: Germany
Shot on iPhone SE
Green Breeze
Location: Manhattan
Shot on iPhone X
The Absolute
This is part of the “Theater of
Dissapearance” exhibition by Adrián Villar
Rojas in NYC MoMA. The surreal nature of
the exhibit was very inspiring. I spent a long
time walking around the exhibit carefully
observing details of each sculpture, trying
to imagine what it would be like living in
their characters. The sun was projecting
hard shadows on the sculpture of banquet
tables making various items that were
placed on tables to appear simple and
complete. I wanted to keep this moment in
my memory for a long time.
Location: Russia
Shot on iPhone SE
Penetrated Sunset
This was taken by the river in my hometown
of Shantou, China. The sunset passed
through the leaves and reflected on the
river, like a painting.
Lonely Boat
It was a cloudy day. I noticed a man with
a small boat floating up and down in the
sea when I was walking on the beach.
Something occurred to me in that moment,
I thought, I want to get closer so I walked in
until salty seawater flooded my chest. The
man, the boat, and me. I felt a connection in
that moment, people are so small between
heaven and earth.
Palanquera
In this photo that I took in Cartagena - Colombia,
I was exploring the contrast between the colonial
architecture of the city, next to a “Palanquera” : a
Colombian touristic symbol that represents the group
of runaway African slaves, now known for selling fruits
on the streets with colorful dresses - A “costume”
that disguises the episodes of slavery caused by the
Spanish colonization.
Snowshadow
This was taken on the island of Rügen, which is a
german island in the Baltic Sea. The spot where I
took the picture is on the northernmost coast of
the island, close to the little village Schwarbe.
There was a strong wind from the sea behind
me with some snow, and the wind and the flakes
produced this kind of “shadow” on the “lee” of the
trees. Everything was very black and white, except
the smaller bushlike trees in the back that were a
little brown.
Morning Mist
An early morning walk as the late summer
fog weaves it way through old olive trees
in Puglia, Italy. As the sun rose I went for a
walk through the olive grove, hunting for an
early morning coffee in the photographer’s
golden hour.
Augusto Lemos Cecile Mordelet Cynthia Johnston Edwin Loyola Glenn Homann
Matthew Lahtinen Nigel Hills Nigel Hills Noemie Forget Susan Ridge
Ann Passmore Anna Aiko Anthony Ginns Daniel Heilig Daria Kumelashvili
Dina Alfasi Elena Bolshakova Elena Guy Elizabeth Burns Ewald Maly
Angelo De Lucia Christian Horgan Daniell Bohnhof David Toranzo Elena Bolshakova
Eric Zhang Frederic Deschenes Guillaume Flandre Hong Wan Jakub Pasierkiewicz
Anthony Ginns Arkadiusz Durczewski Aung Ko Latt Aurelien Thibault Bei Xiao
Birsan Ionut Chen Lin Daniel Kellenberger Elaine Taylor Emma Anderson
Gabriel Ribeiro Hasan Kundi Hassan Albayyat Ioan Maga Jason Moss
Jose Manuel Garcia Gonzalez Junyi Yan Konstantin Golitsyn Kris Arzadun Lautissier Stephane
Irene Oleksiuk Julia Smetanina Katsumi Watanabe Konstantin Chalabov Laura Warren
Andres Montoya Arpita Upadhyaya Billy Kwan Cas Chan Charita Carter
Dan Liu Dan Liu Elaine Li James Cowlin Joao Batista Sousa
Kuanglong Zhang Lingfei Tan Lyuchen Jiang Nadia Scott Naian Feng
Simon Ellingworth Thomas Kirschstein Timo Fischer Verity Milligan Yanming Wang
Anna LInda Tinner Antonia Sisco Andritch Chen Chung Hung Dimpy Bhalotia Dina Alfasi
Jill Emmer Julia Smetanina Keith Karman Kris Arzadun Kuanglong Zhang
Raymond Lee Rhonda Grego Ricardas Jarmalavicius Ruben Salgado Escudero Shusen Jia
Zuowei Gong
Chao Ching Chen Chris Joss Christian Horgan Janice Leu Jean Francois Godin
Joanna Adamska Liu Bo Matthew Becker Natalya Kovryga Pei Jung Hsu
Artiom Levcenco Carlo Zamora Dawid Parus Deleigh Hermes John Morton
Laith Zaied Luca Cazzaniga Mackenzie Calle Peng Hao Scott Frew
Alon Goldsmith Anna Timofeeva Biao Peng Chen Hsieh Chen Lin
Naian Feng Ruilin Chen Shusen Jia Szymon Lewinski Thea Mihu
Yulia Yusupova
Antonia Sisco Andritch Antonio Salaverry Bunthita Indhawong Chuan Liu Dan Larocca
Dennis Velarde Derek Murithi Dina Alfasi Elena Adambaeva Elena Bolshakova
Glenn Homann Janis Straut Jeanette Serrat Jiayi Wang Jose Luis Barcia
Jose Manuel Garcia Gonzalez Josephine Cafagna Ka Ieng Chan Kare Gade Li Fan
Agnes Lee Carlo Zamora Emiliane Paixao Hanna Lewandowska Hleb Drazdou
Ilya Novikov Ilya Novikov Jack Hollingsworth Juan Pablo Almiron Peter Hyatt
Chuyue Wang
Colin Duchin
Guanyong Li
Jill Emmer
Mackenzie Calle
Shi Junji
Benjamin Lee Boyuan Zhang Chuangcheng Jin Chunlei Wang Jia Hong Zhong
Jia Kaiyang Kuanglong Zhang Manuela Matos Monteiro Marie Takahashi Shusen Jia
Chie Nakamoto Dan Liu Lais Caroline Queiroz Michael Mortimer Qing Geng
Vicki White
Andrie Lancanan Davide Maria Dejiang Lei Dina Alfasi Federico Alfonso
Fu Jian Guo Kare Gade Konstantin Chalabov Kuanglong Zhang Lifei Chen
Anna Dmitree Anne Carpenter Anrou Guan Chenelo Martijn Chungyi Liang
Heshui Yao Michal Stefanski Ming Hung-Chen Qinlin Yang Rajmund Barnas
Scott Yamano
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