Some of the stunning winners of the 2020 iPhone Photography Awards

After poring over thousands of images from iPhone photographers in more than 140 countries around the world, judges have declared the results for the 13th Annual iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS). And the photos are beautiful.

I want to say I’m surprised these were captured with an iPhone and not some pricey DSLR camera, but I’m not in the slightest. The iPhone camera has come a long way since the first-generation device. Last year’s iPhone 11 Pro features a triple camera module equipped with a bunch of modes to help you get the best shot.

But the winners of the IPPAWARDS used a variety of different iPhones, from the iPhone 6 to the iPhone XS — proving you don’t need the latest model to capture super-impressive shots. Of course, there’s some post-editing involved to enhance the quality of photos, but they’ve all been taken using Apple’s hardware. This year’s Grand Prize Winner and Photographer of the Year Award went to Dimpy Bhalotia, a street photographer from the United Kingdom, who used an iPhone X to capture her image, “Flying Boys,” taken in Banaras, India.

In a press release, the photo is described as follows: “Three boys take flight from a wall into the Ganges River, their expressive limbs filling the sky with both tension and exuberance.”

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