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30 Photos Snapped With A Smartphone That Won The Annual Mobile Photography Awards
In order to take a good photo, people think they need an expensive camera, and after that, they think they need an even more expensive lens, and so forth. In reality, all you need is your phone, and a mix of imagination and skills. And the result is sometimes even better than the results with expensive gear. This effect is called toolbox fallacy: the gist of it is that in order to do something, people mistakenly think that they need a list of tools to do it, when in fact, anything minimal might suffice.
The annual Mobile Photography Awards (MPA) organizers have announced the winners and runners-up of their 10th annual competition. MPA is the longest-running international competition that recognizes and rewards photography captured on mobile phones or tablets.
Over 5,700 images were submitted from 75 countries. Participants entered their work into a broad range of 20 categories including Photo Essays, Transportation, Street Photography, Photojournalism, Black & White, and Digital Fine Art, among others.
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People, 1st Place: Look Back By Rohan Sajeev
Google Pixel 3
Dan Liu, a mobile photographer from China, won the title of MPA Photographer of the Year and a grand prize of $3,000 cash. Dan Liu is an independent photographer & visual artist who currently lives in Chengdu, China. His work focuses mainly on humanist and landscape photography. Dan has traveled to nearly 50 countries around the world & 100 cities in China where he explores & records the relationship among various social & cultural groups, as well as their unique characteristics. For this year's winning photos, he used an iPhone 11 Pro Max.
Silhouettes, 1st Place: On Inle Lake By Dan Liu
iPhone 11 Pro Max
Photographer Of The Year Winner: Kuki Tattoo By Dan Liu
iPhone 11 Pro Max
Making a full circle to the introductory paragraph, this year's winners go to show that you can take a great photo even with less than perfect gear, like Black & White category winner Alessandra Manzotti, who did it on her iPhone 5C, which is considered somewhat old by today's standards. And the brands are not as important as some may think. Winners used iPhones, Samsungs, and Huaweis, and even Xiaomis, and Vivo, among lesser-known brands. The lesson here is: go out and do it, and you may become the winner of next year's MPA.
Black & White, 1st Place: Horse Play By Alessandra Manzotti
iPhone 5C
Eyes Of The World, 1st Place: Cantonese Opera By Queenie Cheen
Vivo X50 Pro
Street Photography, 1st Place: Stuart Street, Boston By Jeff Larason
iPhone 7
Architecture & Design, 1st Place: The Beauty Of Arches By Mona Jumaan
iPhone XR
Photojournalism, 1st Place: Small Town Protest By Stephanie Calabrese
Transportation 1st Place: Untitled By Chen Ma
Xiaomi MI10
Photographer Of The Year Winner: Groom And His Horse By Dan Liu
iPhone 11 Pro Max
Photographer Of The Year Winner: Early Evening Poplar By Dan Liu
iPhone 11 Pro Max
Landscapes, 1st Place: Lake Baikal By Juan Zas Espinosa
Huawei
Photographer Of The Year Winner: Poplar Under The Sky By Dan Liu
iPhone 11 Pro Max
The Darkness/ Noir, 1st Place: Late Night By George Koutsouvelis
iPhone 8 Plus
Isn’t it amazing how an artist can take something like a man in a hat next to a building and make it look sinister? Really awesome.
Nature & Wildlife, 1st Place: Jian Cui, Deer Hidden In The Forest
iPhone XR
Photo Essay, 1st Place: Hot Dust & The Myth Of Being A Man By Juliet Cope
As a mother of two boys, I want to investigate ‘Boy Culture'. What does it mean to raise a boy? What does it mean to be a man?
Travel & Adventure, 1st Place: Reverence By Jinyi He
Huawei
Photo Essay, 1st Place: Hot Dust & The Myth Of Being A Man By Juliet Cope
That perhaps the archetypes that we feed them, the unwavering hero, the silent, strong superhero are as stifling as the princess.
Photo Essay, 1st Place: Hot Dust & The Myth Of Being A Man By Juliet Cope
In the UK, consistently since the fifties, three-quarters of suicides have been male.
I used to love the old "cognitive spatial tests" given in school. My brain is struggling to match the jumper with his shadow.
Visual Fx, 1st Place: Mrs. Klimt Had Her Own Sense Of Style By Jen Mckenzie
iPhone XR
Water, Snow, Ice, 1st Place: San Clemente By Roger Clay
iPhone XS Max
Portraits, 1st Place: Morgan In Pink By Michelle Simmons
iPhone XS
Still Life, 1st Place: Je Suis Charlie By Cedric Blanchon
Someone needs to ask the artist, "Are you feeling suicidal?" It's not an easy question to answer but one that shouldn't scare people away.
Photo Essay, 1st Place: Hot Dust & The Myth Of Being A Man By Juliet Cope
I don't know if this a young boy or young girl ... what I do know is whoever the adult in the room is, they should take away the cigarettes.
Photo Essay, 1st Place: Hot Dust & The Myth Of Being A Man By Juliet Cope
Same people won a lot of categories. Juliet Cope should get a Pulitzer. LOL
Now I know why. I have an amazing shot on my phone that I'd like to enter into competitions. For this competition, you have to pay submission fees. I'm not experienced, and this may be the way it is for every competition, but I'm not giving you $30 to consider my amazing photo. Boo.
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Same people won a lot of categories. Juliet Cope should get a Pulitzer. LOL
Now I know why. I have an amazing shot on my phone that I'd like to enter into competitions. For this competition, you have to pay submission fees. I'm not experienced, and this may be the way it is for every competition, but I'm not giving you $30 to consider my amazing photo. Boo.
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