See photos from this year's 11th annual iPhone Photography Awards

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See photos from this year's 11th annual iPhone Photography Awards By Andrew O'Hara Thursday, July 19, 2018, 07:03 pm PT (10:03 pm ET)Winners for the 11th annual iPhone Photgraphy Awards were announced on Thursday evening, selected from among thousands of entrants, representing 140 countries from around the globe. Displaced by Jashim SalamAn annual affair, these awards are given to the best in iPhone photography. This years grand prize winner, Jashim Salam from Bangladesh, shot his entry "Displaced" on an iPhone 7. It depicts "Rohingya children watching an awareness film about health and sanitation near Tangkhali refugee camp in Ukhiya". Tim Cook congratulated the winners, which were announced on the IPPA website on Twitter.

2018 iPhone Photography Awards celebrate the emergence of an artform

Digital photography is getting better all the time, and nowhere is this better demonstrated than in the quality of modern smartphone snaps. The images produced by the tiny lenses that poke through the metal body of today's iPhones can be nothing short of spellbinding, and the annual iPhone Photography Awards, now in its 11th year, highlights the best of the best.

iPhone Photography Awards 2018

referring to Every year, the iPhone Photography Awards accepts thousands of images from thousands of photographers all over the world. I started the awards as a hobby when I got my first iPhone. Almost every iPhone user I observed was using the camera for capturing moments. (Kenan Aktulun, iPhone Photography Awards founder )This year, the grand prize winner was Jashim Salam, and the first place prize went to photographer Alexandre Weber. Here are some of the top picks for this year's 2018 iPhone Photography Awards competition.