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" Think you have to invest in top-of-the range camera equipment to capture beautiful, flawless photographs? Think again! This year&amp;#039;s iPhone Photography Awards prove it&amp;#039;s not just down to high-tech kit, you can capture stunning imagery with a few simple snaps from your humble smartphone.\u00A0 Each year our\u00A0addictive smartphones get a shiny new upgrade, and they usually come with a top notch camera too, as you can see from these awe-inspiring photographs.\u00A0  This year there were thousands of entries submitted by iPhone photography enthusiasts\u00A0from 139 countries all over the world.\u00A0 First place was awarded to Patryk Kuleta of Poland for his image from his series the Modern Cathedrals, second place went to Robin Robertis of the United States for her entry titled She Bends with the Wind and third was Carolyn Mara Borlenghi of the United States for her series Wonderland.  Other magnificent shots include a group of foxes feeding at the famous Miyago zao fox village, children sledging on the frozen Songhua River and an ethereal sunset shot of fisherman on the Li River in the village of Xingping.\u00A0 Man and the Eagle Grand Prize Winner, Photographer of the Year:\u00A0Siyuan Niu\u00A0Xinjiang, China  &amp;#039;The brave and wise Khalkhas live along the mountains in the south of Xinjiang and are companions with the eagles. They regard eagles as their children and train them for many years to hunt. This 70 year old man is rigid and solemn in front of family and friends, but when he is with his beloved eagle, the corner of his mouth would curve up. When the eagles reach mating age, although he is very reluctant, the man releases the eagles back into nature so that they can thrive. A mild heart and exquisite love are covered by his weather-beaten face. He is a tough man with a tender heart.&amp;#039; Modern Cathedrals 1st Place, Photographer of the Year:\u00A0Patryk Kuleta,\u00A0Warsaw, Poland  &amp;#039;Most of my shots come from Warsaw and one from Strasbourg. The idea was to make it more impressionistic, to show architecture in a completely different way that combines my background in graphic design and painting.&amp;#039; She Bends with the Wind 2nd Place, Photographer of the Year:\u00A0Robin Robertis,\u00A0Carlsbad CA, United States  &amp;#039;I was on a iPhone workshop and reunion with a friend and teacher in Cape Cod. We all went out to photograph the the perfect sunset. I tend to bring a few things when I travel, one being this wonderful red umbrella. When others shoot the sunsets and beautiful scenery, I like to photograph some human aspects in these scenes.&amp;#039; Wonderland 3rd Place, Photographer of the Year:\u00A0Carolyn Mara Borlenghi,\u00A0Coral Gables FL, United States  &amp;#039;This image was taken as part of a series I did for instagram&amp;#039;s #WHPwonderland. Each weekend when the hashtag project comes out I try to come up with an idea and this particular weekend, the weekend before Christmas, was wonderland. For this one I went on a little adventure with my son to the beach and we wore the reindeer masks.&amp;#039; 1st Place \u2013 Animals:\u00A0Erica Wu,\u00A0San Francisco CA, United States  2nd Place \u2013 Animals:\u00A0Mette Lampcov,\u00A0Los Angeles CA, United States  1st Place \u2013 Children:\u00A0K K,\u00A0Changsha, China  1st Place \u2013 Flowers:\u00A0Lone Bj\u00F8rn,\u00A0Zurich, Switzerland  1st Place \u2013 Food:\u00A0Andrew Montgomery,\u00A0Hampton Wick, United Kingdom  1st Place \u2013 Landscape:\u00A0Vasco Galhardo Simoes,\u00A0Lisbon, Portugal  1st Place \u2013 Nature:\u00A0Junfeng Wang,\u00A0Shanghai, China  1st Place \u2013 Sunset:\u00A0Nick Ryan,\u00A0Sydney, Australia  2nd Place \u2013 Sunset:\u00A0Yongmei Wang,\u00A0Chongqing, China  You can see the rest of the winning and shortlisted entries on the IPPA Awards\u00A0website.\u00A0 More on prima.co.uk... The funniest ever\u00A0wild animal photos The most expressive photographs and dogs and cats Get your fix of all things Prima with our twice-weekly newsletter \u2014 sign up below!  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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