Best iPhone photos of 2016

The winners of the ninth annual iPhone Photography Awards have been announced, with Siyuan Niu of Xinjiang, China, coming on top of the list. He is followed by First Place winner Patryk Kuleta of Warsaw, Poland, and by Californian Robin Robertis and Floridan Carolyn Mara Borlenghi in the second and third places. Picked from thousands of entries submitted by iPhone photographers from 139 countries around the world, the top winners are joined by dozens more who received first, second and third prizes in 19 different categories, including animals, children and abstract.

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Patryk Kuleta- "Modern Cathedrals" Warsaw, Poland 1st Place, Photographer of the Year

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Robin Robertis - "She Bends with the Wind" Carlsbad CA, United States 2nd Place, Photographer of the Year

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Erica Wu- 1st place in Animals category

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KK - 1st place in Children category

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Patryk Kuleta 1st place at Architecture category

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Mette Lampcov- 2nd place in Animals category

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Jiayu Ma- 1st place in Abstract

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Junfeng Wang Shanghai, China 2nd Place in Abstract category

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Jonson Hu Kunming, China 3rd Place in Abstract category