These Stunning Images Are All 2023 IPhone Photography Award Winners And They Could Inspire Your Next Trip

PHOTO: IVAN SILVA

Snapping travel photos on our phones helps us preserve the memories of those journeys. Even on our pocket devices, there’s the power to capture an image that can do more than collect Instagram likes, but truly encapsulate the depth and emotion of that slice of time. This year’s winners of the iPhone Photography Award does just that.

In first place was France’s Long Nguyen, with a Christmas Eve shot of Paris’ Cour du Commerce Saint-André passageway on an iPhone 12 Pro.

LONG NGUYEN

Next was Australia’s George Allen with an oddly humorous roadside attraction in South Australia—lawn mowers topping a run-down trailer, also taken on an iPhone 12 Pro.

GEORGE ALLEN

The third place went to Poland’s Beata Krowicka for a stunning perspective in the Argentine village of Tolar Grande, snapped on an iPhone 13 Pro.

BEATA KROWICKA

To capture the most meaningful travel photos, Aktülün said: “While photos of monuments and other famous places of interest can serve to remind us of a trip we may have taken, the more personal you can be with the photos you take while traveling, the more they going to be inherently interesting and communicate something with depth.”

Photographer of the Year: First Place

Thea Mihu of Germany for "Soy Sauce Village" in Hanoi, Vietnam

THEA MIHU

Photographer of the Year: Second Place

Sasa Borozan of Bosnia and Herzegovina for "Taming Waves" in Croatia

SASA BOROZAN

Photographer of the Year: Third Place

Derek Hager of the U.S. for "Tucson Morning" in El Presidio, Texas.

DEREK HAGER

Architecture: First Place

Edwin Cabingan of Australia for "The Great Synagogue" in Sydney

EDWIN CABINGAN

Architecture: Second Place

Akira P. of the U.S. for "Oculus" in New York City

AKIRA KAWAHATA

Architecture: Third Place

Leon Wang of the U.S. for "Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana" in Rome

LEON WANG

Landscape: First Place

Ton Ensign of Netherlands for "Early Morning Farm" in Thesinge, Netherlands

TON ENSIGN

Landscape: Second Place

Di Lu of China for "Castles in Nature" in Karamay, Xinjiang, China
DI LU

Landscape: Third Place

Linda Repaskyof the U.S. for "The Tiny Tree" in Belchertown, Massachusetts

LINDA REPASKY