2026 iPhone Photography Awards Winners Announced

The winners of the 2026 iPhone Photography Awards were announced this week, highlighting a global array of images captured entirely on Apple smartphones. The competition, now in its 19th year, received entries from photographers in more than 140 countries.

Robyn Jensen won the Grand Prix award for a dramatic night photograph of a volcanic eruption, captured using an iPhone 15 Pro. The winning shot was taken in the Cayman Islands. The gold award went to Gellert Gombai for a black-and-white image of two children lying on grass, taken in Hungary with an iPhone X. Arnold Plotnick secured the silver award with a portrait of a cat photographed in Amsterdam on an iPhone 16 Pro, while Catherine Wang earned the bronze for a still-life composition of melons and a bird, shot in Virginia on an iPhone 16 Pro Max.

A notable theme of this year's awards was the successful use of older iPhone models alongside the latest devices. For example, Barry Mayes won first place in the Abstract category using an iPhone 8 Plus, a model released in 2017. Other honorable mentions included photographs taken on an iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6 Plus. Organizers stated the results demonstrate that...