Dimpy Bhalotia of the United Kingdom has won the iPhone Photography Awards 2020. The beautiful shot captured through her Apple iPhone X, “Flying Boys” is mesmerising. Clicked in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, the picture showcases three boys taking a flight from a wall into the Ganga, the holy river. It’s their expressive limbs that fill the sky with both tension and exuberance.
Born and brought up in Mumbai, DimpyBhalotia, moved to London to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Fashion. The winner of the grand prize and the Photographer of the Year Award, shehas also worked in the fashion and interior’s industry for several years with celebrated designers in London.
It’s a great accolade for me to be the Grand Prize Winner and Photographer of the Year of @ippawards pic.twitter.com/VZuAyI8kMT
— Dimpy Bhalotia (@dimpybhalotia) July 22, 2020
The first prize was bagged byArtyomBaryshau from Belarus for his “No Walls”, the second was awarded to Geli Zhao of China for his “Untitled” and the third prize was happily taken by Saif Hussain of Iraq for his shot “Sheikh Of Youth.”
While DimpyBhalotia will be awarded with a gold bar, an IPPAWARDS certificate and an undisclosed prize, Baryshau will also be accorded with gold bar. Zhao and Hussai, on the other hand, will get Platinum bars along with the IPPAWARDS certificates.
About the iPhone Photography Awards
As the first and longest running iPhone photography competition, iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) was founded in 2007 to celebrate the creativity of iPhone photographers since the iPhone first began to inspire, excite and engage users worldwide. Every year since then, IPPAWARDS has carefully selected the best captures among thousands of entries received from proud iPhone photographers. With participants frommore than 140 countries across the globe, the jury implements a multi-step process to announce The Photographers of the Year Award. The shots captured by the iPhone photographers bring to life powerful worldviews, from vast landscapes to a single tree, from city streets to remote desolation, from toil and hardship to a private moment in the sun.