These Are 20 Of The World's Best Photos Taken With Cell Phones

Report from:The Huffington Post


Anyone with a cell phone can be an incredible photographer, no fancy camera necessary.

Sony on Tuesday announced the winners of the Sony World Photography Awards' Mobile Phone category, and we're impressed.

Mobile is just one of many categories in the competition. Others include Professional, Open and Youth.

There were more than 96,000 entries across the Youth, Open and Mobile categories. Mobile alone saw 10,200 photo submissions, and winners in the category were chosen by an online vote from a shortlist of 20 photos. The entry that won first place got 6,718 votes, Sony says.

Check out the best in mobile photography from 2015 below:

First Place

Turi Calafato, Italy -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

Second Place

Janos M Schmidt, Hungary -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

Third Place

Ako Salemi, Iran -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

Shortlist

Hamed Nazari, Iran -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Hamed Nazari, Iran -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Nuno Perestrelo, Portugal -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Craig Atkinson, U.K. -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Luca Laghetti, Italy -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Emanuel Faria, Portugal -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Carla Vermeend, Netherland -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Janos Schmidt, Hungary -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Misha Vallejo, Ecuador -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Monica Coteriano, Portugal -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Atle Rønningen, Norway -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Gerard Trang, France -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Helen Whelton, U.K. -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Henny Gylfa, Iceland -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Misha Vallejo, Ecuador -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Olga Nazarova, Russia -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards

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Ryszard Kazmierczak, Poland -- 2015 Mobile Phone category, Sony World Photography Awards