PIC: Cork Man Wins 1st Place In The 2017 iPhone Photography Awards With This Stunning Snap

A Cork man,  Brendan Ó Sé, has clinched the impressive first place a the 10th annual The iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) in New York.

This year’s winners were selected from thousands of entries submitted by iPhone photographers from over 140 countries around the world, and The Grand Prize Winner Photographer of the Year Award went to Sebastian Tomada of New York City, USA for his entry Children of Qayyarah. the

The talented Irish fella  Ó Sé however, soared ahead Yeow-Kwang Yeo of Singapore for his entry of The Performer and Kuanglong Zhang of Shenzhen, China for his image The City Palace to win the top place with his black and white image, Dock Worker.

Brendan said of his winning image, which was shot on an iPhone 6s: “I shot this photo on an early morning photo walk around the docks in Jakarta in April 2016. These were the hands of a dock worker who was taking a break. I was struck by the texture created by the accumulated dirt on his hands.”

Check out more of the amazing entrants here.

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