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The only condition to enter the competition was that the photographs be captured with an iPhone, iPad or iPad Touch

As the ninth year of the International iPhone Photography Awards (IPPA) comes to a close, the winners of 2016 have been announced. Submissions came from 139 countries all over the world with the only condition being that the photographs be captured with an iPhone, iPad or an iPad Touch.

The grand prize was awarded to 'Man and the Eagle' captured by Chinese photographer Siyuan Niu with the first prize being awarded to Polish photographer Patryk Kuleta. The second and third place prizes were awarded to Robin Robertis of California, and Carolyn Mara Borlenghu of Florida respectively.

Several prizes were also awarded to photographs in various categories including Animals, Architecture, People, Portrait, Travel, Sunset and Still Life among others.

Here we look at the winning photographs from the 20 different categories.

Grand prize winner

Grand prize winner and photographer of the year went to Siyuan Niu of China for his shot of a man and eagle. PHOTO: Siyuan Niu

Abstract 

Jiayu Ma of Dallas, Texas wins in the abstract category. PHOTO: Jiayu Ma

Architecture

The Architecture award went to Jian Wang from Beijing, China, for a picture taken in the Olympic Park, Beijing. PHOTO: Jian Wang

Animals

Erica Wu of San Francisco, California, was the winner of Animals for her shot of foxes in Japan. PHOTO: Erica Wu

Children

The Children category was won by K K from Changsha, China, with an image of children playing with a home-made sled on the frozen Songhua river. PHOTO: K K

Flowers

The flowers category was won by Lone Bjørn of with a shot of poppies. PHOTO: Lone Bjørn

Food

Rhubarb won first prize for Andrew Montgomery of Hampton Wick, UK, in the Food category. PHOTO: Andrew Montgomery

Landscape

Vasco Galhardo Simoes of Lisbon, Portugal captures the winning photograph in the landscape category. PHOTO: Vasco Galhardo Simoes

Lifestyle

Winner of Lifestyle was Yuki Cheung from Hong Kong with a shot of her friends in Iceland. PHOTO: Yuki Cheung

Nature

White Sands national monument in New Mexico won first place for Junfeng Wang of Shanghai, China, in Nature. PHOTO: Junfeng Wang

New events

This photo was taken in March 2016, in Athen’s Piraeus port where Syrian and Afghan refugees stranded in Greece afer the borders with Macedonia closed, lived in tents. PHOTO: Loulou d’Aki of Säter

Others

The Others section was won by Kevin Casey of Pemulwuy, Australia, for his picture of children at Botany Bay, Sydney. PHOTO: Kevin Casey

Panorama 

A monochrome Panoramic shot captured by Glenn Homann was the winner in the Panorma category. PHOTO: Glenn Homann

People

Xia Zhenkai of Guangdong, China captures the winning photograph in the people section. PHOTO: Xia Zhenkai

Portraits

Elaine Taylor of Leeds, United Kingdom captures this portrait of a young girl. PHOTO: Elaine Taylor

Seasons

The Seasons category was won by Valencia Tom with her shot of Brooklyn in New York during a winter storm. PHOTO: Valencia Tom

Still life

Wen Qi captures a chair for the still life category, winning first prize. PHOTO: Wen Qi

Sunset

First place in the Sunset category went to Nick Ryan from Sydney, Australia. PHOTO: Nicky Ryan

Travel

This picture captured by Fugen Xiao won first prize in the travel category. PHOTO: Fugen Xiao

Trees

Victor Kintanar from Cebu City, Philippines, took first place in the trees category for this picture of the roots of a wax apple tree. PHOTO: Victor Kintanar

PHOTOS: IPPA with excerpts from The Guardian