(Photo By: Avishai Futerman)
By: Simona Shemer - July 22, 2020
A photo of a kea, the world’s only species of alpine parrot taken by Israeli photographer Avishai Futerman with an iPhone XR as the bird swoops down over the summit of Mt. Luxmore in the South Island of New Zealand, has won second place in the Nature category of the 2020 iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS).
The winners were announced on Wednesday. The Grand Prize Winner and Photographer of the Year Award went to British street photographer Dimpy Bhalotia for her image “Flying Boys.” First, Second and Third Place Photographer of the Year Awards went to Artyom Baryshau of Russia with “No Walls,” where blue stripes fade into an even bluer sky; Geli Zhao of China for an untitled image of sheets catching wind on a cloudy day; and Saif Hussain of Iraq with “Sheikh Of Youth,” a portrait of an elderly man caught between aspects of himself.
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