Mobile Photo Awards winners
The 15th Annual Mobile Photography Awards revealed 38 winners across mobile street, art and digital categories — a clear sign smartphones are dominating creative entry points. (boredpanda.com) The wins are being echoed by contests and platforms pushing mobile street work as serious competition fodder this season. (amateurphotographer.com)
Kuanglong Zhang of Shenzhen, China was named the 15th‑Annual MPA Photographer of the Year and Grand Prize winner for a portfolio led by the image “Fire Dragon,” and the top award included a $3,000 cash prize. (mobilephotoawards.com) Organizers say this year’s entries arrived from more than 80 countries, underscoring the contest’s global reach. (boredpanda.com) Category winners named by the MPA include Ma Shuolong for Architecture with “Folded Passage,” Jose Luis Morales Martin for Black & White with “In the Air,” and Yajun Hu for Street Photography with “A Gazing Cat.” (polargallery.com) Shelley Benjamin took first in Visual FX & Digital Art with “Industrial Muse,” while William Shum’s photo essay “City Corners | Hong Kong” won the Photo Essay 1st Prize. (polargallery.com) The competition says winners were selected from thousands of submissions by a jury drawn from photographic professionals, journalists, teachers and curators. (mobilephotoawards.com) The MPA’s public materials also note the organization is offering over $10,000 in cash and prizes across its 2026 program. (mobilephotoawards.com)
