Gallery: Cell Phone Only

Category: Cell Phone Only

We are proud to share with you the award-winning photographs from our 6th international competition celebrating the very best in documentary family photography.

Award winners were chosen during the final round of live-judging filmed in Seattle, WA, USA and subsequently streamed online around the world on December 13, 2019. Viewers had the opportunity to watch the unfiltered discussions and constructive feedback as winners were collectively chosen by esteemed judges Kirsten Lewis Bethamn (United States), Jenna Shouldice (Canada) and Huy Nguyen (United States).

These award-winning photographs have been through two rounds of critical review and selection. Congratulations to winners!

Sandra Stokmans, Susan Gibbs, Joyce Saad, Laura Beth Davidson, Sarah Dexter, Ditta Van Gent, Laura Beth Davidson, Lauren Anderson, Yan Leuvrey, Kyra Barger, Anderson Espinosa, Babis Beslemes

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1st Place Award in the “Cell Phone Only” category. Photo by Sandra Stokmans, Netherlands.

2nd Place Award in the “Cell Phone Only” category. Photo by Susan Gibbs, United States.

3rd Place Award in the “Cell Phone Only” category. Photo by Joyce Saad, United States.

4th Place Award in the “Cell Phone Only” category. Photo by Laura Beth Davidson, United States.

5th Place Award in the “Cell Phone Only” category. Photo by Sarah Dexter, Canada.

6th Place Award in the “Cell Phone Only” category. Photo by Ditta Van Gent, Netherlands.

7th Place Award in the “Cell Phone Only” category. Photo by Laura Beth Davidson, United States.

8th Place Award in the “Cell Phone Only” category. Photo by Lauren Anderson, United States.

9th Place Award in the “Cell Phone Only” category. Photo by Yan Leuvrey, France.

10th Place Award in the “Cell Phone Only” category. Photo by Kyra Barger, United States.

Honorable Mention Award in the “Cell Phone Only” category. Photo by Anderson Espinosa, Brazil.

Honorable Mention Award in the “Cell Phone Only” category. Photo by Babis Beslemes, Greece.

Our preliminary round guest judges evaluated every single submission we received and selected thirty or less of their favourite photographs per category to move forward to the live-judging round as finalists. Our deepest thanks to talented photographers Cristal Wallin (United States), Rowena Meadows (Australia) and Zalmy Berkowitz (United States) for their hours of dedication during this process. Congratulations to these photographers who were nominated as finalists for consideration during the final round of live judging.