PIPA 2018: these are the most beautiful photos on Instagram

At the competition Photobox Instagram Photography Awards (PIPA) participated more than 180.000 competitors. They contributed a variety of photos featuring pets, beautiful nature, cultural attractions and much more.

Photos tagged with a key #thepipas2018, were classified in 10 different categories, such as travel, animals, sports, landscape, love...

The commission was made up of several judges, including the editors of Cosmopolitan magazine Farrah Storr and former photography editor at the Guardian Eamonn McCabe.

The winning photo, featuring a small poodle, was taken by a user @darrenwilliamhall. You can also see the works of artists who have earned titles in individual categories at official website of the competition.

These are the winning photos of the PIPA 2018 competition:

Animals and pets

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Awesome Ted! . . . #miniaturepoodle #ted #excellent_dogs #fetch #bestwoof #poodlesofinstagram #dogsofinsta #alnmouth #dogphotography #dogsinaction #northumberland #thepipas2018

A post shared by Ted the Poodle! (@darrenwilliamhall) he Dec 17, 2017 at 7:54am PST

Travel

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Winner du pipa2018 dans la catégorie travel #thepipas2018 #pentaxfrance #happy #ricohgr #concoursricohgr #fisheyelemag #concourseosr

A post shared by Gilles Guilbert (@gilles.guilbert.photographies) he Oct 3, 2018 at 1:10pm PDT

Fashion

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#lensculture #lensculturestreets #streetphotography #streetleaks #streetclassics #life_is_street #ig_street #fromstreetswithlove #spicollective #thestreetphotographyhub #streetclassics #intercollective #wearethestreet #street_focus_on #thepipas2018 #storyofthestreet #challengerstreets #zonestreet #streetography #streets_storytelling #timeless_streets #streetshood #loupemagazine #gf_streets #streetfeat #lensonstreets #xplorethestreets #fromstreetswithlove_34 #people #documentingwomen

A post shared by @ deadbeat.disco he Jun 24, 2018 at 4:59pm PDT

The landscape

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Fog forest, one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites. As you wonder around you have a felling that at any time a hobbit will pop out from behind a tree • • • • #travel#discoveryfield #wheninmadeira #lovemadeira #landscapephotography #exploretocreate #arondtheworld #worldturists #aplacetoremember #bestvacations #awesomeearth#canon_photos #canonshooter #moddygrams #eeriebeautiful #darkskies #earthmood #earthoficial #enchanted #moodyphotography #madeiraislands #fogforest #unescoworldheritagesite #portugal #fanal #iglandscapes #weekendgetaway#unescoworldheritage #unesco#thepipas2018

A post shared by Except Cassian (@razvancasian) he May 20, 2018 at 4:00am PDT

Festivals

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🎨📷 #t3i #campingstel #THEPIPAS2018

A post shared by saian_vergne 📸 (@saian_vergne) he Aug 9, 2017 at 9:34am PDT

No filter

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#haircut #prewedding #thybarber #shoreditch #blackandwhite #bw #groom #ThePIPAS2018

A post shared by Junko (@junlondon15) he Jun 17, 2018 at 11:59am PDT

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Art, culture and style

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A duo of scarlet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #fujifilm#fujinon56mm#fujifilmxt1#magnumphotos#wearethestreet#SPiCollective#igersone#streetshared#streetframes#streetmobs#myfujilove#streetexploration#streetphotographymagazine#urbanexplore#urbanandstreet#streettogether#streetleaks#street_focus_on#repostmyfujifilm#zonestreet#fujifilm_street#spjstreets#challengerstreet#eyeem#fujifilm_xseries#lensculturestreets#friendsinperson#womeninstreet#storyofthestreet#thepipas2018 . . . .

A post shared by Sara Melhuish (@swendeluk) he Jan 24, 2018 at 11:06pm PST

Sports

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Inspired by the amazing @mhardy_photo, I have been wanting to capture a shot like this for a very long time and finally got the shot with @jerseyseafaris legend @skipper_riccardo 😁🇯🇪 😍🇯🇪 #jersey #jerseyci #visitjerseyci #flyresponsibly #theislandbreak #circle #jerseychannelislands #35awards 1TPTPdjiprophantom 14TP5T #visualambassadors #travel #dronephotography #aerialphotography #phantom4pro #lensbible #ukshots #lensbible5k #menwithexplore #droneoftheday #pictureoftheday #dronebrothers_official #picoftheday #thepipas2018 #shotzfromthesky #dronedaily #natgeofineart #ngtuk #theimaged

A post shared by Bam Perspectives (@bam_perspectives) he Jul 15, 2018 at 9:51am PDT

The family

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COME ON TROOPS LETS GET THE CARDBOARD & ROLL INTO THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS • BRING IT ON! Unfortunately we are not going anywhere this summer, so we are going to be creative. (Aren't we boys!) I got the kids a writing book each and asked them to write everything they want to do in the halls. They have both written simple ideas and adventures (phew)… The best one so far is a custard pie fight… think I can manage that one. • • My inspiration is not just limited to interiors (as you know) I get inspired by all things creative and instagram is a cool place to be… From photoshop pics, art, colour, pattern to interiors… love it all! ⛔️ Ps. I finally got The Other Half to be in a photo. ⛔️ – – – #whpuptome #mycreativesummer_summernights #cardboardfamily #inspirationimage #whplookup #cardboard #cardboardart #cardboardcutout #ThePIPAS2018 #gramheist #ps_wanderlust #cardboardtoys #cardboardchallenge #visual100 #visualcreators #visualmovement #theimage #enter_imagination #mightydreamers #worldtones #creativegrammer #igcreative_editz #summernights #creativefamily #cardboardcreations #schoolsoutforsummer #stayathome

A post shared by Color Consultant (@eclectic_street) he Jul 23, 2018 at 11:33am PDT