“It’s not the size. It’s how you use it,” so said fictional fashion photographer and sometime spy Austin Powers.
This cheeky adage might as well be the catchphrase for the annual Mobile Photography Awards, who have just unveiled their 2024 winners.
It’s an award that began as a gimmick 13 years ago - it was designed as a challenge for photographers pushing the technology to its limit.
However, in the decade and a half since, the difference between a professional camera rig and a smartphone has been rapidly shrinking.
With handsets today boasting 48 Megapixels a pop, many are comparable to the top-of-the-range cameras from 2011.
