The 20 shortlisted images were chosen by a panel of judges, including experts from the Wall Street Journal and National Geographic Traveller.

　　20张候选照片由评委选出，评委中中包括来自《华尔街日报》及《国家地理旅游者》的专家。

　　The London-based photographic authority launched the award to celebrate the breadth and reach of images taken on phones, which can now take incredibly hi-resolution images.

　　总部在伦敦世界摄影组织是为了庆祝像素越来越高的手机成为常用的摄影工具而专门给手机摄影照片设置了奖项。

　　‘Photography now exists in our pockets, and we want to celebrate this,’ it says.

　　“摄影的设备现在就装在我们的口袋里，所以我们想庆祝这种改变。”

　　There are more mobile phones on Earth than human beings and the number of devices is growing five times as fast as the population.

　　目前世界上的手机数量超过了人口总数，而且还在以5倍于人口增长的速度在增长。

　　Smartphone cameras are increasingly being accepted as legitimate tools with which to take photos and now the WPO has confirmed this by adding an extra category to its 2015 Sony World Photography Awards.

　　手机自带的摄像机越来越被承认是正规的专业摄影工具，现在世界摄影组织通过在2015年度的索尼世界摄影大赛上为这个种类单独设立了奖项对此表示了认可。

　　It says that the new category ‘allows us to look a little closer at those otherwise ordinary moments and to enjoy the creative freedom that mobile phone photography allows.’

　　这个新种类“能使我们能更加接近日常的普通瞬间，充分享受自由创作的乐趣”。

　　The WPO says that mobile entries to the awards have ‘increased steadily year on year.

　　世界摄影组织表示手机摄影的照片一年比一年多。

　　‘It was time for mobile phone photography to have its own dedicated platform, instead of taking the risk of losing some wonderful photos within the hundreds of thousands of entries we receive to the main awards.’

　　“是时候为手机摄影照片设立专门的展示平台了，单独设立奖项可以避免我们错过那些很棒的手机照片。”

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