Fine art from an iPhone? The best Instagram photos from 2014

Gone are the days of the grainy camera phone images with the resolution of a poor imitation Monet. Today's smartphone cameras are so advanced that mobile photography is becoming an art form in its own right, turning photo-sharing apps like Instagram into portable galleries for amateur photographers, and professionals like street style photographer Tommy Ton and chief official White House photographer Pete Souza.
"You have the dark room in your pocket," says Pierre Le Govic, the Paris-based founder of Out of the Phone, the world's first publishing house dedicated to mobile photography.

 Here are some of the best. 

The end of free will by Jason Flett (Melbourne, Australia)

When Hollywood met benidorm by Maria Moldes (Alicante, Spain)

One for two by Ciunkz (Jakarta, Indonesia)

Matthew Law as Poseidon by Shawn Theodore .West Philadelphia, USA

Portrait of the past by Aik Bengchia (Singapore)

This just happened by Benjamin Lowy (New York, USA)