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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.

Out of the Phone is the first publisher to focus on mobile photography exclusively. Its latest release, <i><a href='http://outofthephone.com/en/detail/the-mobile-photo-book-2014-edition/' target='_blank'>Out of the Phone: The Mobile Photo Book 2014</a></i>, highlights 100 stunning <a href='http://instagram.com/' target='_blank'>Instagram</a> images taken by photographers in 25 countries. Here are some of the best. <!-- --><!-- -->
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The end of free will by Jason Flett (Melbourne, Australia)

"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.

<i>Portrait of the past </i>by <a href='http://instagram.com/aikbengchia' target='_blank'>Aik Bengchia</a> (Singapore)

This month, Out of the Phone follows its debut publication, last year's book of mobile photos from two-time Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer Richard Koci Hernandez, with Out of the Phone: