“Braided Rivers”: Beautiful Landscapes From Above By Kevin Krautgartner
Kevin Krautgartner, born and raised in Germany, currently lives and works in Wuppertal. Already during his design studies, he devoted himself intensively to digital photography, which today is the core of his artistic work. Continue reading »
“Visit Hungary”: Artificial Lakes of Délegyháza from Above by Gabor Nagy
Gábor Nagy is a freelance photographer based in Budapest, Hungary. Specialized in outdoors, landscapes, travel photography and film production. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Images from The Aerial Photography Awards 2020
Whether they were with a drone, or from a helicopter, kite, balloon, or airplane, aerial photos give an extraordinary view of the world. This is what Aerial Photography Awards wanted to show us. The very first edition of this contest invited photographers from around the world to submit their best aerial photos, and the winners have just been announced.
Sebastien Nagy/Aerial Photography Awards 2020
The Aerial Photographer of the Year 2020 is photographer Sebastien Nagy from Belgium. He was selected to be the overall winner thanks to several awarded photos in different categories and a high average score. Other than the title, Nagy also won a $10,000 award. Interestingly enough, the photographer said that he had never entered a contest before. He decided to give it a shot now – and he won the main award. Continue reading »
Russian Cosmonaut Shares Amazing Photos Of Our Earth Taken From Space
Fyodor Yurchikhin has flown to space three times (2002, 2007, 2010) and managed to take amazing pictures from there. The Russian cosmonaut was also a commander of spaceship “Soyuz” that brought him, Douglas Willock and Shennon Walker to the earth. Some of his shots are presented right here. Continue reading »
“Europe From Above”: Striking Drone Photography By Ewout Pahud de Mortanges
Spectacular aerial landscapes by Ewout Pahud de Mortanges, a gifted 27-years old self-taught photographer, traveler, and coach currently based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Ewout focuses mainly on landscapes, cityscapes, and drone photography. He travels all over Europe, and Asia to capture outstanding natural and urban landscapes. Continue reading »
Here Are The Most Interesting Things This Geologist Found On Google Earth
Traveling can be expensive and there’s only so much places you can visit before you run out of money. However, there are still ways to explore the world without leaving the comfort of your seat – like, for example, using Google Earth. Continue reading »
Asia From Above: Breathtaking Drone Photography By Kosuke Kurata
Stunning aerial landscapes by Kosuke Kurata, a talented Taiwanese photographer, and drone pilot currently based in Tokyo, Japan. Kosuke focuses mainly on aerial and urban photography. He shares amazing drone landscapes from Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Hanoi, and Singapore. Continue reading »
This Immersive Installation Creates Night View Of Earth
It’s ironic how the rise in technology, which was thought to destroy borders and bring people closer, has coincided with a rise in xenophobia and isolationism. But it’s worth remembering the famous words of Japanese astronaut Mamoru Mohri: “I could see no border on earth from space.” Inspired by this illuminating thought, Japanese designer Eisuke Tachikawa (Nosigner) wants to show us what Mohri saw through an immersive, technological art installation. Continue reading »
Iceland From Above In Breathtaking Aerial Photography By Gabor Nagy
Striking aerial landscapes by Gabor Nagy, a multi-talented photographer, and artist currently based in Budapest, Hungary. Gabor focuses mainly on landscape and outdoor photography. He’s a Sony Alpha Ambassador. Continue reading »
Outstanding Urban Landscapes Of China By The Daredevil Photographer Hym Chu
Spectacular urban shots by Hym Chu, a talented self-taught photographer, Instagrammer, and street explorer from Guangzhou, China. Hym focuses on architecture, urban, landscape, and rooftop photography. He shoots futuristic and cyberpunk urban landscapes. Continue reading »
Beautiful Sweden From Above: Stunning Drone Photography By Viggo Lundberg
Wonderful travel landscapes by Viggo Lundberg, a talented self-taught photographer, adventurer, and firefighter currently based in Stockholm, Sweden. Viggo focuses on landscape, travel and aerial photography. Continue reading »
Southeast Asia From Above: Stunning Drone Photography By Ali Olfat
Absolutely mesmerizing aerial snaps by Ali Olfat, a talented self-taught photographer, adventurer, and drone pilot from Thailand. Ali focuses on landscape and drone photography. He travels over Asia to capture most iconic landscapes and locations. Continue reading »
Earth From Above: Stunning Drone Photography By Demas Rusli
Outstanding aerial photos by Demas Rusli, an architectural graduate, hobbyist photographer, and digital artist from Jakarta, Indonesia who currently lives and works in Sydney, Australia. Continue reading »
Strange And Surreal Abandoned Places From Above By Kosmaj Project
Talking about abandoned places. Look at that. How amazing does it look? Kosmaj Project is all about urbex, abandoned and remote places. This Instagram feed truly celebrates hir love for urbex. Kosmaj Project has shared a series of images that showcase a range of beautiful abandoned buildings across Russia and abroad. Continue reading »
Singapore From Above: Inspiring Drone Photography By Ryan James
Stunning aerial shots by Ryan James, talented 22-year-old self-taught photographer, retoucher, drone pilot and traveler from Singapore. Ryan focuses on portraiture, urban, architecture, aerial, cityscape and rooftop photography. “I love leading lines and conceptual ideas”, he says. Jemas has over 11.800 followers on Instagram. Continue reading »
“Rural Ukraine From Above”: Spectacular Drone Photography By Nazarii Doroshkevych
Gorgeous aerial shots from rural areas of Ukraine by Nazarii Doroshkevych, talented photographer, retoucher and drone pilot currently based in Kiev. Nazarii travels across the Ukraine to capture magnificent and atmospheric landscapes of his country. Continue reading »
The Arid West Coast Of South Africa From Above By Dillon Marsh
Dillon Marsh is a multi-talented photographer and artist from Cape Town, South Africa. For his latest series “Contours”, Dillon captured fascinating aerial photos of the arid west coast of South Africa. Continue reading »
Chicago From Above: Stunning Drone Photography By Razvan Sera
Razvan Sera is a talented 22-year-old aerial photographer who was born in Romania and currently lives and works in the Chicago suburbs. Razvan has always had a fascination for sharing his unique perspective, and aerial photography offers him the perfect medium to do so. Sera uses DJI Phantom 4 Drone. Continue reading »
Laguna Beach From Above – Spectacular Drone Photography By Mike Soulopulos
Mike Soulopulos is a talented 21-year-old freelance surf and landscape photographer based in Dana Point, California. Mike is currently a senior at Cal State University Fullerton. Soulopulos focuses on landscaping, he shoots a lot of outdoor, adventure and aerial photography. Continue reading »
Breathtaking Aerial Photography Of South Africa From Above By Zack Seckler
Zack Seckler is a 37-year-old fine art photographer who was born in Boston and currently lives and works in the suburbs of New York City. For his latest series “Aerial South Africa”, Zack took to the skies 2,000 miles above South Africa for seven days in a two-seater sport plane. Continue reading »
Above And Beyond: The World’s Best Drone Photography 2016 Winners
Aerial photography platform SkyPixel received 27,000 entries to its 2016 competition. Here are the winning shots plus some of our favourites.
Dam near perfect. Second prize in the same category was of the Huia Dam in Auckland, New Zealand. Hong Kong-based SkyPixel was launched in 2014. (Photo by Brendon Dixon/SkyPixel) Continue reading »
Beautiful Photos Of Vietnamese Street Vendors From Above
Photo by Loes Heerink/The Guardian
Photographer Loes Heerink spent hours waiting on bridges in Hanoi to capture the street vendors who walked underneath. She recently launched a Kickstarter project to publish a book of these images. Continue reading »
Above It All: The Aerial Tour Of California With Photographer Woody Woodworth
From high altitude, even the most familiar coastlines take on an entirely new dimension. Combine that bird’s-eye-view with a pulsing swell, and you can see how points and bays manipulate the ocean’s energy, bending waves to perfection. It’s that enlightening perspective that first drew Woody Woodworth toward aerial photography. He’s been shooting California’s coastline from above for years, but this season was especially fruitful, when an aerial perspective offered him the fullest view of El Niño’s unrelenting power and jaw-dropping panoramas on February 24th and 25th. Here: Santa Cruz, 1982 Continue reading »
Breathtaking Photos Of London From Above
High-flying photographer Jeffrey Milstein (previously), renowned for his aerial photos of US cities, snaps landmarks through the open door of a helicopter. This month he hired a chopper in London and amazingly he had just an hour to cover all the buildings he wanted to capture including Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, the glass roof of the British Museum and the Gherkin and Walkie Talkie towers in the City.
The Walkie Talkie, built two years ago, is one of dozens of new towers in the ancient City. (Photo by Jeffrey Milstein/Rex Features/Shutterstock) Continue reading »
How Beautiful Our World Would Look From Above If You Were A Bird
The Arlit uranium mine is located in Arlit, Niger. French nuclear power generation, as well as the French nuclear weapons programme, are both dependent on the uranium that is extracted from the mine – more than 3,400 tonnes per year. (Photo by Benjamin Grant/Penguin Random House) Continue reading »
