The global hunger for raw materials such as oil and coal, metals, gravel, sand, and other resources is growing unabated. We dig holes in the ground to tap into the Earth’s natural resources. We excavate, blast, clear or burn to extract them. In 2017, the global material footprint was as…
Photographer Alejandro Cartagena captured aerial photos of Mexican commuters, in his “Carpoolers” photo series. Alejandro Cartagena lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico. Alejandro captured the daily struggle of the commuters around the Mexican capital. Most of the people whom he took photos of seem to be tired and weary, probably…
Here are the stunning winning photos of the 2022 Siena Drone Photo Awards. The image titled Big Bang, immortalized by French photographer Armand Sarlangue, is the overall winner of Drone Photo Awards 2022, the most important international contest of aerial photography. The winning shot, selected by the jury among thousands…
Drone Photographer Dimitar Karanikolov captures bird’s-eye portraits around the world. Dimitar captured this series called “Drone Portraits” during 2017-2021 from a wide variety of locations around the world. His photos stand out thanks to his use of a human element which adds a sense of scale. Based between Bulgaria and…
With the complexity of traveling out of China during the pandemic, I kept traveling and meeting the diversity of the Chinese landscape as a break between industry and city to reconnect to nature. The aerial photo series called “The Beauty of China From the Air” was born from my extensive…
Photographer Maciej Margas beautifully captured aerial photos of Poland that might make you fall in love with this country. His project Poland From The Sky is a dream come true for Maciej Margas. I’m a 28-year-old photographer based in Warsaw, Poland. I was always fascinated with the views of the…
Icebergs, breaking through the fog like giant white castles. Photographed during an expedition-flight on the west coast of Greenland. Can you spot the boat on the left side on the fourth photo? It will give you a better sense of scale. Don’t miss to check below series from Tom Hegen:…
Here are the 41 stunning aerial images of Drone Photo Awards 2021. The exhibition “Above Us Only Sky” will showcase the overall winner and the eight category winners. The winners are announced for Photo of the Year, Urban, Wildlife, Sport, People, Nature, Abstract, Wedding, Series and Video categories. A flock…
The Wadden Sea, located in the southeastern part of the North Sea, is the world’s largest unbroken system of intertidal sand, mud flats and wetlands in the world. A vast area along the coastlines of the three countries: The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site…
The glaciers and ice caps of Iceland cover over 10% of the landmass. As they melt, especially in the summer months, the outflow forms networks of river channels which flow from the glaciers towards the sea, carrying sediment and volcanic soil. When the flow of the rivers subsides, sediment settles…
The Rhine Falls (German: Rheinfall) is the most powerful waterfall in Europe. The falls are located on the High Rhine in northern Switzerland. They are 150 meters (490 ft) wide and 23 meters (75 ft) high. The Rhine Falls were formed in the last ice age, approximately 14,000 to 17,000…
Here are the 2020’s winners of SkyPixel’s Aerial Storytelling Contest. SkyPixel was founded in 2014 and currently, there are six million members in their community. This year is the 6th Anniversary of the Aerial Photo & Video Contest. There are more than 26,000 submissions received from 136 countries for categories…
In a helicopter with a front-row seat to a dreamy view above Stockholm, I experienced the miniature multi-coloured buildings and winding waterways of the city through the large display on a Hasselblad X1D II, feeling the images as I shot them. While flying hundreds of meters above the Swedish Capital…
Autumn in Anhui – Ningguo Xuancheng where redwood tree contrast with water in Qinglongwan Reservoir. Aerial photo and motion series. Florian Delalee was born in France, live and work in Shanghai and like to go adventure in remote place around Asia to discover a new place and share travel, landscape,…
Visiting the West Coast of Greenland is a bittersweet experience. My visits here are without a doubt some of my photographic highlights but it’s also alarming hearing the local residents talk about how climate change is affecting their beloved land. They talk about icebergs that were over a hundred meters…
Bangladesh is called the land of rivers. As an artist from this country, I was always inspired to showcase the unseen beauty of this place. Since 2017 I have been traveling all around the country to explore the beauty of this site and got lucky to capture some curved roads.…