International Aerial Photographer of the Year 2025

There are many ways to obtain an aerial perspective! We’ve all been to the top of a tall building or looked down from a mountain top, but when we talk about aerial photography, most people will think of planes, helicopters and drones. Like all aspects of photography, there are many different ways of doing things.
Similarly, some photographers love to capture the natural world from the air and represent it as closely as they can to what they saw. Others like to create fabricated aerials from the imagination of their mind, with the majority of us sitting somewhere in the middle, using post-production to refine our captures.
At the International Aerial Photographer of the Year awards, we believe there are many ways photographers can create inspiring, exciting and diverse aerial photographs. It’s not up to us to tell you how to be a photographer. In fact, we want to be surprised and astonished by some real locations and creative fabrications together. That’s why we will put together a collection which proudly presents the best 101 aerial photographs. Within those winning images will be something for everyone that represents all styles, genres and approaches to aerial photography.
We have no categories and really the only rule is that you can’t use AI to generate content. We want to see what you have personally captured or created.