Surreal image of floating in an icey sea wins Drone Photography Awards 2024 Grand Prize
Oct 2, 2024
Alex Baker
Alex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe
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Israeli photographer Gilad Topaz has been named the Grand Prize winner of the 2024 Drone Photo Awards for his mesmerizing aerial shot, “Drifting in Space.” The image was captured during an icebreaker expedition on the Baltic Sea, and presents an ethereal scene where Topaz and his companions, clad in special suits, float in a temporary “pool” carved into the frozen landscape—evoking a sense of astronauts adrift in space.
‘Drifting in Space’ was selected from a competitive pool of 4,000 entries submitted by over 2,000 photographers from 113 countries. The other winning images from other categories include an unusual view of Europe’s tallest skyscraper, landscapes of Utah and Iceland, and a poignant image of the ongoing toll of war. Here are the winning images:
Grand Prize Winner
Gilad Topaz, Israel
“Floating in Space”
Urban
Yuriy Stolypin, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
“Rocket”
Wildlife
Toby Nicol, Perth, Western Australia
“Ocean Clean Up”
Sport
Alex Berasategi, Azpeitia
“Minimalist action”
People
Carol Guzy, Bucha Ukraine
“BUCHA, CITY OF DEATH”
Nature
Xiaoying Shi, Utah, USA
“Ground vein”
Abstract
Isabella Tabacchi, Italy
“Tree of Life”
Wedding
Joanna Zdancewicz, Poland
“Love from Above”
Video
Vlad Vasylkevych, Ukraine
“1 Million Bombs Before”
I love Ukraine. For me, this is not an empty patriotic slogan. It is a deep sentiment that resonates within me and is integral to my identity. I have always dreamt of showcasing the pristine beauty, the natural majesty, and the incredible colors of my homeland. I witnessed and captured these moments alone, armed only with a camera. I photographed well-known locations and documented unfamiliar corners of Ukraine long before the start of the full-scale war. Having traveled more than seventy thousand kilometers across the country in four years, I preserved thousands of scenes, landscapes, views, and spaces in digital formats. Then the idea was conceived to curate the finest among this collection and compile them in a book.
The 2024 Drone Photo Award website has all of the winning images and runners-up from all the categories.
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Alex Baker
Alex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe
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