Paris Aerial Photography Awards 2020

Exhibit your photos in Paris - Cash prizes & awards valued at $15,000

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Created in tribute to one of the first aerial photos taken in 1858 over Paris by Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, the Paris Aerial Photography Awards is inaugurating its first edition in 2020 by inviting all professional and amateur photographers, whether they take photos from a high point of view or use tools such as drones, helicopters, hang gliders, paragliders, kites, winders, masts, balloons and all sizes of aircraft, to submit their best photographs online from April 10 to September 20, in 6 main categories (and 24 sub-categories): Urban, Nature, Fine arts, People, Editorial, Real Estate.

The 2020 Jury is composed of award-winning aerial photographers and influential artists from the four corners of the world. It includes Jeffrey Milstein, Daniel Beltrá, Dirk Dallas, Alex MacLean, Benjamin Grant, Peter Essick, Florian Ledoux, Hulia Boz, Abstract Aerial Art, and Noura Al Murr Al Neyadi.

→ Cash prizes and awards valued at $15,000.

→ 1 GRAND-PRIX • 7 CATEGORY AWARDS • GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE AWARDS • SPECIAL MENTIONS

→ The winning photographs will be exhibited in a gallery in the heart of Paris on November 14th and 15th, 2020, during Paris Photo (the biggest photo fair in the world).

→ The winning photographs and displayed in the Instagram feeds of our media partners who have over 1 million cumulative followers.

Prizes:

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2020 (GRAND-PRIX)
$1,500 ● Photos showcased at the Paris exhibition ● International press exposure ● Photos showcased online through our Instagram Partners Network* ● Photos displayed in the online Winners gallery ● Digital badge and certificate

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2020 - URBAN CATEGORY
$500 ● Photos showcased at the Paris exhibition ● International press exposure ● Photos showcased online through our Instagram Partners Network* ● Photos displayed in the online Winners gallery ● Digital badge and certificate

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2020 - NATURE CATEGORY
$500 ● Photos showcased at the Paris exhibition ● International press exposure ● Photos showcased online through our Instagram Partners Network* ● Photos displayed in the online Winners gallery ● Digital badge and certificate

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2020 - PEOPLE CATEGORY
$500 ● Photos showcased at the Paris exhibition ● International press exposure ● Photos showcased online through our Instagram Partners Network* ● Photos displayed in the online Winners gallery ● Digital badge and certificate

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2020 - FINE ART CATEGORY
$500 ● Photos showcased at the Paris exhibition ● International press exposure ● Photos showcased online through our Instagram Partners Network* ● Photos displayed in the online Winners gallery ● Digital badge and certificate

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2020 - EDITORIAL CATEGORY
$500 ● Photos showcased at the Paris exhibition ● International press exposure ● Photos showcased online through our Instagram Partners Network* ● Photos displayed in the online Winners gallery ● Digital badge and certificate

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2020 - REAL ESTATE CATEGORY
$500 ● Photos showcased at the Paris exhibition ● International press exposure ● Photos showcased online through our Instagram Partners Network* ● Photos displayed in the online Winners gallery ● Digital badge and certificate

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2020 - WEDDING CATEGORY
$500 ● Photos showcased at the Paris exhibition ● International press exposure ● Photos showcased online through our Instagram Partners Network* ● Photos displayed in the online Winners gallery ● Digital badge and certificate

GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE AWARDS
Photos displayed on a screen during the exhibition ● Photos displayed in the online Winners gallery ● Digital badge and certificate

SPECIAL MENTIONS
Photos displayed in the online Winners gallery ● Digital badge and certificate

Eligibility:

Worldwide

Copyrights & Usage Rights:

The Paris Aerial Photography Awards use the participating images to promote the photographers themselves and for marketing purposes related to the Paris Aerial Photography Awards.

The copyrights associated with each participating photograph remain the property of the participant, with no time limit.

Any participating photograph used by PAPA on the aerialphotowards.com website or in promotional, advertising, informational material in all types of media must contain the name of its participating author.

No participating photograph may be used by third parties for commercial purposes or resold in any form whatsoever.

Each participating photograph, if it is a winner, will be printed in a single copy by PAPA and be exhibited in our partner gallery within the winners’ exhibition. At the end of the exhibition, the prints will be stored in a secure location so that they can be reused for future exhibitions. The author will be able to request the destruction of the print at the end of the exhibition 2020 if the author does not want the print to be used later.

PAPA, as well as its partners, may use any material, images, photos, texts that you will have transmitted via the site aerialphotoawards.com, as well as the HD files transmitted by email or via a third-party digital platform, only for marketing and promotional purposes related to the PAPA competition. By participating, you grant the PAPA a non-exclusive, irrevocable license to use any material transmitted on any media, including all types of media such as press, events, digital, social networks in connection with the PAPA competition, without financial compensation.

Theme:

Aerial Abstract Architecture Cityscapes Documentary Environmental Fine Art Nature Landscape People