Image Competition Award Winners 2017
The Professional Aerial Photographers Association International facilitates a photography competition to demonstrate the high quality work and to challenge technical improvement by the member aerial photographers.
Judge’s Choice Awards
Judge's Choice Award- Best Air-to-Air
Highest scoring aerial photograph in the Air-to-Air category.
Title: P Baron
Photographer: Mitch Bowers; Denver, Colorado
Judge's Choice Award- Best Artistic
Highest scoring aerial photograph in the Artistic category.
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Title: Ravines and Ridges
Photographer: Stan Macbean; Orem, Utah
Judge's Choice Award- Best Commercial
Highest scoring aerial photograph in the Commercial category.
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Title: Surfer’s Paradise
Photographer: Andrew Griffiths; Melbourne, Australia
Judge's Choice Award- Best Construction Progress
Highest scoring aerial photograph in the Construction Progress category.
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Title: An Aquatic Park in a Pyramid
Photographer: Stéphane Champin’; Hageville, France
Judge's Choice Award- Best Landscape / Scenic
Highest scoring aerial photograph in the Landscape / Scenic category.
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Title: Prairie Monster
Photographer: John Wark; Pueblo, Colorado
Judge's Choice Award- Best Vertical
Highest scoring aerial photograph in the Vertical category.
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Title: Dam at Overflow
Photographer: Brian Harvey; Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
People’s Choice Awards
People’s Choice Award- Best Air-to-Air
PAPA Int’l members’ favorite aerial photograph in the Air-to-Air category.
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Title: P Baron
Photographer: Mitch Bowers; Denver, Colorado
People’s Choice Award- Best Artistic (tie)
Two images tied for PAPA Int’l members’ favorite aerial photograph in the Artistic category.
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Title: B-52 Lights
Photographer: Mitch Bowers; Denver, Colorado
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Title: Flying on a Dream
Photographer: Shaleen Wallace; Virginia Beach, Virginia
People’s Choice Award- Best Commercial
PAPA Int’l members’ favorite aerial photograph in the Commercial category.
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Title: Tailings Mount
Photographer: John Wark; Pueblo, Colorado
People’s Choice Award- Best Construction Progress
PAPA Int’l members’ favorite aerial photograph in the Construction Progress category.
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Title: Working on the Line
Photographer: Stéphane Champin’; Hageville, France
People’s Choice Award- Best Landscape / Scenic
PAPA Int’l members’ favorite aerial photograph in the Landscape / Scenic category.
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Title: Prairie Monster
Photographer: John Wark; Pueblo, Colorado
People’s Choice Award- Best Vertical
PAPA Int’l members’ favorite aerial photograph in the Vertical category.
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Title: Clunkers
Photographer: Tayler Schmitt; San Francisco, California
Individual Judge’s Choice Awards
A personal favorite aerial photograph selected by each judge.
Susan Hedenberg Judge's Choice Award
Susan Hedenberg is a Master Aerial Photographer based near Washington D.C.
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Title: Flying on a Dream
Photographer: Shaleen Wallace; Virginia Beach, Virginia
Todd Quam Judge's Choice Award
Todd Quam is a Master Aerial Photographer based in Central California.
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Title: Prairie Monster
Photographer: John Wark; Pueblo, Colorado
Dave Sievert Judge's Choice Award
Dave Sievert is a Master Aerial Photographer based on the Central California Coast.
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Title: Tailings Mount
Photographer: John Wark; Pueblo, Colorado
Yves Tremblay Judge's Choice Award
Yves Tremblay is a Master Aerial Photographer based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Yves is a past winner of the Aerial Photographer of the Year Award.
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Title: The City
Photographer: Andrew Holt; London, United Kingdom
This page is presented in recognition of the participating aerial photography
professionals by the Competition Chair, David Wyatt.
David Wyatt is a Master Aerial Photographer based in the Pacific Northwest.
David is a past winner of the Aerial Photographer of the Year Award.