The 2024 Drone Photo Awards Capture a Striking Overview of Global Struggle

From magnificent natural wonders to human destruction on multiple fronts, the nominees of the 2024 Drone Photo Awards offer a sweeping overview of the state of the world. The annual contest by Siena Awards asks photographers to zoom out and provide new perspectives on global happenings, capturing conflict, devastation, and beauty at all scales.

Among this year’s nominees are stunning aerial images glimpsing brilliant swirls of a Massachusetts cranberry bog and flamingoes soaring above a verdant body of water. There’s more difficult subject matter, too, as photographer Ivo Danchev frames a shepherd desperately protecting his endangered sheep and Carol Guzy documenting a fraction of the heartbreaking losses in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The winners will be announced at the Siena Awards Festival this fall. Until then, find all of this year’s nominees on the contest website.

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