Photo Contest

Aviation Week’s art director and the contest’s director discuss what appealed to them about selected entries. Learn what the judges look for in photos.

This year’s winners represent an assortment of first-time entrants and veteran Aviation Week Photo Contest entrants.

With backgrounds in photography, journalism, art and design, our judges bring an appreciation for aesthetics and love of aviation.

You don’t have to work in aerospace to be a winner of Aviation Week’s Photo Contest, but it helps.

Winning photographers in this year's Aviation Week Photo Contest share a passion for aerospace, and many make their living either shooting photos or as engineers or financial strategists.

Judges of the 2020 Aviation Week Photo Contest boast many decades of experience selecting and, for some, shooting photos.

Our judges have strong backgrounds in photography, journalism and art and design. They bring an appreciation for aesthetics and love of aviation.

Burrows was the self-taught photography editor of Life magazine and its book series. She died on Jan. 10 at 73 of corticobasical degeneration, a rare brain disease.

Our judges have strong backgrounds in photography, journalism and art and design. They bring an appreciation for aesthetics and love of aviation.

You don't have to work in aerospace to be a winner of Aviation Week's Photo Contest, but it helps.

You don't have to work in aerospace to be a winner of Aviation Week's Photo Contest, but it helps.

Our editors and artists picked their favorite photos, including warbirds, watery landings, combat aircraft maneuvering space launches and more.

Our judges have strong backgrounds in photography, journalism and art and design. They bring an appreciation for aesthetics and love of aviation.

You don't have to work in aerospace to be a winner of Aviation Week's Photo Contest, but it helps.

Our judges have strong backgrounds in photography, journalism and art and design. They bring an appreciation for aesthetics and love of aviation.

You don't have to work in aerospace to be a winner of Aviation Week's Photo Contest, but it helps.

A former Smithsonian Air & Space Museum staffer, Reuters photo editor and Aviation Week's executive editor, art director and data analyst/planespotter collaborate to select the year's best aviation and aerospace photos.

Best of the Best

More than just winners of the top aviation photo contest, this group use their cameras to convey their deep experience and love for aviation.