DJI SkyPixel 2025 Winners Showcase Aerial Photography and Video
DJI has revealed the winners of its 11th annual SkyPixel photo and video contest, which took place from November 27, 2025, to March 10, 2026. The competition featured 53 awards with a prize pool nearing $200,000 and received close to 95,000 entries from 96 nations. Filip Hrebenda claimed the Annual Best Photo Prize in the Photography Category for his autumn 2025 shot "The Gate," taken with a DJI Mavic 3 Pro in northern Norway, showcasing a stone arch over a foggy valley with a solitary figure. Notable mentions include "Carpet Fields" by F. Dilek Yurdakul and "Smoking Skull" by Daniel. In the video section, Ellis van Jason won the Annual Best Video Prize (Aerial) for "Africa Unseen," while AYANG received the Annual Best Video (Handheld) award for "Elsewhere The Gaze Can Always Arrive." The complete list of winners can be found on DJI's SkyPixel website.
Key facts
- DJI SkyPixel competition ran from November 27, 2025 to March 10, 2026
- 53 awards with prizes totaling nearly $200,000
- Nearly 95,000 submissions from 96 countries and regions
- Annual Best Photo Prize: 'The Gate' by Filip Hrebenda, captured on DJI Mavic 3 Pro
- 'The Gate' taken in northern Norway during autumn 2025
- 'Carpet Fields' by F. Dilek Yurdakul, taken in Döşemealtı, Antalya in 2023 with DJI Mavic 2 Pro
- 'Smoking Skull' by Daniel, captured over Fagradalsfjall eruption in Iceland in 2021 on DJI Air 3S
- Annual Best Video Prize (Aerial): 'Africa Unseen' by Ellis van Jason, shot with multiple DJI tools from over 35TB of 8K footage
- Annual Best Video (Handheld): 'Elsewhere The Gaze Can Always Arrive' by AYANG
Entities
Artists
- Filip Hrebenda
- F. Dilek Yurdakul
- Daniel
- Ellis van Jason
- AYANG
Institutions
- DJI
- SkyPixel
Locations
- Norway
- Döşemealtı
- Antalya
- Turkey
- Fagradalsfjall
- Iceland
- Africa