Hamdan International Photography Award
Emirati international photography award
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The Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA) is the most lucrative international photography award,[1] founded in 2011 under the patronage of the crown prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.[2][3][4] Each year features a new season theme, along with three to four competition categories that recognize a variety of styles and photographers.
Sponsored byHamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
LocationDubai
Country
United Arab Emirates
United Arab EmiratesReward$200,000
| Hamdan International Photography Award | |
|---|---|
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| Sponsored by | Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| Location | Dubai |
| Country | United Arab Emirates |
| Reward | $200,000 |
| First award | 2011 |
| Website | www |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Dubai One Sama Dubai |
Submissions close in late May, with winners usually announced in November.[5] As of 2026, the total prize pool totals $1,000,000 US dollars[6] (up from $389,000 in 2013).[3][7][8][9] The season grand prize for 2026 is $200,000.[10] The HIPA award is open to anyone from any country, and has no entry fee to participate. In its first year (2011/2012), 5,600 photographers were involved from 99 countries; in its second year (2012/2013), 19,000 photographers from 121 countries were involved.[11] Most recently, more than 87,000 photographs submitted by over 50,000 photographers were evaluated.[12] Beginning in 2013, HIPA also began to feature two special awards that participants may only enter by invitation. The most recent categories were The Photography Appreciation Award and The Photography Content Creator Award.[13]
As of their 13th season, HIPA also recognizes a HIPA Photographer of the Year, honoring a photographer who had made significant achievements over a 12 month period.
Winners
2011 - Love of the Earth
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Grand Prize Winner: Pierre Gable (FR)
| Categories | 1st international winner | 2nd international winner | 3rd international winner | 1st national winner | 2nd national winner | 3rd national winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love of the Earth | Armin Hari (ID) | David Greyo (FR) | Ayman Rashed (KW) | Mohamed Al Hashmi (AE) | Ahmed Al Ali (AE) | Murshed Al Mheiri (AE) |
| General | Zulkifli Zhu Qincay (ID) | Oscar Cejas (AR) | Fakrul Islam (BD) | Afra Bin Dhaher (AE) | Mansoor Al Mannaee (AE) | Mohammed Al Jaberi (AE) |
| Dubai | Amri Arfianto (ID) | Mohamed Al Sultan (KW) | Thomas Hegenbart (DE) |
2012 - Beauty of Light
Source:[15]
Grand Prize Winner: Osama Al Zubidi (AE)
| Categories | 1st international winner | 2nd international winner | 3rd international winner | 1st national winner (AE) | 2nd national winner (AE) | 3rd national winner (AE) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty of Light | Jingsheng Nie (CN | Oscar Bjarnason (IS) | Xiaoping Ling (CN) | Abdulaziz Binali | Omar Alzaabi | Allaa Almuttawa |
| General | Klaus-Peter Selzer (DE) | Boris Zulj (HR) | Guangfei Ji (CN) | Abdulrab Sawad | Mansour Al-Mana'i | Mohamed Ahmed Alsuwaidi |
| Emirates | Helmut Wachtarczyk (DE) | Michel Zoghzoghi (LB) | Adeeb Alani (IQ) | |||
| Black and White | Kwok Hung Chan (HK) | Edwin Djuanda (ID) | Duy Hoàng Lê (VN) |
2013 - Creating the Future
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Grand Prize Winner: Fuyang Zhou (CN)
| Categories | 1st international winner | 2nd international winner | 3rd international winner | 1st national winner | 2nd national winner | 3rd national winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creating the Future | Ali Alzaidi (KW) | Lianhui Gao (CN) | Hannelore Schneider (DE) | Mansoor ALMansoori | Omran Abdelrahman Alansari | |
| General | Proshin Vladimir (RF) | Muhammad Alamsyah Rauf (ID) | Muhamad Saleh Bin Dollah (MY) | Sulaiman Eid Al Hammadi | saeed jumoh | |
| Street Life | Jianhui Liao (CN) | Jianhua Lin (CN) | Santiago Bañón (ES) | |||
| Black and White | Yanan Li (CN) | Edmondo Senatore (IT) | Wong Ngai Bun (HK) |
2014 - Life in Color
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Grand Prize Winner: Anurag Kumar (IN)
| Categories | 1st international winner | 2nd international winner | 3rd international winner | 4th international winner | 5th international winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life in Color | Aruna Bhat (IN) | Xiangli Zhang (CN) | Zeki Yavuzak (TR) | Mujeeb Rahiman Kizhakkechalil (IN) | Fabrizio Moglia (IT) |
| General | Harish Chavda (UK) | Ali Rajabi (US) | Antonius Andre Tjiu (ID) | BUCHMANN Yvon, André, Pierre (FR) | Jaime Singlador (PH) |
| Black and White (Faces) | Daniil Rudoy (RF) | Ken Geiger (US) | Chi Hung Cheung (HK) | Ali Alzohari (AE) | Xyza Bacani (PH) |
| Night Photography | Jinchun Lin (CN) | Ho Sung Wee (MY) | Tan Nguyen Minh (VN) | Alexandre Buisse (FR) | Daniel Cheong (FR) |
2015 - Happiness
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Grand Prize Winner: Antonio Aragon Renuncio (ES)
| Categories | 1st international winner | 2nd international winner | 3rd international winner | 4th international winner | 5th international winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happiness | Hameed Husain Isa (BH) | Brent Stirton (US) | Sergey Ponomarev (RF) | Omar Ahmed (AE) | Manar Gad (EG) |
| General | Negroni Rodriguez Francisco Javier (CL) | Sandra Hoyn (DE) | Vladimir Viatkin (RF) | Zhiqiang Zhang (CN) | Fausto Podavini (IT) |
| Father and Son | Khaled Alsabbah (BE) | Musa Talasİ (TR) | Mihailo Simovic (RS) | Johannes Petrus Janssen (NL) | Saber Nouraldin (PS) |
| Wildlife | Steven Winter (US) | Lynn Emery (UK) | Minming Lin (CN) | Min Ouyang (CN) | Fabian Berg (DE) |
2016 - The Challenge
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Grand Prize Winner: Arash Yaghmaian (US)
| Categories | 1st international winner | 2nd international winner | 3rd international winner | 4th international winner | 5th international winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Challenge | Giulio Montini (IT) | Mohammad Khorshid (KW) | Mohammed Yousef (KW) | Anton Unitsyn (RF) | |
| Portfolio (Story-Telling) | Giovanni Cedronella (IT) | Gilles Nicolet (FR) | Rafal Makiela (PL) | Matjaz Krivic (SI) | Yan Qiu (CN) |
| Digital Manipulation | Shahrzad Akrami (IR) | Dmitriy Rogozhkin (RF) | Salem Bawazir (YE) | Lubna Abdelaziz (EG) | Leyla Emektar (TR) |
| Colour | Giuseppe Bonali (IT) | Petar Sabol (HR) | Daniel Jonas Reiter (DE) | ||
| Black and White | Apurba Mallick (IN) | Tobias Binder (DE) | Khalil Al-Mansouri (AE) |
2017 - The Moment
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Grand Prize Winner: Muhammad Alrageb (SY)
| Categories | 1st international winner | 2nd international winner | 3rd international winner | 4th international winner | 5th international winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Moment | K. M. Asad (BD) | Paul Nicklen (CA) | Maxim Korotchenko (RF) | Marcos Francisco Furer (AR) | Rubo Wu (CN) |
| Portfolio (Story-Telling) | Paul Nicklen (CA) | Probal Rashid (US) | Boryana Katsarova (BG) | Sergio Sberna (IT) | Mohammed Almessabi (AE) |
| Video (Time-Lapse) | Beno Saradzic (AE) | Oscar Carrasco Ragel (ES) | Ameen Al Ghaberi (YE) | Awad Alatawi (SA) | Ignacio Tejerina (ES) |
| Colour | Zuhe Ding (CN) | Jasem Khlef (CA) | Michael Christopher Brown (US) | ||
| Black and White | Mahdi Pourebadi (IR) | Quanhui Liu (CN) | Yousif Theyab (KW) |
2018 - Hope
Source:[21]
Grand Prize Winner: Edwin Ong Wee Kee (MY)
| Categories | 1st international winner | 2nd international winner | 3rd international winner | 4th international winner | 5th international winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | Fanny Octavianus (ID) | Muhammad Fahrur Rasyid (ID) | Wissam Nassar (PS) | Vito FInocchiaro (IT) | Sandro Maddalena (IT) |
| Portfolio (Story-Telling) | Haitham Nouraldin (PS) | Paul Nicklen (CA) | Yevhen Samuchenko (UA) | Mustafa Turky Mhanawi (IQ) | Sarah Wouters (NL) |
| Video (Aerial Photography) | Florian Ledoux (FR) | Soliman Hijjy (PS) | Yoong Wah Wong (MY) | Daróczi Csaba Attila (HU) | Victor Romero Peña (ES) |
| Colour | Chen Kuang Chen (CN) | Karim Iliya (US) | Abdullah Alshatti (KW) | ||
| Black and White | Aun Raza (FR) | Ana Filipa Scarpa (PT) | Tibor Kercz (HU) |
2019 - Water
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Grand Prize Winner: Jasmine Carey (AU)
| Categories | 1st international winner | 2nd international winner | 3rd international winner | 4th international winner | 5th international winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | François Bogaerts (BE) | Shantha Kumar Samba Laila (IN) | Buchari Muslim Diken (ID) | Sourav Das (IN) | Yousef Bin Shakar Al Zaabi (AE) |
| Portfolio (Story-Telling) | Christian Vizl Mac Gregor (MX) | Zhoufan Cui (CN) | Athoullah (ID) | Karrar Nasser (IQ) | Fausto Podavini (IT) |
| Mobile Photography | Apratim Pal (IN) | Budi Gunawan (ID) | Abdullah Alshathri (SA) | Fahad Abdualhameid (SA) | Navin Kumar (IN) |
| Colour | Fahad Alenezi (KW) | Yose Mirza (ID) | Rashed AlSumaiti Alharmi (AE) | ||
| Black and White | Talal Alrabah (KW) | Anna Niemiec (PL) | Sujan Sarkar (IN) |
2020 - Humanity
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Grand Prize Winner: Ary Bassous (BR)
| Categories | 1st international winner | 2nd international winner | 3rd international winner | 4th international winner | 5th international winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humanity | Mads Nissen (DK) | İlhan Kilinç (TR) | Marc Abou Jaoude (LB) | Fabrizio Maffei (IT) | Biplab Hazra (IN) |
| Portfolio (Story-Telling) | Florian Ledoux (FR) | Catalina Gomez Lopez (ES) | Fikret Dilek Yurdakul (TR) | Yousef Al Habshi (AE) | Alex McBride (UK) |
| Colour | Sameer Al-Doumy (FR) | Fatima Zahra Cherkaoui (MA) | Eirik Gronningsaeter (NO) | ||
| Black and White | Giuseppe Cocchieri (IT) | Yadi Setiadi (ID) | Bambang Wirawan (ID) |
2021 - Nature
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Grand Prize Winner: Henley Spiers (UK)
| Categories | 1st international winner | 2nd international winner | 3rd international winner | 4th international winner | 5th international winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature | Ryo Minemizu (JP) | Marcio Antonio Esteves Cabral (BR) | Navin Kumar (IN) | Thomas Vijayan (CA) | Kristin Wright (US) |
| Portfolio (Story-Telling) | Paul Nicklen (CA) | Iurii Pritisk (RF) | Liguo Chen (CN) | Shad Abdul Kader (IN) | Aleksei Tsiler (RF) |
| Portrait | Ali Saifaldeen (QA) | Mohammad Radi (JO) | Ahmed Mahmoud Abdulazim Abdulrazik (EG) | Agustinus Elwan (ID) | Antonella Cunsolo (IT) |
| Colour | Cao Nguyen Vu (VN) | Kyaw KoKoThant (MM) | Rahat Bin Mustafiz (BD) | ||
| Black and White | Muhammad Alamsyah Rauf (ID) | Liu Shuchuan (CN) | Luis Roberto Lyons Suárez (MX) |
2023 - Diversity
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Grand Prize Winner: Massimo Giorgetta (IT)
| Categories | 1st international winner | 2nd international winner | 3rd international winner | 4th international winner | 5th international winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diversity | Imre Potyó (HU) | Mohammed Al Bahar Rawas (OM) | Abdalla Albuqaish (AE) | Mohammed Yousef (KW) | Mohammad Alqattan (KW) |
| Portfolio (Story-telling) | Scott Portelli (AU) | Arif Hudaverdi Yaman (TR) | Brent Stirton (US) | Antonio Aragon Renuncio (ES) | Jasper Doest (NL) |
| Digital Art | Wanhua Zhao (CN) | Mahmoud Alkurd (PS) | Hannelore Schneider (DE) | Jawharah Saeed Alzahrani (SA) | Irina Petrova (RF) |
| Colour | Aleksandr Chekhonin (RF) | Bader Ali Hussain (KW) | Hermis Valiyandiyil (IN) | ||
| Black and White | Kurma Ravikanth (IN) | Talib Abdullah Almarri (SA) | Salem Sultan Al Hajri (OM) |
2024 - Sustainability
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Grand Prize Winner: Liping Cao (CN)
| Categories | 1st international winner | 2nd international winner | 3rd international winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainability | Ruijuan Huang (CN) | Virginie Anne Obadia Ellis (FR) | Ranganathan Mukkai (IN) |
| Portfolio (Story-telling) | Fatima Shbair (PS) | Sarah Wouters (NL) | Bing Wen (CN) |
| Short Videos (Social Media) | Aleksandr Tsuprun (RF) | Norbert Von Niman (SE) | Abhin Kizhakke Veettil (IN) |
| Sports Photography | Tobias Friedrich (DE) | Karim Iliya (US) | Hendra Agus Setyawan (ID) |
| Colour | Rahul Sachdev (IN) | Youmn Mohammed Almanla (SA) | Ahmed Abdallah Al Housni (OM) |
| Black and White | Renee Capozzola (US) | Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod (LK) | Ateeb Hussain (IN) |
2025 - Power
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Grand Prize Winner: Gianluca Gianferrari (IT)
| Categories | 1st international winner | 2nd international winner | 3rd international winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Hashem Dardowra (SY) | Deepak Singh Dogra (IN) | Scott Portelli (AU) |
| Portfolio (Story-telling) | Ali Jadallah (PS) | Marek Biegalski (PL) | Sayed Ammar Alsayed Ahmed Alashoor (AE) |
| Drone (Video) | Karim Iliya (US) | Chrisander Bergan (NO) | Shantha Kumar Nagendran (IN) |
| Sports Photography | Vladimir Tadic (BA) | Ladislav Perenyi (DE) | Masatoshi Ujihara (JP) |
| Colour | Karine Aigner (US) | Jinhua Zhi (US) | Marcin Giba (PL) |
| Black and White | Edward John Grambeau (AU) | Christopher Fallows (ZA) | Yousef Bin Shakar Al Zaabi (AE) |
2026 - Family
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Grand Prize Winner: Gianluca Gianferrari (IT) Grand Prize Winner:
| Categories | 1st international winner | 1st national winner | 2nd international winner | 2nd national winner | 3rd international winner | 3rd national winner |
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| Family | ||||||
| Dreams Through AI | ||||||
| Sports Photography | ||||||
| Portfolio | ||||||
| General |