Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA) is an international photography award, founded in 2011 under the patronage of the crown prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.[1][2][3]
The annual total prize money is $400,000 US dollars (up from $389,000 in 2013).[2][4][5][6][7] The award is open to anyone.[8] In its first year (2011/2012), 5600 photographers were involved from 99 countries; in its second year (2012/2013), 19,000 thousand people from 121 countries were involved.[7]
2011/2012 season | 2012/2013 season | 2013/2014 season | 2014/2015 season | 2015/2016 season | 2016/2017 season | 2017/2018 season | 2018/2019 season | 2019/2020 season | 2020/2021 season | 2021/2022 season | 2022/2023 season |
Love of the Earth | Beauty of Light | Creating the future | Life in colour | Happiness | The Challenge | The Moment | Hope | Water | Humanity | Nature | Love |
General | General | General | General | General | General | General | General | General | General | General | General |
| Black & White | Black & White | Night Photography | Romantic Photography |
Dubai | Emirates | Street Life | Faces | happiness |
| Photography Appreciation Award (Personal, Group or Team Award) | Photography Appreciation Award (Personal, Group or Team Award) | Photography Appreciation Award (Personal, Group or Team Award) | Photography Appreciation Award (Personal, Group or Team Award) |
| Photographic Research/Report Award | Photographic Research/Report Award | Photographic Research/Report Award | Photographic Research/Report Award |
Seasons | 2011/2012 season | 2012/2013 season | 2013/2014 season | 2014/2015 season | 2015/2016 season | 2016/2017 season | 2017/2018 season | 2018/2019 season | 2019/2020 season | 2020/2021 season | 2021/2022 season |
Love of the earth |
Grand prize winner | Pierre Gable (FR)[9] | | | |
1st international winner | Armin Hari (ID)[9] | | | |
1st national winner | Mohamed Al Hashmi (AE)[9] | | | |
2nd international winner | David Greyo (FR)[9] | | | |
2nd national winner | Ahmed Al Ali (AE)[9] | | | |
3rd international winner | Ayman Rashed (KW)[9] | | | |
3rd national winner | Murshed Al Mheiri (AE)[9] | | | |
General |
1st international winner | Zulkifli Zhu Qincay (ID)[9] | Klaus-Peter Selzer (DE)[10] | Vladimir Proshin (RU)[2][11] | |
1st national winner | Afra Bin Dhaher (AE)[9] | Abdul Rab Sawad (AE)[10] | n/a | |
2nd international winner | Oscar Cejas (AR)[9] | Boris Zulj (HR)[10] | Muhammad Alamsyah Rauf (ID)[11] | |
2nd national winner | Mansoor Al Mannaee (AE)[9] | Mansour Al Mannai (AE)[10] | Sulaiman Ahmed Eid al Hammadi (AE)[11] | |
3rd international winner | Fakrul Islam (BD)[9] | Gaungfei Ji (CN)[10] | Muhamad Saleh bin Dollah (MY)[11] | |
3rd national winner | Mohammed Al Jaberi (AE)[9] | Mohamed Alsuwaidi (AE)[10] | Saeed Abdalla (AE)[11] | |
Dubai |
1st international winner | Amri Arfianto (ID)[9] | | | |
2nd international winner | Mohamed Al Sultan (KW)[9] | | | |
3rd international winner | Thomas Hegenbart (DE)[9] | | | |
Beauty of Light |
Grand prize winner | | Osama Al Zubidi (AE)[3][10] | | |
1st international winner | | Jingsheng Nie (CN)[10] | | |
1st national winner | | Abdulaziz Binali (AE)[10] | | |
2nd international winner | | Oscar Bjarnason (IS)[10] | | |
2nd national winner | | Omar Alzaabi (AE)[10] | | |
3rd international winner | | Xiaoping Ling (CN)[10] | | |
3rd national winner | | Allaa Almuttawa (AE)[10] | | |
Black and white |
1st international winner | | Chan Kwok Hung (HK)[10] | Yanan Li (CN)[2][12] | |
2nd international winner | | Edwin Djuanda (ID)[10] | Edmondo Senatore (IT)[12] | |
3rd international winner | | Le Duy Hoang (VN)[10] | Wong Ngal (HK)[12] | |
Emirates |
1st international winner | | Helmut Wachtarczyk (DE)[10] | | |
2nd international winner | | Michel Zoghzoghi (LB)[10] | | |
3rd international winner | | Adeeb Alani (IQ)[10] | | |
Creating the Future |
Grand prize winner | | | Fuyang Zhou (CN)[2][13] | |
1st international winner | | | Ali al Zaidi (KW)[2][13] | |
1st national winner | | | n/a | |
2nd international winner | | | Gao Lianhul (CN)[13] | |
2nd national winner | | | n/a | |
3rd international winner | | | Hannelore Schneider (DE)[13] | |
3rd national winner | | | Omran Abdelrahman al Ansari (AE)[13] | |
3rd national winner (repeated) | | | Mansoor Mohammad al Mansoori (AE)[13] | |
Street Life |
1st international winner | | | n/a | |
2nd international winner | | | Jianhua Lin (CN)[14] | |
2nd international winner (repeated) | | | Jianhul Liao (CN)[14] | |
3rd international winner | | | Santiago Daniel Bafion Irujo (ES)[14] | |
Special awards |
Photography Appreciation Award | | Reza Deghati (FR), Waleed Qaddoura (ES)[10] | Steve McCurry (US)[2][13] | |
Photographic Research/Report Award | | Georges Lenzi (FR)[10] | Ren Ng (AU)[2][13] | |