The Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA) is the most lucrative international photography award, founded in 2011 under the patronage of the crown prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Each year features a new season theme, along with three to four competition categories that recognize a variety of styles and photographers.
Submissions close in late May, with winners usually announced in November.24horas.cl: open for professional photographers as well for amateurs As of 2026, the total prize pool totals $1,000,000 US dollars (up from $389,000 in 2013).Gulf NewsCheryl Newman, "Creating the future of photography", The Daily Telegraph, 26 March 2014.The Daily Telegraph The season grand prize for 2026 is $200,000. 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.ria.ru Most recently, more than 87,000 photographs submitted by over 50,000 photographers were evaluated. 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.
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 Source:
Grand Prize Winner: Pierre Gable (FR) Categories 1st international winner 2nd international winner 3rd international winner 1st national winner 2nd national winner 3rd national winnerLove of the EarthArmin Hari (ID)David Greyo (FR)Ayman Rashed (KW)Mohamed Al Hashmi (AE)Ahmed Al Ali (AE)Murshed Al Mheiri (AE)GeneralZulkifli Zhu Qincay (ID)Oscar Cejas (AR)Fakrul Islam (BD)Afra Bin Dhaher (AE)Mansoor Al Mannaee (AE)Mohammed Al Jaberi (AE)DubaiAmri Arfianto (ID)Mohamed Al Sultan (KW)Thomas Hegenbart (DE)
2012 - Beauty of Light Source:
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 LightJingsheng Nie (CNOscar Bjarnason (IS)Xiaoping Ling (CN)Abdulaziz Binali Omar Alzaabi Allaa Almuttawa GeneralKlaus-Peter Selzer (DE)Boris Zulj (HR)Guangfei Ji (CN)Abdulrab SawadMansour Al-Mana'iMohamed Ahmed Alsuwaidi EmiratesHelmut Wachtarczyk (DE)Michel Zoghzoghi (LB)Adeeb Alani (IQ)Black and WhiteKwok Hung Chan (HK)Edwin Djuanda (ID)Duy Hoàng Lê (VN) 2013 - Creating the Future Source:
Grand Prize Winner: Fuyang Zhou (CN) Categories 1st international winner 2nd international winner 3rd international winner 1st national winner 2nd national winner 3rd national winnerCreating the FutureAli Alzaidi (KW)Lianhui Gao (CN)Hannelore Schneider (DE)Mansoor ALMansooriOmran Abdelrahman AlansariGeneralProshin Vladimir (RF)Muhammad Alamsyah Rauf (ID)Muhamad Saleh Bin Dollah (MY)Sulaiman Eid Al Hammadisaeed jumohStreet LifeJianhui Liao (CN)Jianhua Lin (CN)Santiago Bañón (ES)Black and WhiteYanan Li (CN)Edmondo Senatore (IT)Wong Ngai Bun (HK)
2014 - Life in Color Source:
Grand Prize Winner: Anurag Kumar (IN) Categories 1st international winner 2nd international winner 3rd international winner 4th international winner 5th international winnerLife in ColorAruna Bhat (IN)Xiangli Zhang (CN)Zeki Yavuzak (TR)Mujeeb Rahiman Kizhakkechalil (IN)Fabrizio Moglia (IT)GeneralHarish 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 PhotographyJinchun Lin (CN)Ho Sung Wee (MY)Tan Nguyen Minh (VN)Alexandre Buisse (FR)Daniel Cheong (FR)
2015 - Happiness Source:
Grand Prize Winner: Antonio Aragon Renuncio (ES) Categories 1st international winner 2nd international winner 3rd international winner 4th international winner 5th international winnerHappinessHameed Husain Isa (BH)Brent Stirton (US)Sergey Ponomarev (RF)Omar Ahmed (AE)Manar Gad (EG)GeneralNegroni Rodriguez Francisco Javier (CL)Sandra Hoyn (DE)Vladimir Viatkin (RF)Zhiqiang Zhang (CN)Fausto Podavini (IT)Father and SonKhaled Alsabbah (BE)Musa Talasİ (TR)Mihailo Simovic (RS)Johannes Petrus Janssen (NL)Saber Nouraldin (PS)WildlifeSteven Winter (US)Lynn Emery (UK)Minming Lin (CN)Min Ouyang (CN)Fabian Berg (DE)
2016 - The Challenge Source:
Grand Prize Winner: Arash Yaghmaian (US) Categories 1st international winner 2nd international winner 3rd international winner 4th international winner 5th international winnerThe ChallengeGiulio 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 ManipulationShahrzad Akrami (IR)Dmitriy Rogozhkin (RF)Salem Bawazir (YE)Lubna Abdelaziz (EG)Leyla Emektar (TR)ColourGiuseppe Bonali (IT)Petar Sabol (HR)Daniel Jonas Reiter (DE)Black and WhiteApurba Mallick (IN)Tobias Binder (DE)Khalil Al-Mansouri (AE)
2017 - The Moment Source:
Grand Prize Winner: Muhammad Alrageb (SY) Categories 1st international winner 2nd international winner 3rd international winner 4th international winner 5th international winnerThe MomentK. 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)ColourZuhe Ding (CN)Jasem Khlef (CA)Michael Christopher Brown (US)Black and WhiteMahdi Pourebadi (IR)Quanhui Liu (CN)Yousif Theyab (KW)
2018 - Hope Source:
Grand Prize Winner: Edwin Ong Wee Kee (MY) Categories 1st international winner 2nd international winner 3rd international winner 4th international winner 5th international winnerHopeFanny 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)ColourChen Kuang Chen (CN)Karim Iliya (US)Abdullah Alshatti (KW)Black and WhiteAun Raza (FR)Ana Filipa Scarpa (PT)Tibor Kercz (HU)
2019 - Water Source:
Grand Prize Winner: Jasmine Carey (AU) Categories 1st international winner 2nd international winner 3rd international winner 4th international winner 5th international winnerWaterFrançois 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 PhotographyApratim Pal (IN)Budi Gunawan (ID)Abdullah Alshathri (SA)Fahad Abdualhameid (SA)Navin Kumar (IN)ColourFahad Alenezi (KW)Yose Mirza (ID)Rashed AlSumaiti Alharmi (AE)Black and WhiteTalal Alrabah (KW)Anna Niemiec (PL)Sujan Sarkar (IN)
2020 - Humanity Source:
Grand Prize Winner: Ary Bassous (BR) Categories 1st international winner 2nd international winner 3rd international winner 4th international winner 5th international winnerHumanityMads 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)ColourSameer Al-Doumy (FR)Fatima Zahra Cherkaoui (MA)Eirik Gronningsaeter (NO)Black and WhiteGiuseppe Cocchieri (IT)Yadi Setiadi (ID)Bambang Wirawan (ID)
2021 - Nature Source:
Grand Prize Winner: Henley Spiers (UK) Categories 1st international winner 2nd international winner 3rd international winner 4th international winner 5th international winnerNatureRyo 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)PortraitAli Saifaldeen (QA)Mohammad Radi (JO)Ahmed Mahmoud Abdulazim Abdulrazik (EG)Agustinus Elwan (ID)Antonella Cunsolo (IT)ColourCao Nguyen Vu (VN)Kyaw KoKoThant (MM)Rahat Bin Mustafiz (BD)Black and WhiteMuhammad Alamsyah Rauf (ID)Liu Shuchuan (CN)Luis Roberto Lyons Suárez (MX)
2023 - Diversity Source:
Grand Prize Winner: Massimo Giorgetta (IT) Categories 1st international winner 2nd international winner 3rd international winner 4th international winner 5th international winnerDiversityImre 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 ArtWanhua Zhao (CN)Mahmoud Alkurd (PS)Hannelore Schneider (DE)Jawharah Saeed Alzahrani (SA)Irina Petrova (RF)ColourAleksandr Chekhonin (RF)Bader Ali Hussain (KW)Hermis Valiyandiyil (IN)Black and WhiteKurma Ravikanth (IN)Talib Abdullah Almarri (SA)Salem Sultan Al Hajri (OM)
2024 - Sustainability Source:
Grand Prize Winner: Liping Cao (CN) Categories 1st international winner 2nd international winner 3rd international winnerSustainabilityRuijuan 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 PhotographyTobias Friedrich (DE)Karim Iliya (US)Hendra Agus Setyawan (ID)ColourRahul Sachdev (IN)Youmn Mohammed Almanla (SA)Ahmed Abdallah Al Housni (OM)Black and WhiteRenee Capozzola (US)Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod (LK)Ateeb Hussain (IN)
2025 - Power Source:
Grand Prize Winner: Gianluca Gianferrari (IT) Categories 1st international winner 2nd international winner 3rd international winnerPowerHashem 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 PhotographyVladimir Tadic (BA)Ladislav Perenyi (DE)Masatoshi Ujihara (JP)ColourKarine Aigner (US)Jinhua Zhi (US)Marcin Giba (PL)Black and WhiteEdward John Grambeau (AU)Christopher Fallows (ZA)Yousef Bin Shakar Al Zaabi (AE)
2026 - Family Source:
Grand Prize Winner: Categories 1st international winner 1st national winner 2nd international winner 2nd national winner 3rd international winner 3rd national winnerFamilyDreams Through AISports PhotographyPortfolioGeneral
References
External links
Ceremony 2014 Press conference Gujarat Photo Video Trade Fair