# Hamdan International Photography Award

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.
The annual total prize money is $400,000 US dollars (up from $389,000 in 2013). The award is open to anyone. 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.

## 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 | 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 |

## Winners

| Seasons | 2011/2012 season | 2012/2013 season | 2013/2014 season |
| Love of the earth |
| Grand prize winner | Pierre Gable (FR) | | |
| 1st international winner | Armin Hari (ID) | | |
| 1st national winner | Mohamed Al Hashmi (AE) | | |
| 2nd international winner | David Greyo (FR) | | |
| 2nd national winner | Ahmed Al Ali (AE) | | |
| 3rd international winner | Ayman Rashed (KW) | | |
| 3rd national winner | Murshed Al Mheiri (AE) | | |
| General |
| 1st international winner | Zulkifli Zhu Qincay (ID) | Klaus-Peter Selzer (DE) | Vladimir Proshin (RU) |
| 1st national winner | Afra Bin Dhaher (AE) | Abdul Rab Sawad (AE) | n/a |
| 2nd international winner | Oscar Cejas (AR) | Boris Zulj (HR) | Muhammad Alamsyah Rauf (ID) |
| 2nd national winner | Mansoor Al Mannaee (AE) | Mansour Al Mannai (AE) | Sulaiman Ahmed Eid al Hammadi (AE) |
| 3rd international winner | Fakrul Islam (BD) | Gaungfei Ji (CN) | Muhamad Saleh bin Dollah (MY) |
| 3rd national winner | Mohammed Al Jaberi (AE) | Mohamed Alsuwaidi (AE) | Saeed Abdalla (AE) |
| Dubai |
| 1st international winner | Amri Arfianto (ID) | | |
| 2nd international winner | Mohamed Al Sultan (KW) | | |
| 3rd international winner | Thomas Hegenbart (DE) | | |
| Beauty of Light |
| Grand prize winner | | Osama Al Zubidi (AE) | |
| 1st international winner | | Jingsheng Nie (CN) | |
| 1st national winner | | Abdulaziz Binali (AE) | |
| 2nd international winner | | Oscar Bjarnason (IS) | |
| 2nd national winner | | Omar Alzaabi (AE) | |
| 3rd international winner | | Xiaoping Ling (CN) | |
| 3rd national winner | | Allaa Almuttawa (AE) | |
| Black and white |
| 1st international winner | | Chan Kwok Hung (HK) | Yanan Li (CN) |
| 2nd international winner | | Edwin Djuanda (ID) | Edmondo Senatore (IT) |
| 3rd international winner | | Le Duy Hoang (VN) | Wong Ngal (HK) |
| Emirates |
| 1st international winner | | Helmut Wachtarczyk (DE) | |
| 2nd international winner | | Michel Zoghzoghi (LB) | |
| 3rd international winner | | Adeeb Alani (IQ) | |
| Creating the Future |
| Grand prize winner | | | Fuyang Zhou (CN) |
| 1st international winner | | | Ali al Zaidi (KW) |
| 1st national winner | | | n/a |
| 2nd international winner | | | Gao Lianhul (CN) |
| 2nd national winner | | | n/a |
| 3rd international winner | | | Hannelore Schneider (DE) |
| 3rd national winner | | | Omran Abdelrahman al Ansari (AE) |
| 3rd national winner (repeated) | | | Mansoor Mohammad al Mansoori (AE) |
| Street Life |
| 1st international winner | | | n/a |
| 2nd international winner | | | Jianhua Lin (CN) |
| 2nd international winner (repeated) | | | Jianhul Liao (CN) |
| 3rd international winner | | | Santiago Daniel Bafion Irujo (ES) |
| Special awards |
| Photography Appreciation Award | | Reza Deghati (FR), Waleed Qaddoura (ES) | Steve McCurry (US) |
| Photographic Research/Report Award | | Georges Lenzi (FR) | Ren Ng (AU) |