Hamdan International Photography Award

Hamdan International Photography Award
Sponsored by	Hamdan bin Rashid bin Mohammed al Maktoum
Location	Dubai
Country	United Arab Emirates
Reward(s)	$120,000
First awarded	2011
Last awarded	2015
Currently held by	Pierre Gable
Official website	http://www.hipa.ae

Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA) — is an international photographic award, founded in 2011 under the patronage of crown prince of Dubai sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid bin Mohammed al Maktoum. The annual total prize money $400000 (US Dollars, in 2013 total prize money was $389000) — the largest monetary prize among photographic awards. The award is open to anyone. In the first season of competition, 5,600 photographers were involved from 99 countries, in the second (2012-2013) - 19 thousand people from 121 countries.

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