Applications call for Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) 2020-2021. It is an international photography award established in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, in order to encourage and spread the culture of photography across the world.

Theme

The main theme of this season is Humanity.

Categories

Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) 2020-2021 has the following categories

• There are THREE Special Awards for the Tenth season and they are; ‘The Photography Appreciation Award’, ‘The Photography Content Creator Award’ and the ‘Emerging Person/Organization in Photography Award’.
• Other categories are; General, Portfolio and the Architectural.
• The General Category will have two subcategories “Colour” and “ Black and White”
  Participants are allowed to submit a Black and White Photograph in all categories except the ‘General – Color’ subcategory.

Prizes 

Humanity

• 1st Prize: $20,000
• 2nd Prize: $18,000
• 3rd Prize: $16,000
• 4th Prize: $10,000
• 5th Prze: $6,000

Portfilio (Story Telling)

• 1st Prize: $25,000
• 2nd Prize: $22,000
• 3rd Prize: $20,000
• 4th Prize: $18,000
• 5th Prize: $15,000

General (Black & White)

• 1st Prize: $15,000
• 2nd Prize: $10,000
• 3rd Prize: $5,000

General (Colour)

• 1st Prize: $15,000
• 2nd Prize: $10,000
• 3rd Prize: $5,000

Architectural Award

• 1st Prize: $15,000
• 2nd Prize: $13,000
• 3rd Prize: $11,000
• 4th Prize: $9,000
• 5th Prize: $7,000

Special Award

• Photography Appreciation Award $20,000
• The Photography Content Creator Award $15,000
• Emerging Person/Organization in Photography Award $10,000

Eligibility 

The Competition is open for online submissions only (the Submissions), through the Competition online registration page available on www.hipa.ae. Submissions will be accepted from 00:01 on 1st November 2020 until 24:00 on 31st January 2021, UAE local time, (i.e. GMT +4). No Submissions made after the deadline will be accepted. Participants must be individuals aged eighteen (18) years or over at the time of the Submission(s).

Full Rules