Reward(s) $120,000 Last awarded 2015 | First awarded 2011 | |
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Sponsored by Hamdan bin Rashid bin Mohammed al Maktoum | ||
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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