HIPA, World’s Richest Photo Award, Ups Prize Pool to a Whopping $1 Million
The HIPA's thirteenth season ratchets its prize pool up to an eye-watering $1 million.
Photo of Diving Gannet Wins $120,000, the World’s Largest Cash Prize
The Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) Nature competition has announced its winners with British photographer Henley Spiers taking home the coveted grand prize of $120,000.
Portrait of a COVID-19 ER Doctor Wins $120,000
Brazilian wildlife and landscape photographer Ary Bassous was documenting the COVID-19 pandemic at a hospital in Rio de Janeiro when he photographed a doctor taking her lunch break after 8 hours of continuous work in the emergency room. The photo, titled "Duty," has now won $120,000, the biggest cash prize in the photography industry.
This Whale Photo Just Won $120,000
HIPA has announced this year's winners of its prestigious international photography contest. This year's theme was "Water," and Australian photographer Jasmine Carey won the $120,000 grand prize with an ethereal photo of a mother humpback whale sleeping next to her two-week-old baby.
The Winning Photo of the $120K HIPA Prize Was Apparently Staged
The prestigious Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA) has announced its 2019 winners, and Malaysian photographer Edwin Ong Wee Kee won the $120,000 Grand Prize with a photo shot in Vietnam showing a mother carrying two children. But the win is proving controversial today after a behind-the-scenes photo revealed that the shot was apparently staged.
HIPA Grand Prize Winner Looks Like It May be a Big Photoshop Fail
The photograph above by Chinese photographer China’s Fuyang Zhou just won $120,000 as the Hamdan International Photography Awards (HIPA) overall grand prize winner. The theme was "Creating the Future," and you can see why the photo won: it's a wonderful composition that captures the spirit of that theme. And yet, something seems off about it...