HIPA 2017 Winners Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award – HIPA Landfill Ballerina© Arash Yaghmaeian, United StatesGrand Prize Winner A Butterfly in Water© Giulio Montini, Italy«The Challenge» Category, 1st prize winner Knowledge, the Most Powerful Weapon© Adel El Masri, Palestinian Territory«The Challenge» Category, 2st prize winner A Fight for Survival© Mohammad Khorshid, Kuwait«The Challenge» Category, 3st prize winner Grown Up Too Soon© Mohammed Yousef, Kuwait«The Challenge» Category, 4st prize winner Angels of the Clinic© Anton Unitsyn, Russian Federation«The Challenge» Category, 5st prize winner Natura© Shahrzad Akrami, Iran«Digital Manipulation» Category, 1st prize winner The River of Life© Dmitrii Rogozhkin, Russian Federation«Digital Manipulation» Category, 2st prize winner Distractions© Salem Saeed Ba Wazir, Yemen«Digital Manipulation» Category, 3st prize winner When She Grows Up© Lubna Abdelaziz, Egypt«Digital Manipulation» Category, 4st prize winner Submergence© Leyla Emektar, Turkey«Digital Manipulation» Category, 5st prize winner The Balance© Giuseppe Bonali, Italy«General — Colour» Category, 1st prize winner Dragonfly Delirium© Petar Sabol, Croatia«General — Colour» Category, 2st prize winner Globalization© Daniel Jonas Reiter, Germany«General — Colour» Category, 3st prize winner To Catch a Blessing© Apurba Mallick, India«General — Black & White» Category, 1st prize winner The Peace Village© Tobias Binder, Germany«General — Black & White» Category, 2st prize winner Flood of Loneliness© Khalil Al Mansoori, United Arab Emirates«General — Black & White» Category, 3st prize winner Silence of the Mansion, © Giovanni Cedronella, Italy, «Portfolio» Category, 1st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Silence of the Mansion, © Giovanni Cedronella, Italy, «Portfolio» Category, 1st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Silence of the Mansion, © Giovanni Cedronella, Italy, «Portfolio» Category, 1st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Silence of the Mansion, © Giovanni Cedronella, Italy, «Portfolio» Category, 1st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Silence of the Mansion, © Giovanni Cedronella, Italy, «Portfolio» Category, 1st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Silence of the Mansion, © Giovanni Cedronella, Italy, «Portfolio» Category, 1st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Silence of the Mansion, © Giovanni Cedronella, Italy, «Portfolio» Category, 1st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Silence of the Mansion, © Giovanni Cedronella, Italy, «Portfolio» Category, 1st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Silence of the Mansion, © Giovanni Cedronella, Italy, «Portfolio» Category, 1st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Silence of the Mansion© Giovanni Cedronella, Italy«Portfolio» Category, 1st prize winner Six Degrees South, © Gilles Nicolet, France, «Portfolio» Category, 2st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Six Degrees South, © Gilles Nicolet, France, «Portfolio» Category, 2st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Six Degrees South, © Gilles Nicolet, France, «Portfolio» Category, 2st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Six Degrees South, © Gilles Nicolet, France, «Portfolio» Category, 2st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Six Degrees South, © Gilles Nicolet, France, «Portfolio» Category, 2st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Six Degrees South, © Gilles Nicolet, France, «Portfolio» Category, 2st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Six Degrees South, © Gilles Nicolet, France, «Portfolio» Category, 2st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Six Degrees South, © Gilles Nicolet, France, «Portfolio» Category, 2st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Six Degrees South, © Gilles Nicolet, France, «Portfolio» Category, 2st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Six Degrees South© Gilles Nicolet, France«Portfolio» Category, 2st prize winner Underwater Dreams, © Rafal Makiela, Poland, «Portfolio» Category, 3st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Underwater Dreams, © Rafal Makiela, Poland, «Portfolio» Category, 3st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Underwater Dreams, © Rafal Makiela, Poland, «Portfolio» Category, 3st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Underwater Dreams, © Rafal Makiela, Poland, «Portfolio» Category, 3st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Underwater Dreams© Rafal Makiela, Poland«Portfolio» Category, 3st prize winner Digging for the Future, © Matjaz Krivic, Slovenia, «Portfolio» Category, 4st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Digging for the Future, © Matjaz Krivic, Slovenia, «Portfolio» Category, 4st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Before taking them to the pulverising machine to make them into a powder ready for washing, Tabiani is crushing the rocks manually at his shack at Djuga mines. Suleyman (51) at his mine near Gangaol shows off his peace of gold on a broken hand, ready to be legally sold to a government approved dealer at an official price. Gold digger’s home. Gold seekers from all over Burkina Faso come to work at sites like Djuga, where they live in straw boxes and without any infrastructure at all. Omaru and his team are resting after lunch. After a short break the digging continues until dark when the night shift comes. “In the night it is a bit cooler in the hole” says Omaru, the oldest member of the team. Nobila (18) grew up in a village in Yalgo, only 26 km from the Djuga mines. He has been working here for three years. When he gets some money he always takes it home to his family. Suleyman (51) is getting in to his mine to load the ore he had dug before. For the last five years he has been working at a site near Gangaol. Isa (26) and his team are panning for gold on a site near Gangaol. Nuru (13) cannot recall how long he has worked here. He has never been to school and does not know how to read or write. He is upset because his brother, who works along his side, is angry at him for not processing enough material through a machine that they have to pay for daily. However, he quickly says that mining is still better than working in the fields back home: “you farm the land, but don’t earn anything,” he says, adding that he is not afraid of working in the mines. Digging for the Future© Matjaz Krivic, Slovenia«Portfolio» Category, 4st prize winner Rebirth, © Qiu Yan, China, «Portfolio» Category, 5st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Rebirth, © Qiu Yan, China, «Portfolio» Category, 5st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Rebirth, © Qiu Yan, China, «Portfolio» Category, 5st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Rebirth, © Qiu Yan, China, «Portfolio» Category, 5st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Rebirth, © Qiu Yan, China, «Portfolio» Category, 5st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Rebirth, © Qiu Yan, China, «Portfolio» Category, 5st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Rebirth, © Qiu Yan, China, «Portfolio» Category, 5st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Rebirth, © Qiu Yan, China, «Portfolio» Category, 5st prize winner, Hamdan International Photography Award – HIPA Rebirth© Qiu Yan, China«Portfolio» Category, 5st prize winner Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award – HIPA Share: