The Secretariat of the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Award for Photography has announced the winners of the "Intgram" competition for December 2018, which was the subject of "Night Photography". The award-winning "Audience Selection" won its eighth edition by Turkish photographer Mohammad Aslan and deserved a Nikon D7200 SLR digital camera from Nikon Middle East and Africa.
The list of winners in December also included Turkish photographer Elaf Yilmaz. The award was presented by a Jordanian photographer, Raed Wajih Nasser, accompanied by Indonesian photographer Andrei Iskandar, who documented the aesthetics of the Tolerance Bridge in Dubai and Ukraine's photographer Yevgen Samuchenko.
The winners will receive the award-winning medal, and their photos and names will be published on the official account of the HIPAae Award. The December contest saw the use of the HIPAContest_nightphotography #.
"Night photography tests the skills of photographers in investing the light available to produce exquisite images that show the contrast and gradations of lighting," said Ali Khalifa bin Thalith, secretary-general of the award. It requires the selection of appropriate lenses, timing, and a number of special factors. We congratulate the winners and invite the rest of the participants to develop their participation, and do more in the coming versions, to enhance the chances of winning ».
"The picture was taken in Turkey's Hatay province in 2017, on a high plateau, during a pleasant stroll in the area after sunset," said Turkish photographer Mohammad Aslan. I posted my picture on social media, but it's the first time I've won an award. I was very happy when I knew I was the winner of the public choice, in a high-profile international competition, such as the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Award for Photography. This has given me great confidence, in a photographic way, and I aspire to put a distinctive mark on the world of photography in the future ».
The photographer Jordan Raed Wajih Nasser, about his winning image: «During the mission of photographing a tourist north of Jordan, I noticed the curve of the street from the top, and I imagined how the landscape after sunset, I waited for four hours, and then took the picture, But this prestigious award makes me feel the first win of my life. My ambition as a photographer has no limits, and this victory has boosted my self-confidence a lot. "