Revealed the names of the winners of its new awards
Hamdan bin Mohammed Photography crowned its tenth decade with “Humanity”
The image of the Brazilian artist, Ari Bassos, shows Dr. Juliana Ribeiro, after eight hours of continuous work in the emergency room for people infected with the Corona virus, and the lens highlights the effects on her face and the painful human stories he tells that afflicted the whole world.
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Ali bin Thalith: "Our path continues to achieve the vision set by His Highness, the Crown Prince of Dubai."
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The General Secretariat of the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award revealed the names of the winners of the 10th session of the award, which was titled "Humanity".
Brazilian photographer Ari Bassos won the grand prize, valued at $120,000, while Arab photography creativity shined with a number of photographers, namely, Youssef Al-Habashi Al-Hashemi, the Lebanese Marc Abu Joudeh, and the Moroccan Fatima Al-Zahra Sharqawi.
What is remarkable about this cycle is that the Indonesian lens achieved great success in the various award competitions throughout the year, as it booked four places in the list of winners through the photographers Yadi Stiadi, Bambang Werawan, Charles Saswinanto and Amri Arvianto.
It is also worth noting that the international photographic scene of the winners of this session witnessed a double presence of five countries in the lists of winners, namely India, Italy, France, Spain and Turkey.
human brotherhood
The Secretary-General of the award, Ali Khalifa bin Thalith, expressed his thanks and gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, for his sponsorship of the award and his continuous support for it. He added during his statement: “Today we are witnessing the completion of the first decade of the award’s life, By raising an issue that is almost the first in order of global priorities, as it brings humanity under the umbrella of human brotherhood and opens a wide field for photographic translations of the concept of (humanity) through the creative lenses of photographers with the creative ability to read the reality of challenges and models of solutions, and we are very proud that we are close to achieving Half a million entries from 272,537 photographers from 203 countries around the world, where the number of accepted entries that complete the terms and conditions reached 468,941 entries, and our journey is still continuing to achieve the vision of the award set by His Highness, the Crown Prince of Dubai, the sponsor of the award.
Bin Thalith praised the Arab presence in this international forum, considering that the victory of photographers from the Emirates, Lebanon and Morocco is a positive indication of the strength of the Arab photographic creativity against the challenges that put millions of photographers in a state of silence, while some considered his lens a weapon capable of making historical human differences.
Bin Thalith concluded by saying: "To all of these, we salute the humanity that united and decided to recover and triumph over life."
world ache
The picture of the Brazilian artist, Ari Bassos, which summarizes the pain of the world, won the grand prize, the largest in the world in the field of photography, amounting to 120 thousand US dollars.
The picture shows Dr. Juliana Ribeiro, after eight hours of continuous work in the emergency room for people infected with the Corona virus, and the lens highlights the traces on her face and the painful human stories he tells that afflicted the entire world.
As for the “Humanity” awards in the main axis, the photographer Mads Nissen from Denmark won the first place, followed by the Turkish photographer Ilhan Kilink in the second place, while the Lebanese photographer Mark Abu Joudeh ranked third, and the Italian photographer Fabrizio Maffei ranked fourth, to achieve the Indian photographer Beeblab Fifth place.
«General - Colored»
As for the "General - Color" axis awards, first place was won by Samir Doumi from France, Moroccan Fatima Zahra Cherkaoui came second, while Norwegian photographer Eric Groningseter came in third place.
On the other hand, the Italian photographer Giuseppe Coquiere took the lead in the "general - black and white" axis, followed by the Indonesian photographer Yadi Setiadi, and the third place, the photographer Bambang Werawan from Indonesia.
In the "Photographer File" category, the French Florian Lido won first place, followed by the Spanish photographer Catalina Gomez Lopez in the second place, while the third place went to the Turkish photographer "Fikrt Diliuash", followed by the Emirati photographer Youssef Al-Habashi Al-Hashemi, and then the British photographer Alexander McBride. In fifth place.
Indonesian creativity took the first and second places in the architectural photography axis, with photographer Charles Saswinanto winning first place, followed by Amri Arvianto, Chinese photographer Lin Jing taking third place, while Spanish photographer Beatriz Fernandez Mayo came fourth, to be the fifth place for Indian photographer Rahul Bansal. .
Special Prizes
The 10th edition witnessed the presentation of three categories of special awards, namely the “Photographic Content Creators Award” and “The Promising Photographic Personality / Institution Award”, in addition to the “Appreciation Award” granted to photographers who have contributed positively to the photographic industry.
American photographer Randy Olson won the Appreciation Award for his 30-year career in leadership projects, initiatives and actions in more than 50 countries, including founding the Photo Society to provide audience and promote members as the printing economies dwindle.
The National Geographic Society published a book on his work in the Masters of Photography series in 2011. Randy is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including Photographer of the Year in the POYi International Photo Contest, and POYi's Photographer of the Year - one of the Only two photographers have received both honors in the largest photojournalism competition.
• The Brazilian photographer, Ari Bassos, won the grand prize, while the Arab photographic creativity shone with a number of photographers.
• 203 participating countries from around the world.
• 120 thousand dollars, the value of the first prize.
Content Creator
The Photographic Content Creators Award is given to American photographer and biologist Christina Mittermayer, co-founder of the Environmental Conservation Society SeaLegacy, contributing photographer to National Geographic, a Sony-rated photographer and editor of 26 picture books on environmental issues.
She was named an Adventure Photographer of the Year by National Geographic 2018.
In return, the "Promising Photographic Personality/Enterprise Award" was given to the International Council of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), a US-based non-profit organization.
Judgement comity
The jury for the 10th edition of the award consisted of a group of photographers with long careers with the lens, and the winning of many awards, including photographer Brent Stirton from South Africa, who specializes in documentary and investigative photojournalism, and Romanian photographer Catalin Marin specialized in architectural photography, photographer and artist Saudi plastic artist Hana Mohammed Turkestani.
The committee also included photojournalist Zia Javić from Bosnia and Herzegovina, French photographer Eric Bouvet, and American photographer Gary Knight.
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