Photos: 3rd Edition of HIPA (Photography Awards) held today @ DIFC, Dubai

The 3rd edition of HIPA Awards Ceremony held today, Mon.Mar 17 at the Dubai International Financial Center. In all, 38,203 photographs were submitted to Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Awards (HIPA) from 156 countries this year!!!

At the end, the Chinese bagged 80% of the awards on all categories and emerged as the winners of HIPA awards 2014. The Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA), founded by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, offers a grand prize of $120,000 (£75,000) and always attracts photographers from all over the world

Congratulations to CHINA and all the nominees!

Below are some of the pics from the just concluded event.

Last year’s winner was Osama Al Zubaidi, from the United Arab Emirates, for this effort