Chinese photographer Liping Cao won the $200,000 grand prize at the 2024 Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award or Hipa. All Photos: Hipa
Ruijuan Huang from China took the first prize in the Sustainability category
French photographer Virginie Ellis was the second place winner in the Sustainability category
Indian photographer Ranganathan Mukkai won third in the Sustainability category
Indian photographer Rahul Vishwanath Sachdev won first prize in the Colour category
Youmn Mohammed Almanla from Saudi Arabia was awarded the second place prize in the Colour category
Ahmed Abdallah Al Housni from Oman was awarded third in the Colour category
In the Black and White category, US photographer Renee Capozzola took the first place prize
Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod from Sri Lanka came in second in the Black and White category
Ateeb Hussain from India came in third place in the Black and White category
Tobias Friedrich from Germany took the first prize in the Sport Photography category
US photographer Karim Iliya came in second in the Sports Photography category
Indonesian photographer Hendra Agus Setyawan was awarded the thid place prize in the Sports Photography category
Palestinian photographer Fatma Alzahra Shbair won the first prize in the Portfolio (storytelling) category
Dutch photographer Sarah Wouters won the second-place prize in the Portfolio category
Wen Bing from China came in third in the Portfolio category
The first Hipa Photographer of the Year Award was given to Syrian astrophotographer Samy Al Olabi
Salma Ali Humaid Alsuwaidi received Photography Content Creator Award for her work in documenting the birds of the UAE
Dutch photographer James Philip Nelson received the Photography Appreciation Award for his photographs of indigenous communities around the world
