Five Winners in HIPA Instagram Photo Contest

CAIRO - 08 August 2017: Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) has announced a total of five winners for the July edition of the Instagram Photo Contest, titled “Macro Photography.”

The five Winners are from Indonesia, Iraq, Oman, Palestine, and United Arab Emirates. They will receive their awards within the next few days.

Abd Al Rahman Hammad; the Palestinian winner never thought that the creature he photographed dwelling in his garment was actually introducing herself as his lucky insect.

“Six months ago, I found an insect hiding in my clothes at home in the Gaza Strip. I didn’t have much experience then in macro photography or even own the proper equipment; I photographed the insect with the basic camera and lenses I had collected over the past 3 years," said The Palestinian winner of HIPA Award. Abd Al Rahman Al Hammad was the first winner of the photography competition.

Photography could be perceived as a simple mission. It can be accomplished by a finger click; yet there is more to the timely shots and right angle. The harmony of nature’s colors exists in the fauna and flora. The photos also express the perfection of a great creator behind these stunning, exquisite, and subtly created objects.

“Macro photography became one of the most unique and intricate forms of photography today, due to the high level of detail and attention required to achieve results. It stands as a growing field that many talented photographers have delved into in recent years," said the Secretary General of HIP Ali bin Thalith, on Instagram Photo Contest.

"The beauty in the art form lies in the photographer projecting an image that many cannot see with the naked eye, exposing an otherwise unseen world of imagery around us. This month’s Instagram Photo Contest winners are a great testament to this lovely art-form with their stunning photographs, and I congratulate each and every one of them for their winning photographs" added H.E. Ali Bin Talith.