(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))
DUBAI, 5th March, 2018 (WAM) – The Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award, HIPA, announced today the prizewinners in its new Special Awards Categories.
American photojournalist and five-time winner of the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Gold Medal, James Nachtwey, is set to be presented with the "Photography Appreciation Award" for his outstanding services to photography throughout his career. He is joined by fellow American photographer and environmental activist James Balog, who will be presented with the "Photography Content Creator Award"; "for his efforts in highlighting some of humanity's biggest issues today through photography," a HIPA statement added. Meanwhile, the "Emerging Person in Photography Award" is set to go to the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Muhammed Muheisen, who is the former Associated Press Chief Photographer for the Middle East and current National Geographic photographer.
The new categories, which join the existing Photography Appreciation Award, are presented to photographers who have contributed positively to photography as an art form and industry, the press release added.
Ali bin Thalith, the HIPA Secretary General, said, "We are delighted to announce the three recipients of our Special Awards for this year. We think that each of the three winners has, in his own way, contributed massively to the artform and industry and are very deserving of their respective accolades. In the case of our 'Photography Appreciation Award' recipient James Nachtwey, we are talking about someone that has put his own life on the line countless times to document world events with his camera, Thalith added. "James is a veteran of the industry whose insurmountable passion and drive to deliver stunning photography resulted in many near-death experiences in various frontlines around the world," he said. He is a role model to all photojournalists and we are proud to be able to present him with this accolade, he added.
Bin Thalith added, "James Balog, the recipient of our Photography Content Creator Award, is a pioneer in the world of environmental awareness. His Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) is a ground-breaking method of observing the effects of global warming using time-lapse photography. Methodical and intricate, it is James' photographic eye which has perhaps helped him better bring climate-change to the fore of the world's attention. It is only fitting that James' efforts through EIS were documented in the Emmy Award winning documentary 'Chasing Ice', further raising the importance of climate change and its awareness to the masses. We congratulate James Balog on his win, and wish him continued success in his noble mission."
Bin Thalith concluded, "We are also pleased to present our new accolade, the "Emerging Person in Photography" Award to Muhammed Muheisen.
Under the Patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince, the seventh annual HIPA Awards Ceremony is set to take place on Monday, March 12, 2018 at Dubai Opera.
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