Humanity Photo Awards (HPA)
Since 1998, CFPA has started the international competition Humanity Photo Awards, the aim of which is to call upon photographers all over the world to record and preserve the heritage of folk culture, and HPA is supported greatly by the UNESCO, with its logo awarded to HPA from year 2000.
HPA has fully made its advantages on the entry point of folklore, humanities and sociology, providing photographers all over the world a field to record the cultural heritage of mankind by photography, with series of photos, and it set a good system of cultural heritage research samples. HPA, with the humanistic meanings beyond art, is superior to all cultural activities held by other associations.
Therefore, during the past 10 year, HPA, had appealed to cameramen from 108 countries in the world (the main country enumerated in the accessories) to have participated in this activity, with cultures recorded in the photos. These series of photos have recorded the colorful and various cultures from more than half number of countries in the whole world, making HPA a significant cultural brand on building up a photo museum of the world’s culture. HPA holds the responsibility of the Chinese nation to culture, and it has embodied Chinese culture Great Power sufficiently.
HPA has been devoting its work to building up a well known brand in the world for 16 years. In 2005, HPA had been shown in Aichi Expo, Japan and in headquarter of UNESCO in Paris. “The Humanity Photo Awards represent an undertaking that aims a more profound mutual understanding and interaction across cultural, geographical and political frontiers. HPA allows us to reflect on human activities by people in all continents and involving all age groups, HPA will allow us to get to know each other better, and above all HPA highlights and advocates strongly the value of our common humanity in diversity.” Said by Hans d’ Orville, Director, Bureau of Strategic Planning in the forewords of Memory of Mankind IV.
Status of HPA1998-2009:
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HPA1998 |
HPA2000 |
HPA2002 |
HPA2004 |
HPA2006 |
HPA2009 |
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Time |
1998.1-12 |
1999.9-2000.10 |
2001.9-2002.10 |
2003.9-2004.11 |
2005.9-2007.11 |
2008.9-2009.9 |
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Countries |
37 |
46 |
55 |
71 |
62 |
78 |
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Participants |
1411 |
1448 |
1625 |
1868 |
1722 |
1642 |
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Works（pics） |
12525 |
15597 |
22991 |
27159 |
26235 |
30620 |
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Foreigners awarded ratio |
22.66% |
25.32% |
41.67% |
50.35% |
53.38% |
54.82% |
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Award |
Top prize 1
Subject prize 27
Nominated prize 100 |
Top prize vacancy
Subject prize 54
Nominated prize 100 |
Top prize vacancy
Subject prize 36
Nominated prize 78
Documentary prize 19 |
Top prize 1
Subject prize 36
Nominated prize 38
Documentary prize 68 |
Top prize 1
Subject prize 36
Documentary prize 96 |
Top prize 6
(1 each category)
Jury’s special prize and Documentary prize 60
Nominated prize 100 |
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