Bangladeshi photographer Pinu Rahman has won the prestigious $200,000 Grand Prize at the 15th season of the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) in Dubai.
His winning photograph, titled “Under the Same Sky,” captures a family of five sleeping side by side within the remaining concrete walls of their home following a devastating fire in Korail, one of Dhaka’s largest informal settlements. Aligned with this year’s central theme, “Family,” the powerful image highlights human resilience and endurance amid post-disaster destruction. Rahman was presented with the top honor by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum during a ceremony held at Dubai’s Museum of the Future.