IPOY Awards, Hyderabad (2026)

19/08/2022

The Indian Photo Festival cordially invites you to celebrate the "World Photo Day", with the ‘IPF’ Photographer of The Year (IPOY) Award exhibition, opening on Friday, 19th August, 5:30 PM at the State Art Gallery, Madhapur.

The IPOY Awards opens doors to an exciting exhibition of photographs covering some of the best works of Photographers from around the world featuring Current affairs and News, Documentary, Portrait, Landscape, Wildlife, Street, Mobile and More. The photographs exhibited are the final nominations, that are in run to win the most coveted IPF Photographer of The Year Award. Look forward to seeing you!!!

Opening on: Friday, August 19th, 2022, 5:30 PM
Venue: State Gallery of Art, Rd #1, Kavuri Hills, Madhapur, Hyderabad
On view :: till 19th September 2022
Exhibition timings: 11am-6pm

FREE Entry | Open to all

Exhibiting Photographers

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10/08/2022

We are so excited to announce the shortlist of the IPF Photographer Of the Year (IPOY) Award 2022. SWIPE RIGHT to see the shortlist.

The winners will be announced during the award ceremony on Sep 17th Saturday @ 3:30 PM at the State Art Gallery - Hyderabad.

The 'Indian Photo Festival' Photographer of the Year (IPOY) Award is a photography competition open to photographers from around the world. This award aims at discovering compelling images and extra-ordinary talents. Photographers were invited to submit their images in the categories of Current Affairs & News, Documentary, Portrait, Landscape, Street & more.

A big thanks to our judges, .official .yadav

This award wouldn't have been possible with out the support of our sponsors HMDA,

The shortlisted images will be exhibited at the he State Art Gallery - Hyderabad from 19th Aug - 19th Sep 2022.

Once again thanks for everyone who have participated in this awards and made it a great success!!!

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15/05/2022

Call for entries - IPF Photographer Of the Year (IPOY) Award 2022

The 'Indian Photo Festival' Photographer of the Year (IPOY) Award is a photography competition open to photographers from around the world. This award aims at discovering compelling images and extra-ordinary talents. Photographers are invited to submit their images in the categories of Current Affairs & News, Documentary, Portrait, Landscape, Street & more.

Win prizes worth INR 25,00,000 ($ 33,000 USD) and get a chance to exhibit your image as part of the the 8th edition of the Indian Photo Festival in November in Hyderabad.

Deadline - June 30th 2022

Submit your images at www.ipoy.in (Link in the bio)

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06/05/2022

IPOY is glad to have award-winning and acclaimed photographers and editors as the judges and we are happy to introduce our judge Manoj Jadhav .

Manoj Jadhav is a photographer and a visual expression artist based in Mumbai, India whose work focuses on intimate portraiture, imagery with classic, romantic visual language. His photographs occupy a realm between the past and present, resulting in a creation that feels vintage at once yet progressive and familiar.

A passionate chronicler of Analog Photography and Alternative photographic practices, this alumnus from Sir JJ Institute of Applied Arts, Mumbai globe trots round the world with his work assignments and visual arts projects. 25 years strong in his professional life, wearing his middle years graciously, he claims to be of no fixed address – London, Dubai, Singapore, Milan, Mumbai all home for him where he has lived and worked since earlier days of his career - still moving, a professional gypsy whose work has taken him to the most exciting assignments and across some of the most coveted brands. Having worked with iconic American photographer Mary Ellen Mark on the World Heritage Project in India in 2006, he was also chosen by Luerzer's Archive, Vienna consecutively for two years in the 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide listing.

Credentials that have been recognised by the International Lomography Federation and also being nominated to be the Impossible Artist for India by Impossible Project in 2014. He had his first photography solo exhibit in 2004 in Mumbai, Titled - Ten Women.

Since then, he has participated in many Indian and International Photographic exhibitions and Festivals. His work was displayed at Saatchi art gallery - London, Art Limited - France, Impossible Project, Austria and several other events and galleries across Europe. He was part of Hope for Haiti-India Cares - charity art auction 2010, Mind Pixels - NGMA Mumbai 2015, Goa international Photofest 2014 & 1016, Serendipity Arts Fest, Goa 2016, 2017 and showcasing at many more such upcoming events in near future.

Besides ongoing commercial work, he is also working on his next solo exhibit based on his first photography book about Stories of Indian Women. His fine art images and prints are favored and brought by many art lovers and private collectors from india and the world over.

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06/05/2022

IPOY is glad to have award-winning and acclaimed photographers and editors as the judges and we are happy to introduce our judge Prasenjeet Yadav .yadav .

Prasenjeet Yadav is a molecular biologist turned National Geographic Photographer who focuses on science and natural history. Prasenjeet holds a master's degree in molecular biology and has pursued research in molecular ecology for several years at National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India. Early in his scientific career, he realized that his real passion lay in storytelling. He now combines his experience in research with his photography skills to popularize ecological and conservation sciences happening in India at a global scale.

He is a contributor at National Geographic magazine, National Public Radio, National Geographic Travel among others. He is also founder member of ‘Shoot for Science’ which is an initiative to promote visual science communication.

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06/05/2022

IPOY is glad to have award winning and acclaimed photographers as the judges and we are happy to introduce our judge Raghu Rai.

Raghu Rai was awarded as the Laureate of the first edition of the Academie des beaux-arts Photography Award-2019, in a grand ceremony on 30th October’19 at the Academie- a rare honour first time being given to a photographer which was earlier meant only for literature and art.

Having published more than 55 books (almost sounds like one book a year on an average) for half a century, photographer Raghu Rai is the most revered, prolific and incisive documenter of modern India.

Rai’s relationship with the camera is almost as old as India’s relationship with independence. Born in December 1942, a turbulent time when the world’s largest democracy was still finding its feet as a free nation, it is almost a given that Rai would understand the nuances of the grass root better than any other photographer of his time.

It was this inherent need to tell the story of a young free nation – of its struggles and its perils, its triumphs and its tribulations that made Rai – a qualified civil engineer – decide to take up the medium of visual storytelling.

Rai now lives in New Delhi with his family and continues to be an associate of Magnum Photos.

Tap the link in the bio or go to www.ipoy.in to read more about Raghu Rai.

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06/05/2022

IPOY is glad to have award-winning and acclaimed photographers and editors as the judges and we are happy to introduce our judge Gopal MS .

Gopal is a blogger who has been documenting the streets of Mumbai for 10 years at Mumbaipaused.com. He is an advertising copywriter who shoots on his way to work and he shoot daily life on the streets. He like to observe and document changes in a city that is constantly transforming. He also make digital photobooks that tell stories from urban India.

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06/05/2022

IPOY is glad to have award-winning and acclaimed photographers and editors as the judges and we are happy to introduce our judge Dominique Hildebrand .

Dominique Hildebrand is a visual editor and storyteller. Currently, she works as a photo editor at National Geographic for the science & environment team. She is a master's candidate at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a focus on multimedia, photography and design.

Previously, Dominique was a Nat Geo photo editing intern and received her bachelors in photojournalism from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA. While not working, Dominique spends time with her Russian tortoise and two cats or can be found hiking and camping.

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06/05/2022

IPOY is glad to have award-winning and acclaimed photographers and editors as the judges and we are happy to introduce our judge Photriya Veky .

With an experience of over 18 years, 1800 weddings and a million smiles, passion is what drives Photriya Venky. He conducted more than 100 workshops worldwide and his studios are spread across Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Vijayawada in India. He offers Wedding, Event, Fashion, Cinema and Portrait photography to a variety of clients around the world in addition to Digital Photography courses.

As a master artist and nationally acclaimed photography instructor he shot some 1000+ celebrity photos shoots to his credit. He is also a mentor for Sony and Profoto companies.

Venky did his BFA in Photography from JNAFAU in Hyderabad, India.

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06/05/2022

IPOY is glad to have award-winning and acclaimed photographers and editors as the judges and we are happy to introduce our judge Vineet Vohra .

Vineet Vohra, the first ever Indian in the history of Leica to be its ambassador, is a self-taught photographer and street photography is his passion that he lives like a discipline. He started shooting as a wildlife photographer for two years, but switched on to street photography in 2001, it instantly became his passion and his first nature. For Vineet, street photography is a journey which makes him travel, learn & unlearn, and thrives to improve everyday. In 2011,Vineet founded the APF(artphotofeature.com) magazine, APF is born from an education imperative, it’s an evolving magazine where we recognise fresh talent.

Vineet conducts workshops as a Leica Mentor in Leica Akademie, with various publications on Leica blog. Before Leica he was an official Fuji X photographer, member of APF collective & thestreetcollective.

Author of the successful book “the serendipity”, he did workshops globally, including Miami Street Photography Festival, Italian Street Photography Festival, San Francisco Street Photography Festival, London Sstreet Photography Festival, Xposure Photography Festival Sharjah, SIPA and India Photo Festival. He is also part of the judging panel of all these festivals.

He has been awarded twice in a row at the Xposure photo festival by His Highness Sheikh Sultan Bin Ahmed Al Qasimi for excellence. His works and stories have been published in various prestigious magazines, newspapers & blogs all over the world including National Geographic, NYT, The Guardian U.K. Vineet has also exhibited his work around the world in London, New York, Miami, Vietnam, Tel Aviv & India.

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06/05/2022

IPOY is glad to have award-winning and acclaimed photographers and editors as the judges and we are happy to introduce our judge Sapna Reddy .

Sapna is a landscape photographer based in Northern California. She is currently pursuing dual careers as a photographer and a doctor. As a radiologist she studies images in an attempt to establish diagnosis to achieve cure. As a photographer she aspires to generate images that are both a creative expression for the artist as well as a therapeutic visual for the viewer. Her work has been published internationally and featured on National Geographic, Adobe, Sony , Lonely Planet and Flickr platforms.

In addition to incorporation into multiple medical centers to create an ambiance of healing, her images have been used for video conferencing needs by corporations including Google,Gap, Hitachi, Yahoo etc.

Select images are available in art galleries in over 80 countries worldwide through the Yellowkorner franchise.

She is an ambassador for Sony Alpha, Gura Gear, and NISI. She also works as a collaborator with multiple additional brands including Adobe, Flickr, The Heat Company, B&H, Bayphoto lab and Pangea.

As a speaker and an educator she gives presentations worldwide. Sapna conducts workshops both within US as well as internationally. These workshops are focussed on identifying individual creative style and strengthening creative expression through photography.

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