Notice on holding the HPA 2017 awards ceremony

Since 1998,the China Folklore Photographic Association (CFPA) has launched a call to photographers all over the world to document folklore phenomenon extensively and in depth.To this end, CFPA founded the Humanity Photo Awards (HPA), a biennial international photographic contest.For the past 20 years, photographers from 165 countries have registered and participated in HPA,who successfully have contributed the images about rich cultural phenomenon of 181 countries.This is a massive photo collection on multi-culture.To date,HPA remains being the “exclusive,authoritative and non-replicable” international photography competition in the world.

In terms of event organization in the future,HPA committee decides tohost HPA award ceremony and start-up of next HPA together in every two years after 2018.

Event Organization Committee：
The 10th HPA award ceremony will be co-hosted by UNESCO and China Folklore Photographic Association and undertaken by Sina-Yunnan.The organization committee includes a director:Mr. Shen Che who is the president of World Folklore Photographers Association, the president of China Folklore Photographic Association and also a member of UNESCO-NGO Liaison Committee;leaders of related departments will be other committee members responsible for the organization and implementation of the event.

Host City:

Mile City,Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture,Yunnan Province,China.

Agenda：

China Folklore Photographic Association

September 10, 2018