Housing Development Corporation awarded winners of the Urban Art Reaction Hulhumalé Photography Competition at a function held at HDC head office last evening. The prizes were handed over to the winners by HDC’s Director of Planning Ismail Shan Rasheed.

The winning photos were submitted by Hassan Dhilsan (winner), Ahmed Niyaz (runner-up) and Nawaz Zahir (third place). While the winner received a cash prize of MVR 10,000, the runner-up was awarded MVR 5000 and the third place was awarded MVR 3000.

The photography competition was announced as an extension of HDC’s Art Festival 2017 which was held under the second volume of Receptive City series.

The contest required participants to upload photos on Instagram and FaceBook. The pictures should be of people engaging in any interaction within Hulhumalé under the theme “Urban Art Reaction Hulhumalé”.

HDC aims to conduct more such competitions under the Receptive City series.