Behind Glory A Wugang Documentary by Lampo Leong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Bronze A' Design Award in Photography and Photo Manipulation Design Competition Category.
BronzePhotography· 2020
Behind Glory A Wugang Documentary
by Lampo Leong
Client: University of Macau Centre for Arts and Design
Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Photography Category
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About Behind Glory A Wugang Documentary
This is a photographic documentary of Wugang, the Wuhan Iron and Steel Company. Supported by the Russian and built in 1958, the state-owned Wugang is one of the biggest steel factories in China and once signified the industrialization and modernization of the country. However, such industry causes severe environmental pollution. Through capturing the heavily polluted Wugang campus with somber images, this project reveals the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity, provoking the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy environment.
The Recognition
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Behind Glory A Wugang Documentary is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Behind Glory A Wugang Documentary is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Behind Glory A Wugang Documentary splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Interviews
Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
Behind Glory is a photographic documentary of Wugang, the Wuhan Iron and Steel Company. Supported by the Russian and built in 1958, the state-owned Wugang is one of the biggest and most important steel factories in China and once signifying the industrialization and modernization of the country. Through reformation and recent merger with Bao Steel Group, China Baowu Steel Group brings about the second largest steel production in the world. However, such industry causes severe environmental pollution to the city of Wuhan and the surrounding areas. Through capturing the heavily polluted and decaying factory campus with abstract, lyrical and somewhat somber images, this community project reveals the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity in China, provoking the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy working and living environment.
Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?
I hope the design could be exhibited internationally.
Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
Digital photography.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This is a photographic documentary of Wugang, the Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. Supported by the Russian and built in 1958, the state-owned Wugang is one of the biggest and most important steel factories in China, once signifying the industrialization & modernization of the country. However, such industry causes severe environmental pollution. Through capturing the heavily polluted campus with somber images, this community project reveals the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of economic prosperity.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimension various.
- Tags
- photography, documentary, abstract image, environmental health, pollution contral
- Production Technology
- Digital photography using a Canon 5DSR with a EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
- Design Challenge
- It is very difficult to obtain permission to take photo of this state-owned steel factory. The condition of the photo site is poor and limited, often difficult to get to the ideal places to obtain the best photographic angle.
- Research
- This is a photographic documentary of a steel factory. The design research points out the pollution and public health problem in the working and living environment; resulting the insights on price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity. These images provoke the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy environment.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by contemporary artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Sally Mann, this environmental health and pollution control community project documents the heavily polluted and decaying factory campus of Wugang with abstract, lyrical and somewhat somber images. This group of photography points out the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity in China, provoking the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy working and living environment.
- Project Duration
- Wugang, Wuhan, China, 2019
- Operation Flow
- These photo documentary could be used for exhibition offline and online to make people aware of pollution and public health in the working and living environment.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Lampo Leong, 2019.
- Team Members
- Lampo Leong
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory I, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory II, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory III, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory IV, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory V, 2019.
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