Ikarus Fotografiekuns by Florian W. Mueller

Ikarus Fotografiekuns by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Silwer in Fotografie en Fotomanipulasie Ontwerp Competition Category.

SilwerFotografie· 2022

Ikarus Fotografiekuns

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

A' Design Award in Silwer Winner in Fotografie Category

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The Design

About Ikarus Fotografiekuns

Ikarus is 'n fotografiereeks wat bewaarde voëlspesimens van uitgestorwe of hoogs bedreigde spesies wys. Elke voël word uitgebeeld op die manier van 'n Rembrandt-skildery, en die agtergrond van elke portret is 'n makrofoto van daardie voël se vere. Die spesimens is in die ornitologie-versameling van die Senckenberg-instituut in Dresden, Duitsland, gefotografeer. Die titel verwys na die legende van Ikarus, wat te hoog gevlieg het en in die see geval het. Ikarus is die derde deel van 'n reeksversameling genaamd Neglect. Die werke word op ChromaLuxe-materiaal in beperkte oplae vervaardig.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Silwer

Ikarus Fotografiekuns is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Silwer, 'n buitengewoon prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan topklas-, pragtige en indrukwekkende ontwerpe. Wenners in Silwer is geweldig briljante en uiters kreatiewe werke wat die uitstaande kundigheid, talent en skerpsinnigheid van hul ontwerpers illustreer. Daar word verwag dat Ikarus Fotografiekuns 'n wonderlike vertoonstuk is wat merkwaardig professioneel en diepgaande innoverend is. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Silwer gewen het, is 'n hoogs noemenswaardige, bewonderde uitvinding wat die grense van kuns, wetenskap, ontwerp en tegnologie bevoordeel en uitbrei. Ikarus Fotografiekuns is 'n wyd beny skepping wat begeertes oproep, positiewe gevoelens bring en verbasing en verwondering wek.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Here are photographed specimens of animals, most of whose species are extinct. For this series Dr. Martin Päckert, the head of the ornithology section of the Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, he supported me very dedicated in my work.
In painting, the foolish or overconfident person is often depicted as Icarus.
Dimensions & Packaging: Produced artworks are in the size 120 x 90cm, 80 x 60cm available. All strictly limited to 5/10 pieces.
Tags: animals, photography, endangered, extinct, birds, environment, portrait, Rembrandt
Production Technology: Digital Photography, produced on ChromaLuxe material.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to set the prepared birds in scene like in a Rembrandt painting. The background of the portraits is a macro-photography of the feathers of each bird.
Research: I found that in the collection of the Senckenberg Institute in Dresden the most rare examples of extinct bird species are collected.
From a project before I had the contacts to the institute and they immediately said yes, when I asked to photograph the examples for my project. Then Dr. Martin Päckert helped me a lot with the taxonomy and the names and the origin of the birds and the preparations.
Inspiration: We know the legend of Icarus, whose father Daedalus built wings of feathers and wax for himself and his son to escape from the captivity of Minos on Crete. The son Icarus became overconfident, the wax melted, he fell into the sea. Despite his father’s warnings.
Despite warnings and admonitions, we spiral into ever higher and warmer and warmer climes, and the crash is not far away. Okay, maybe that’s a bit drastic and striking. But all photographed birds are either extinct or highly endangered.
Project Duration: It took nearly a year of research and preparation, two days of shooting and around 2 weeks of post-production.
Operation Flow: This is the third series of my collection of series, called NEGLECT. All endangered or extinct species.
I had the wonderful chance to photograph in the ornithology institue of the Senckenberg Institutes in Dresden, Germany.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Florian W. Mueller, 2022.
Image Credits: Credits:
Leica Camera Germany
Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden
ChromaLuxe
Photography Zingst