Mother Earth Primary Function: Gambara by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Primary Function: Gambara by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Salaka in Desain Fotografi na Manipulasi Foto Competition Category.

SalakaFotografi· 2020

Mother Earth Primary Function: Gambara

by Naseer Behbehani

A' Design Award Salaka Winner in Fotografi Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth Primary Function: Gambara

Book Text: Mother Earth iyanaritu séddi gambara portrait studio iya mappannessaéngngi lino ri laleng rupa tau selaku séddi makkunrai iya malasaé. Makkajuna napaké warna maddaung, biru, sibawa coklat untu' mappannessai tasi', tanet-taneng, sibawa tana. Daung bunga iya maté ripatettong ri ulunna model-é untu' mappannessai lasa. Rupa model-é mappannessai amessé ati sibawa aléllung. Cahayana ripancaji sibawa séddi octabox battowa ri model-é sibawa séddi cahaya ri backdrop-é. Gambara paccappurenna ripématengngi sibawa software editing digital. Gambara-é passiyorongngi pollusi lao ri paréssé ininnawa tolino sibawa mappaké perhatiang lao ri parubahang iklim.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Salaka

Mother Earth Primary Function: Gambara iyanaritu pakoro A' Design Award Salaka, pakalebbi iya malompo tongeng iya ripabbere ri desain tingkak pole, cantik sibawa mappakita. Pakoro Salaka iyanaritu karya iya macennning tongeng sibawa kreatif iya mappakita keahlian, bakat sibawa ketajaman pikkiran tau mabbuat. Mother Earth Primary Function: Gambara ripakkirangngi mancaji karya iya magello, mancaji pakkitaang, profesional sibawa inovatif iya dalleng. Desain pakoro A' Design Award Salaka iyae iyanaritu penemuan iya lebbi riissengngi sibawa ripuji, iya pawangekeng sibawa mappalaong wates seni, sains, desain sibawa teknologi. Mother Earth Primary Function: Gambara iyanaritu ciptaan iya riennengi tau maega, iya mappabbura keinginan, mappabbere perasaan makessing sibawa mappabbentuk ketakjuban.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The goal is to transfer earth pollution suffering into human emotion, to grab people attention to a raising problem of modern life style.
Dimensions & Packaging: Camera used: Canon 5d Mark ii, with canon 85/1.2 @ s100, f9, ISO 50
Software used: Lightroom and photoshop
Tags: Portrait, Earth, Studio, Photography, Makeup, Nature, Pollution, People, Woman
Production Technology: I sketched the idea for the makeup artist to understand the concept. The colors are representation of nature, and the dead flowers on the head of the model to show that she is dying. I asked the model to show vulnerability and sadness. I used one big octabox on the model and one light on the backdrop.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this project was to find an African model. At the time of making this project, modeling agencies wast not common. So finding a model of a specific look was difficult.
Research: How earth would look like in a human form is the main is the core of this project. So, I mainly used google to view other artist approach of this concept, to get inspiration. The I did sketches of my own to show them to the makeup artist so she could understand my vision. I decided to hire an African model since Africa is the most connected with nature than others. I used dying petals as a representation of sickness. The green, blue and brown ware used as the colors of nature.
Inspiration: When I was a kid winter used to be colder and longer. Climate is actually changing due to global worming. Mother earth is dying and we are the ones responsible for that. So I though to represent planet earth as a sick woman waring nature, with makeup inspired by oceans, plants and soil. I choose an African model, as for me, Africa is the closest place on earth to pure nature.
Project Duration: The photograph took around 3 hours for the makeup and shooting in studio and 2 hours of retouching. It was shot in Kuwait 2015.
Operation Flow: Mother Earth photograph main perps is to engage with the viewers emotionally. So the best way to view this photograph is to look hard to the model's face and try to read her emotions.
Team Members: Makeup artist: Fatima Yousif
Model: Dalal
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Naseer Behbehani, Mother Earth, 2015.
Image #2: Photographer Naseer Behbehani, Progress 1, 2015.
Image #3: Photographer Naseer Behbehani, Progress 2, 2015.
Image #4: Photographer Naseer Behbehani, Progress 3, 2015.