Bamboo Forest La Fotografia D’Art by Takeo Hirose

Bamboo Forest La Fotografia D’Art by Takeo Hirose is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronze in Disseny de Fotografia i Manipulació Fotogràfica Competition Category.

BronzeFotografia· 2020

Bamboo Forest La Fotografia D’Art

by Takeo Hirose

Client: Takeo Hirose

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Fotografia Category

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The Design

About Bamboo Forest La Fotografia D’Art

Takeo Hirose va néixer a Kyoto, 1962. Va començar a estudiar seriosament la fotografia el 2011, quan Japó va patir l’enorme desastre del terratrèmol. A través del terratrèmol va comprendre que els bells escenaris no són eterns, sinó que són molt fràgils i va notar la importància de fer fotos de la bellesa japonesa. El seu concepte de producció és expressar el món de les pintures tradicionals japoneses i les pintures a tinta amb una sensibilitat moderna i la tecnologia fotogràfica japonesa. Durant els darrers anys ha produït les obres amb un motiu de bambú, que es pot associar al Japó.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Bamboo Forest La Fotografia D’Art és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze, un reconeixement altament prestigiós concedit a dissenys sobresortints que es distingeixen per la creativitat, l'enginy i l'astúcia. Els guanyadors de Bronze són artefactes ampliament hàbils i sorprenentment creatius que autentiquen la vasta experiència, la imaginació i el recurs dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Bamboo Forest La Fotografia D’Art sigui un objecte molt apreciat, admirat i estimat, notablement professional i innovador. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora les millors pràctiques de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia i és excel·lent per la seva atenció al detall. Bamboo Forest La Fotografia D’Art satisfà esplèndidament les necessitats, toca els desitjos, encisa els sentiments i crida la curiositat.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: For the past few years the designer has produced the works in the motif of bamboo, which can be associated with Japan. In the project, he is trying to seize the reason why bamboo images strongly associates with Japan.
Dimensions & Packaging: Print size / A3 (297mm X 420mm)
Tags: bamboo, B&W, japan, oriental, monochrome, kyoto, asia, zen, cool, relax, suibokuga
Production Technology: The designer thinks the distinctive characteristics of bamboo are even more attractive in monochrome images using the modern techniques of photography.
At first he takes color photos, and develops them to monochrome images with photoshop and other sophisticated tools.
For development he uses Dell 8K monitor to express delicate touch and light & shade.
Design Challenge: Bamboo itself is very common in Japan, however it is not easy to extract the Japanese beauty from the common motif and create different types of works.
The designer has been trying to get close image to old Japanese paintings and Suibokuga (Japanese ink painting) by creative methods.
Research: The shots from bottom to top is suitable for expression of dignitiy of baoboo forests, while the designer found that the position of each bamboo is very important for the beauty of works.
He found the cyanotype tone suits the atmosphere of the bamboo forests most, and they look like contemporary Suibokuga.
Inspiration: Modern photo artists like Hiroshi Sugimoto and Andreas Gursky inspire the designer so much. However old Japanese artists like Hokusai, Hasegawa Tohaku, Zyakuchu, Ogata Korin etc. also inspire him a lot.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2016 in Kyoto and finished in December 2018 in Kamakura.
Operation Flow: The designer has visited many places of beautiful bamboo forests in Japan. He has also visited several night festivals at which bamboo forests are illuminated.
Actually, there are so many bamboos in Japan, however most are too dense or not trimmed by human, and such bamboo forests are not suitable for his works.
Image Credits: All images by Takeo Hirose