Mother Earth Funció principal: Fotografia by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Funció principal: Fotografia by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award d'Argent in Disseny de Fotografia i Manipulació Fotogràfica Competition Category.

ArgentFotografia· 2020

Mother Earth Funció principal: Fotografia

by Naseer Behbehani

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Fotografia Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth Funció principal: Fotografia

Text del llibre: La Mare Terra és una fotografia de retrat d'estudi que presenta el planeta en forma humana com una dona amb mala salut. El maquillatge utilitza tons verds, blaus i marrons per representar els oceans, les plantes i el sòl. Es col·loquen pètals de flors marcides al cap de la model per suggerir malaltia. L'expressió de la model transmet tristesa i vulnerabilitat. La il·luminació es va crear amb una gran octabox sobre la model i un llum sobre el fons. La imatge final es va perfeccionar amb programari d'edició digital. La fotografia vincula la contaminació amb l'emoció humana i crida l'atenció sobre el canvi climàtic.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Mother Earth Funció principal: Fotografia és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent, un reconeixement extraordinàriament prestigiós concedit a dissenys d'alta gamma, esplèndids i impressionants. Els guanyadors d'Argent són obres tremendament brillants i summament creatives que il·lustren la perícia, el talent i la perspicàcia excepcionals dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Mother Earth Funció principal: Fotografia sigui una obra meravellosa i de gran lluïment, remarcablement professional i profundament innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent és un invent molt notable i admirat que beneficia i fa avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. Mother Earth Funció principal: Fotografia és una creació molt envejada que evoca desitjos, introdueix sentiments positius i desperta sorpresa i admiració.

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.