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Ikarus Ikarus: Litratong Obra by Florian W. Mueller

Ikarus Ikarus: Litratong Obra by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award nga Pilak in Disenyo sa Potograpiya ug Pagmaniobra sa Litrato Competition Category.


PilakPotograpiya· 2022

Ikarus Ikarus: Litratong Obra

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

A' Design Award nga Pilak Winner in Potograpiya Category

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The Design

About Ikarus Ikarus: Litratong Obra

Ang Ikarus usa ka serye sa litrato nga nagpakita sa napreserbar nga mga espesimen sa langgam gikan sa mga espisye nga nawagtang na o hilabihan nga nameligro. Ang matag langgam gihulagway sa paagi sa usa ka dibuho ni Rembrandt, ug ang background sa matag hulagway usa ka macro nga litrato sa mga balhibo niadtong langgama. Ang mga espesimen gikuhaan og litrato sa koleksyon sa ornithology sa Senckenberg Institute sa Dresden, Germany. Ang titulo nagtumong sa leyenda ni Icarus, kinsa milupad nga taas kaayo ug nahulog sa dagat. Ang Ikarus mao ang ikatulong bahin sa usa ka koleksyon nga serye nga gitawag og Neglect. Ang mga obra gihimo sa materyal nga ChromaLuxe sa limitado nga edisyon.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award nga Pilak

Ikarus Ikarus: Litratong Obra usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Pilak, usa ka talagsaon kaayo nga prestihiyoso nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa labing taas nga lebel, matahom, ug makadani nga mga disenyo. Ang mga mananaog sa Pilak labihan ka hayag ug mamugnaon nga mga buhat nga nagpakita sa bantogan nga kahanas, talento, ug kamatngon sa ilang mga tigdesinyo. Gilauman nga ang Ikarus Ikarus: Litratong Obra mahimong talagsaon nga buhat nga ipasigarbo, dako ang pagkapropesyonal ug lawom ang kabag-ohan. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Pilak usa ka labihan ka mamatikdan, gihangaan nga imbento nga mapuslanon ug nagpalapad sa mga utlanan sa arte, siyensya, disenyo, ug teknolohiya. Ikarus Ikarus: Litratong Obra usa ka paglalang nga giinggit sa daghan, nga nagpukaw og mga tinguha, nagdala og positibo nga mga pagbati, ug nagsiga sa katingala ug paghangyo.

Behind the Design

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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

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