Mother Earth Fotografie by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Fotografie by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Silber in Fotografiedesign Competition Category.

SilberFotografie· 2020

Mother Earth Fotografie

by Naseer Behbehani

A' Design Award in Silber Winner in Fotografie Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth Fotografie

Mutter Erde ist ein im Studio aufgenommenes Porträtfoto, das den Planeten in menschlicher Gestalt als eine Frau mit angegriffener Gesundheit darstellt. Das Make-up verwendet Grün-, Blau- und Brauntöne, um Ozeane, Pflanzen und Erdreich zu versinnbildlichen. Welkende Blütenblätter auf dem Kopf des Models deuten Krankheit an. Der Ausdruck des Models vermittelt Traurigkeit und Verletzlichkeit. Die Lichtsetzung erfolgte mit einer großen Oktabox auf das Model und einem Licht auf den Hintergrund. Das finale Bild wurde mit digitaler Bildbearbeitungssoftware verfeinert. Die Fotografie verknüpft Umweltverschmutzung mit menschlichen Emotionen und lenkt die Aufmerksamkeit auf den Klimawandel.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Silber

Mother Earth Fotografie ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Silber, einer enorm prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für erstklassige, großartige und beeindruckende Spitzendesigns. Silber-Gewinner sind ungemein brillante und äußerst kreative Werke, die die herausragende Expertise, das Talent und den Scharfsinn ihrer Designer veranschaulichen. Von Mother Earth Fotografie wird erwartet, dass es ein wunderbares Vorzeigewerk ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und zutiefst innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Silber prämierte Design ist eine höchst bemerkenswerte, bewunderte Erfindung, die den Grenzen von Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie zugutekommt und sie voranbringt. Mother Earth Fotografie ist eine vielbeneidete Schöpfung, die Wünsche weckt, positive Gefühle vermittelt und Staunen und Verwunderung entfacht.

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.