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Yu Kun Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Limited space Photos in Photography and Photo Manipulation Design

The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Yu Kun for photography and photo manipulation design

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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Limited space Photos by Yu Kun has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Photography and Photo Manipulation Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Silver A' Design Award Explained

The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

More About Limited space Photos

Limited Space is an good photography design. The work shows some emotions and behaviors of long-term homebound people in limited space during Covid-19, thus evoking empathy and evoking some reflections on the past and cherishing a healthy life in the future. Those who have seen this set of photos may feel the urge to tear off the gray film, which is exactly what he wants.

About Yu Kun

He is a professional photographer and photography teacher with many years of experience in shooting and teaching. And seriously insist on paying for them. In his many years of shooting career, he was good at summarizing experience and having the ability to express himself in simple and concise language, which laid the foundation for later becoming a photography teacher and university professor of photography, and won many international awards. Some of the works after 2020 have a variety of conceptual photography tones, reflecting some current social phenomena and his inner thoughts, and creatively expressed in the language of photography, bringing some thinking to many readers.

Award Record

This recognition makes Yu Kun a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Photography and Photo Manipulation Design Award

The A' Photography Design Award is an international photography competition recognizing good photographic creations by best photographers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to photographers, photojournalists, advertising agencies and digital artists from all countries. Typical entries include portraits, landscapes, still lifes, photojournalism, fashion shots and architectural images. The awarded photography designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/photography

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Limited space Photos
Function
Photos
Category
Photography and Photo Manipulation Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Arts and Entertainment
Colors
Dark Gray, Gray, Dim Gray, Rosy Brown and Dark Slate Gray
Images
5

The Recognition

Laureate
Yu Kun
Country
China
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2021 - 2022
Design ID
#128302

Credits

Image Credits
Photographer YU KUN,Limited space,2021,CHENGDU. Optional; Photographer YU KUN ,2021,CHENGDU. Optional; Photographer YU KUN,2021,CHENGDU. Optional; Photographer YU KUN,2021,CHENGDU.

Design Details

Unique Properties
After came the epidemic of COVID19 at the beginning of 2020, he had been at home for a long dreary time. What he could do every day was repeated, monotonous behavior in a limited enclosed space, his room. His unprecedented desire of rushing out of this space so much inspired him, thus came this group of shots Limited of Space. This sense of Depression gave him an impulse of getting rid of which confined him. The gray haze wants to show a sense of stress and inactivity. People who look at this group of photos might have an impulse to tear off the gray thin film. This is exactly what he wants to express.
Inspiration
Because of the COVID19, photographer Yu Kun has been at home for a long time, It inspired him to take this group of photos. He hopes the thin film will be torn off soon. People can walk out of the gray space and live a healthy life.
Research
First,When I had an idea,I was ready to shooting plan.Prepare the necessary props and venues,Early commissioning of lighting equipment.Think about how to use light to keep shadows as little as possible,And use less heavy colors,In order to highlight the visual insipidity and depression.
Challenge
The most difficult is how to make the light more uniform, reduce the shadow and how to make the thin film non reflective.
Realization and Technology
full-frame FX digital camera and 24-70mm F2.8 lens Indoor studio shooting As few shadows as possible, so you need to use photoflash lamp
Operation and Interaction
This group of photos shows a person's sense of pressure and helplessness through a thin film and simple body movements
Project Duration and Location
This project started in October 28th 2020 in Chengdu, china, and finished in July 2021.
Specifications
The original size of these photos is 24 megapixels,And all are digitized and RAW files.These were changed by using Adobe photoshop.
Keywords
Abstractions, concepts, photos, portraits, concept

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