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Mother Earth Fotografaĵo by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Fotografaĵo by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Arĝenta A' Design Award in Dezajno de Fotografio kaj Fotoretušado Competition Category.


ArĝentoFotografio· 2020

Mother Earth Fotografaĵo

by Naseer Behbehani

Arĝenta A' Design Award Winner in Fotografio Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth Fotografaĵo

Patrino Tero estas studia portreta fotografaĵo kiu prezentas la planedon en homa formo kiel virinon en malbona sanstato. La ŝminko uzas verdajn, bluajn kaj brunajn tonojn por reprezenti oceanojn, plantojn kaj grundon. Mortantaj florpetaloj estas metitaj sur la kapon de la modelo por sugesti malsanon. La esprimo de la modelo transdonas malĝojon kaj vundeblecon. La lumigado estis kreita per unu granda oktabokso sur la modelo kaj unu lumo sur la fono. La fina bildo estis rafinita per cifereca redaktosoftvaro. La fotografaĵo ligas poluon al homa emocio kaj altiras atenton al klimata ŝanĝo.

The Recognition

About the Arĝenta A' Design Award

Mother Earth Fotografaĵo estas gajninto de la Arĝenta A' Design Award, grandege prestiĝa rekono donata al plejklasaj, belegaj kaj impresaj dezajnoj. La Arĝentaj gajnintoj estas treege brilaj kaj treege kreemaj verkoj, kiuj ilustras la elstaran sperton, talenton kaj sagacon de siaj dezajnistoj. Oni atendas, ke Mother Earth Fotografaĵo estu mirinda, montrinda verko, kiu estas rimarkinde profesia kaj profunde nova. Ĉi tiu dezajno gajninta la Arĝentan A' Design Award estas tre rimarkinda, admirata inventaĵo, kiu profitigas kaj antaŭenigas la limojn de arto, scienco, dezajno kaj teknologio. Mother Earth Fotografaĵo estas vaste enviata kreaĵo, kiu vekas dezirojn, alportas pozitivajn sentojn kaj ekbrilas miron kaj mirigon.

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.

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