Behind Glory Un Documental Wugang by Lampo Leong

Behind Glory Un Documental Wugang by Lampo Leong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronce in Diseño de Fotografía y Manipulación Fotográfica Competition Category.

BronceFotografía· 2020

Behind Glory Un Documental Wugang

by Lampo Leong

Client: University of Macau Centre for Arts and Design

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Fotografía Category

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The Design

About Behind Glory Un Documental Wugang

Este es un documental fotográfico de Wugang, Wuhan Iron and Steel Company. Apoyada por los rusos y construida en 1958, la estatal Wugang es una de las fábricas de acero más grandes de China y una vez significó la industrialización y modernización del país. Sin embargo, esta industria provoca una grave contaminación ambiental. Al capturar el campus de Wugang fuertemente contaminado con imágenes sombrías, este proyecto revela el precio pagado y las consecuencias detrás de la gloria de la modernización y la prosperidad económica, provocando a los espectadores en la búsqueda de un medio ambiente limpio y saludable.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Behind Glory Un Documental Wugang ha ganado el A' Design Award de Bronce, un reconocimiento sumamente prestigioso concedido a diseños sobresalientes que se distinguen por su creatividad, ingenio y astucia. Los ganadores de Bronce son artefactos ampliamente hábiles y sorprendentemente creativos que acreditan la vasta experiencia, imaginación e ingeniosidad de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Behind Glory Un Documental Wugang sea un objeto muy apreciado, admirado y querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora las mejores prácticas del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología, y es excelente por su atención al detalle. Behind Glory Un Documental Wugang satisface espléndidamente las necesidades, toca los deseos, encanta los sentimientos y atrae la curiosidad.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This is a photographic documentary of Wugang, the Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. Supported by the Russian and built in 1958, the state-owned Wugang is one of the biggest and most important steel factories in China, once signifying the industrialization & modernization of the country. However, such industry causes severe environmental pollution. Through capturing the heavily polluted campus with somber images, this community project reveals the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of economic prosperity.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimension various.
Tags: photography, documentary, abstract image, environmental health, pollution contral
Production Technology: Digital photography using a Canon 5DSR with a EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
Design Challenge: It is very difficult to obtain permission to take photo of this state-owned steel factory. The condition of the photo site is poor and limited, often difficult to get to the ideal places to obtain the best photographic angle.
Research: This is a photographic documentary of a steel factory. The design research points out the pollution and public health problem in the working and living environment; resulting the insights on price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity. These images provoke the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy environment.
Inspiration: Inspired by contemporary artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Sally Mann, this environmental health and pollution control community project documents the heavily polluted and decaying factory campus of Wugang with abstract, lyrical and somewhat somber images. This group of photography points out the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity in China, provoking the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy working and living environment.
Project Duration: Wugang, Wuhan, China, 2019
Operation Flow: These photo documentary could be used for exhibition offline and online to make people aware of pollution and public health in the working and living environment.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Lampo Leong, 2019.
Team Members: Lampo Leong
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory I, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory II, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory III, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory IV, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory V, 2019.