Bamboo Forest La Fotografía Artística by Takeo Hirose

Bamboo Forest La Fotografía Artística by Takeo Hirose 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

Bamboo Forest La Fotografía Artística

by Takeo Hirose

Client: Takeo Hirose

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Fotografía Category

24,425

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #104030

Ver portafolio Visit Site View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Bamboo Forest La Fotografía Artística

Takeo Hirose nació en Kioto, 1962. Comenzó a estudiar fotografía en serio en 2011 cuando Japón sufrió el gran terremoto. A través del terremoto comprendió que los hermosos escenarios no son eternos sino que en realidad son muy frágiles, y notó la importancia de tomar fotografías de la belleza japonesa. Su concepto de producción es expresar el mundo de las pinturas tradicionales japonesas y las pinturas en tinta con la sensibilidad japonesa moderna y la tecnología fotográfica. Durante los últimos años ha producido las obras con un motivo de bambú, que se puede asociar con Japón.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Bamboo Forest La Fotografía Artística 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 Bamboo Forest La Fotografía Artística 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. Bamboo Forest La Fotografía Artística 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: For the past few years the designer has produced the works in the motif of bamboo, which can be associated with Japan. In the project, he is trying to seize the reason why bamboo images strongly associates with Japan.
Dimensions & Packaging: Print size / A3 (297mm X 420mm)
Tags: bamboo, B&W, japan, oriental, monochrome, kyoto, asia, zen, cool, relax, suibokuga
Production Technology: The designer thinks the distinctive characteristics of bamboo are even more attractive in monochrome images using the modern techniques of photography.
At first he takes color photos, and develops them to monochrome images with photoshop and other sophisticated tools.
For development he uses Dell 8K monitor to express delicate touch and light & shade.
Design Challenge: Bamboo itself is very common in Japan, however it is not easy to extract the Japanese beauty from the common motif and create different types of works.
The designer has been trying to get close image to old Japanese paintings and Suibokuga (Japanese ink painting) by creative methods.
Research: The shots from bottom to top is suitable for expression of dignitiy of baoboo forests, while the designer found that the position of each bamboo is very important for the beauty of works.
He found the cyanotype tone suits the atmosphere of the bamboo forests most, and they look like contemporary Suibokuga.
Inspiration: Modern photo artists like Hiroshi Sugimoto and Andreas Gursky inspire the designer so much. However old Japanese artists like Hokusai, Hasegawa Tohaku, Zyakuchu, Ogata Korin etc. also inspire him a lot.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2016 in Kyoto and finished in December 2018 in Kamakura.
Operation Flow: The designer has visited many places of beautiful bamboo forests in Japan. He has also visited several night festivals at which bamboo forests are illuminated.
Actually, there are so many bamboos in Japan, however most are too dense or not trimmed by human, and such bamboo forests are not suitable for his works.
Image Credits: All images by Takeo Hirose