Mother Earth Primary Function: Argazkia by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Primary Function: Argazkia by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award in Argazkilaritza eta Argazki Manipulazio Diseinua Competition Category.

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Mother Earth Primary Function: Argazkia

by Naseer Behbehani

Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Argazkilaritza Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth Primary Function: Argazkia

Mother Earth estudioko erretratu-argazki bat da, non planeta giza itxuran aurkezten baita, osasun eskaseko emakume gisa. Makillajeak berde, urdin eta marroi tonuak erabiltzen ditu ozeanoak, landareak eta lurra irudikatzeko. Hiltzen ari diren lore-petaloak modeloaren buruan jartzen dira gaixotasuna iradokitzeko. Modeloaren aurpegierak tristura eta zaurgarritasuna adierazten ditu. Argiztapena octabox handi batekin sortu zen modeloaren gainean eta argi batekin atzeko planoan. Azken irudia edizio-software digitalarekin fintzen zen. Argazkiak kutsadura giza emozioarekin lotzen du eta klima-aldaketari arreta jartzen dio.

The Recognition

About the Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award

Mother Earth Primary Function: Argazkia Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, goi-mailako, zoragarriak eta liluragarriak diren diseinuei ematen zaien ezohiko aitorpen prestijiotsua. Zilar-mailako irabazleak lan oso distiratsuak eta sormen biziko lanak dira, beren diseinatzaileen aditutasun, talentu eta zorroztasun nabarmenak erakusten dituztenak. Mother Earth Primary Function: Argazkia erakusleiho-lan zoragarria, nabarmenki profesionala eta sakonki berritzailea izatea espero da. Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu hau asmakizun oso nabarmena eta miretsia da, onura ekartzen duena eta artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren mugak zabaltzen dituena. Mother Earth Primary Function: Argazkia jende askok inbidia duen sorkuntza da, desirak pizten dituena, sentimendu positiboak ekartzen dituena eta harridura eta txunditzea pizten dituena.

Behind the Design

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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.