Dignity Fotograafje by Satoru Nakahara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award yn Izer in Fotografie en Fotomanipulaasje Ûntwerp Competition Category.

IzerFotografie· 2021

Dignity Fotograafje

by Satoru Nakahara

Client: Satoru Nakahara

A' Design Award yn Izer Winner in Fotografie Category

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The Design

About Dignity Fotograafje

Hy ûntwierpte in "Dignity" troch fotograafje. Dy objekten binne pine- en prommebomen dy't oeral yn Japan te sjen binne en mear as 100 jier libje hawwe. Dy binne al sûnt âlde tiden útdrukt yn "Sumi-e" en ynktskilderings, skermskilderings. Nei't er foto's makke hie, paste hy de beliechting oan en konfigurearre dy yn it wite fjouwerkant. Út syn wurken kin de sjogger de eftergrûn foarstelle en it bestean as "Dignity" fiele. Dêrom kin sein wurde dat syn ûntwerpbesykjen is om de grinzen tusken Skilderkuns en Fotograafje fuort te nimmen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Izer

Dignity Fotograafje is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Izer, in prestisjeuze erkenning foar goede ûntwerpen dy't foldogge oan de profesjonele en yndustriële easken dy't ferwachte wurde fan goed ûntwurpen skeppings. Izerwinners litte grutte feardigens, hege spesjalisaasje, deskundich begryp en kreatyf fermogen fan har makkers sjen. Fan Dignity Fotograafje wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierbere skepping is dy't praktysk en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Izer yntegrearret de bêste praktiken fan de sektor en hat feardige technyske skaaimerken ferbûn mei kennis en talint. Dignity Fotograafje wurdt respektearre foar syn yngeandens en is ûntwurpen om ferbetteringen fan de kwaliteit fan it libben te leverjen dy't helpe de wrâld ta in bettere plak te meitsjen.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project is to design a "Dignity" by photography. The subjects are trees that are trying to live and survive everywhere unnoticed by anyone in the city now. They have not said anything and made their appearance for a long time. So this project tried to design by photography for expressing these natural appearance in the white square framework as the most beautiful composition.
Dimensions & Packaging: These photographs were taken with fine mode and size are 6016×4016 by Nikon Z5. And all are digitized and JPG files. These original sizes are from 6 to 12 Mega-bytes. For this project, these were changed to the square framework and black and white. These were changed by using Adobe photoshop.
Tags: Photography, Nature Photo, Black and white, Pine tree, Japanese Nature
Production Technology: These photographs were taken by Nikon's digital camera. These were considered the most beautiful position and form inside the square framework. And in the home studio, these photos have changed the exposure by using photoshop to be shaped more lively and most beautiful appearance.
Design Challenge: The most difficult is to find objects in the city and to compose the best position to get the empty white background. To delete eliminate waste and discomfort, its appearance stands out more. This makes it possible to express of photography the abstract concepts of "Yugen" and "looseness" in traditional Japanese art culture. This is challenging for new design's possibilities to fuse with Art and photography, the Western and Eastern concept.
Research: This project has the background of ink paintings and "Sumi-e," folding screen painting. That objects are natural things that show the beauty in the four seasons, such as pine, bamboo, plum, flowers in the mountains and river. This project tried to express these forms by black and white photography as the most beautiful appearance in the square.
Inspiration: This project's idea came up suddenly at one time in the city. It is the moment when appears the beautiful appearance in the trees and plants. These were the existence casually that seen everywhere but have not been noticed. It is meaningful for design to clarify the beautiful appearance of life that has been created over a long period. In addition that this project concept is from ink paintings and "Sumi-e," folding screen painting in Japanese and Chinese art and culture.
Project Duration: This project started in May 2020 in Numazu, Japan, and finished in February 2021.
Operation Flow: This project by photography was being able to create a beautiful appearance from the trees that usually and casually were seen. In these photos to create a more beautiful appearance, it selected the black and white photography and square framework.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Satoru Nakahara, 2020_2021
Image Credits: Image #1:Photographer Satoru Nakahra,2020,Numazu.
Optional Image #1:Photographer Satoru Nakahra,2020,Numazu. Optional Image #2:Photographer Satoru Nakahra,2020,Numazu. Optional Image #3:Photographer Satoru Nakahra,2021,Shimizu.
Optional Image #4:Photographer Satoru Nakahra,2021,Numazu.