Ikarus Primêre Funksje: Fotografyske Keunst by Florian W. Mueller

Ikarus Primêre Funksje: Fotografyske Keunst by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award yn Sulver in Fotografie en Fotomanipulaasje Ûntwerp Competition Category.

SulverFotografie· 2022

Ikarus Primêre Funksje: Fotografyske Keunst

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

A' Design Award yn Sulver Winner in Fotografie Category

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The Design

About Ikarus Primêre Funksje: Fotografyske Keunst

Ikarus is in fotografyrige dy't bewarre fûgelspesimens toant fan útstoarne of tige bedrige soarten. Elke fûgel wurdt ôfbylde yn de styl fan in Rembrandt-skilderij, en de eftergrûn fan elk portret is in makrofoto fan de fearren fan dy fûgel. De spesimens waarden fotografearre yn de ornitologyske kolleksje fan it Senckenberg Ynstitút yn Dresden, Dútslân. De titel ferwiist nei de leginde fan Ikarus, dy't te heech fleach en yn de see foel. Ikarus is it tredde diel fan in searjekolleksje mei de namme Neglect. De wurken wurde makke op ChromaLuxe-materiaal yn beheinde oplagen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Sulver

Ikarus Primêre Funksje: Fotografyske Keunst is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Sulver, in bûtengewoan prestisjeuze erkenning foar topûntwerpen dy't prachtich en yndrukwekkend binne. Sulverwinners binne tige briljante en ekstreem kreative wurken dy't de treflike ekspertize, it talint en de skerpsinnigens fan har ûntwerpers yllustrearje. Fan Ikarus Primêre Funksje: Fotografyske Keunst wurdt ferwachte dat it in prachtich foarbyldwurk is, opmerklik profesjoneel en djip ynnovatyf. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Sulver is in tige opfallende, bewûndere útfining dy't foardiel bringt en de grinzen fan keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology ferleget. Ikarus Primêre Funksje: Fotografyske Keunst is in skepping dêr't breed oerjûn wurdt, dy't winsken wekker makket, positive gefoelens bringt en ferwûnderjen en fernuvering opwekket.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Here are photographed specimens of animals, most of whose species are extinct. For this series Dr. Martin Päckert, the head of the ornithology section of the Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, he supported me very dedicated in my work.
In painting, the foolish or overconfident person is often depicted as Icarus.
Dimensions & Packaging: Produced artworks are in the size 120 x 90cm, 80 x 60cm available. All strictly limited to 5/10 pieces.
Tags: animals, photography, endangered, extinct, birds, environment, portrait, Rembrandt
Production Technology: Digital Photography, produced on ChromaLuxe material.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to set the prepared birds in scene like in a Rembrandt painting. The background of the portraits is a macro-photography of the feathers of each bird.
Research: I found that in the collection of the Senckenberg Institute in Dresden the most rare examples of extinct bird species are collected.
From a project before I had the contacts to the institute and they immediately said yes, when I asked to photograph the examples for my project. Then Dr. Martin Päckert helped me a lot with the taxonomy and the names and the origin of the birds and the preparations.
Inspiration: We know the legend of Icarus, whose father Daedalus built wings of feathers and wax for himself and his son to escape from the captivity of Minos on Crete. The son Icarus became overconfident, the wax melted, he fell into the sea. Despite his father’s warnings.
Despite warnings and admonitions, we spiral into ever higher and warmer and warmer climes, and the crash is not far away. Okay, maybe that’s a bit drastic and striking. But all photographed birds are either extinct or highly endangered.
Project Duration: It took nearly a year of research and preparation, two days of shooting and around 2 weeks of post-production.
Operation Flow: This is the third series of my collection of series, called NEGLECT. All endangered or extinct species.
I had the wonderful chance to photograph in the ornithology institue of the Senckenberg Institutes in Dresden, Germany.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Florian W. Mueller, 2022.
Image Credits: Credits:
Leica Camera Germany
Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden
ChromaLuxe
Photography Zingst