Samsa Fotografykeunstwurk by Florian W. Mueller

Samsa Fotografykeunstwurk by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award yn Goud in Fotografie en Fotomanipulaasje Ûntwerp Competition Category.

GoudFotografie· 2022

Samsa Fotografykeunstwurk

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

A' Design Award yn Goud Winner in Fotografie Category

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The Design

About Samsa Fotografykeunstwurk

Samsa is in fotografysk keunstwurk út de searje Neglect. De searje toant konservearre eksimplaren fan ynsekten, wêrfan de measte útstoarn binne of slim bedrige wurde. De bylden binne makke mei in digitaal kamerasysteem en in 105mm-makrolins. Der is in multishot-funksje brûkt om tige grutte bestannen fan 185 megapixels te meitsjen. Der waard in lytse tafelstudio boud, sadat de kwetsbere eksimplaren hast sûnder oanreitsjen fotografearre wurde koenen. De printen wurde produsearre yn twa formaten en yn beheinde oplagen. It doel is om de bysûndere skientme fan ynsekten sjen te litten en omtinken te freegjen foar it útstjerren fan ynsekten.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Goud

Samsa Fotografykeunstwurk is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Goud, in ekstreem prestisjeuze erkenning foar earste-klas, prachtige en treflike ûntwerpen. Goudwinners binne tige ynnovative, fisionêre en glamoureus ferbjusterjende skeppings dy't it sjeny, de wiisheid en de feardigens fan har ûntwerpers wjerspegelje. Fan Samsa Fotografykeunstwurk wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige priizge, trendsettende en monumintale útfining is dy't unferlykbere wearde leveret. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Goud is in spektakulêr, respektearre projekt dat grutte foardielen bringt en de grinzen fan keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology ferleget. Samsa Fotografykeunstwurk makket yntinse gefoelens fan begearte, stekt passy oan, stimulearret kreativiteit en fassinearret ús.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.”
Franz Kafka

Part of the collection NEGLECT, photographed specimens of animals, most of which are extinct or critically endangered.
I want to show a little bit of the sometimes bizarre beauty of the insects, so that the viewer might see them with different eyes.
Because insect extinction is very real and not a made-up story.
Dimensions & Packaging: Different artworks in two sizes in the end: 80 x 60cm and 120 x 90 cm. All available in strictly limited editions of 10/5 pieces.
Tags: photography, macor, insects, bugs, nature, animals, creatures, colors, fine art, artwork
Production Technology: Digital photography with the Leica SL2 system and a 105mm Macro lens.
The photographer used the "Multishot" function of the Leica System to produce giant 185 megapixel pictures of these little creatures.
Design Challenge: The hardest part was to invent a small table-top-studio situation to photograph the little very fragile prepared insects. The photographer wanted to touch them as little as possible because the preparations are very fragile.
Inspiration: Insect extinction is very real and not a made-up story.
And these little creatures do not have a loud lobby.
The photographer wants to show a little bit of the sometimes bizarre beauty of the insects, so that the viewer might see them with different eyes.
Florian W. Mueller worked before with the Senckenberg Institute on a project about mammals.
Project Duration: The planning took about half a year, in total it was four days on site to photograph. The post production took another two weeks.
Operation Flow: The photographer asked for the permission to photograph these sometimes very rare or extinct insects in the institute in Brandenburg near Berlin in Germany. Then he got to work there with great support.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Florian W. Mueller, 2022
Team Members: Thomas Schmitt
Mandy Schroeter.
Image Credits: All pictures:
Prof. Dr. Thimas Schmitt, Director
Mandy Schroeter, Technical Assistant Coleoptera & Digitization