Mother Earth Primaire Funksje: Fotografy by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Primaire Funksje: Fotografy by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award yn Sulver in Fotografie en Fotomanipulaasje Ûntwerp Competition Category.

SulverFotografie· 2020

Mother Earth Primaire Funksje: Fotografy

by Naseer Behbehani

A' Design Award yn Sulver Winner in Fotografie Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth Primaire Funksje: Fotografy

Mother Earth is in studioportretfoto dy't de planeet yn minsklike foarm presintearret as in frou mei in minne sûnens. De make-up brûkt griene, blauwe en brune tinten om oseanen, planten en boaiem foar te stellen. Stjerrende blomblêden binne op de holle fan it model pleatst om sykte te suggerearjen. De útdrukking fan it model draacht fertriet en kwetsberens oer. It ljocht waard makke mei ien grutte octabox op it model en ien ljocht op de eftergrûn. It einbyld waard ferfine mei digitale bewurkingssoftware. De foto ferbynt fersmoarging mei minsklike emoasje en freget omtinken foar klimaatferoaring.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Sulver

Mother Earth Primaire Funksje: Fotografy 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 Mother Earth Primaire Funksje: Fotografy 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. Mother Earth Primaire Funksje: Fotografy 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: 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.