Mother Earth Primary Function: Grianghraf by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Primary Function: Grianghraf by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Duais Airgid A' Design Award in Dearadh Grianghrafadóireachta Competition Category.

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Mother Earth Primary Function: Grianghraf

by Naseer Behbehani

Duais Airgid A' Design Award Winner in Grianghrafadóireacht Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth Primary Function: Grianghraf

Book Text: Is grianghraf portráide stiúideo é Mother Earth a chuireann an pláinéad i láthair i bhfoirm dhaonna mar bhean atá i ndrochshláinte. Úsáideann an smideadh toin ghlasa, ghorma agus dhonna chun aigéin, plandaí agus ithir a léiriú. Cuirtear peitil bhláthanna atá ag fáil bháis ar cheann an mhúnla chun tinneas a chur in iúl. Cuireann dreach an mhúnla brón agus leochaileacht in iúl. Cruthaíodh an soilsiú le hoctabhosca amháin mór ar an múnla agus solas amháin ar an gcúlbhrat. Rinneadh an íomhá dheiridh a bheachtú le bogearraí eagarthóireachta digití. Nascann an grianghraf truailliú le mothúchán an duine agus tarraingíonn sé aird ar athrú aeráide.

The Recognition

About the Duais Airgid A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Mother Earth Primary Function: Grianghraf Duais Airgid A' Design Award, aitheantas an-ghradamach a bhronntar ar dhearaí ardchaighdeáin, álainn agus drámatach. Is saothair thar a bheith drithleacha agus an-chruthaitheach iad buaiteoirí Airgid a léiríonn saineolas, tallann agus géarchúis shármhaith a ndearthóirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Mother Earth Primary Function: Grianghraf ina shaothar iontach, ina léiriú sampla, thar a bheith gairmiúil agus go domhain nuálach. Is aireagán an-suntasach, ionadmhuirthe é an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Airgid A' Design Award a dhéanann leas do theorainneacha na healaíne, na heolaíochta, an deartha agus na teicneolaíochta agus a chuireann chun cinn iad. Is cruthú é an dearadh Mother Earth Primary Function: Grianghraf a bhfuil formad mór leis, a mhúsclaíonn mianta, a thugann mothúcháin dhearfacha agus a adhnann iontas agus ionadh.

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.