Behind Glory He Palapala Wugang by Lampo Leong

Behind Glory He Palapala Wugang by Lampo Leong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Paʻi Kiʻi a me Hoʻololi Kiʻi Competition Category.

KeleawePaʻi Kiʻi· 2020

Behind Glory He Palapala Wugang

by Lampo Leong

Client: University of Macau Centre for Arts and Design

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Paʻi Kiʻi Category

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The Design

About Behind Glory He Palapala Wugang

ʻO kēia kahi palapala kiʻi kiʻi a Wugang, ka Wuhan Iron a me nā Kamana Palapala. Ke kākoʻo ʻia e ka Lūkia a kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1958, ʻo Wugang ka moku'āina kekahi o nā hale hana kila maikaʻi loa ma Kina a ua hōʻailona mua i ka hoʻohana ʻana a me ka hoʻonaninani ʻana i ka ʻāina. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka ʻoihana ka mea i hōʻino i ka pōʻino o ke kaiāulu. Ma o ke kāʻili ʻana i ke kahua ʻo Wugang ākea me nā kiʻi somber, ua hōʻike ʻia kēia papahana i ka uku i uku ʻia a me ka hopena ma hope o ka nani o ka hoʻonaninani a me ka hoʻokele waiwai, hoʻonāukiuki i ka poʻe nānā i ka ʻimi i kahi ʻano maʻemaʻe a maikaʻi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Behind Glory He Palapala Wugang i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Behind Glory He Palapala Wugang he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Behind Glory He Palapala Wugang i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a photographic documentary of Wugang, the Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. Supported by the Russian and built in 1958, the state-owned Wugang is one of the biggest and most important steel factories in China, once signifying the industrialization & modernization of the country. However, such industry causes severe environmental pollution. Through capturing the heavily polluted campus with somber images, this community project reveals the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of economic prosperity.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimension various.
Tags: photography, documentary, abstract image, environmental health, pollution contral
Production Technology: Digital photography using a Canon 5DSR with a EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
Design Challenge: It is very difficult to obtain permission to take photo of this state-owned steel factory. The condition of the photo site is poor and limited, often difficult to get to the ideal places to obtain the best photographic angle.
Research: This is a photographic documentary of a steel factory. The design research points out the pollution and public health problem in the working and living environment; resulting the insights on price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity. These images provoke the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy environment.
Inspiration: Inspired by contemporary artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Sally Mann, this environmental health and pollution control community project documents the heavily polluted and decaying factory campus of Wugang with abstract, lyrical and somewhat somber images. This group of photography points out the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity in China, provoking the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy working and living environment.
Project Duration: Wugang, Wuhan, China, 2019
Operation Flow: These photo documentary could be used for exhibition offline and online to make people aware of pollution and public health in the working and living environment.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Lampo Leong, 2019.
Team Members: Lampo Leong
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory I, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory II, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory III, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory IV, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory V, 2019.