Mother Earth Primary Function: Duab Thaij by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Primary Function: Duab Thaij by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Nyiaj in Tsim Kev Yees Duab thiab Kev Kho Duab Competition Category.

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Mother Earth Primary Function: Duab Thaij

by Naseer Behbehani

A' Design Award Nyiaj Winner in Kev Yees Duab Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth Primary Function: Duab Thaij

Niam Ntiaj Teb yog ib daim duab thaij hauv chav thaij duab uas qhia lub ntiaj teb hloov ua tib neeg ua ib tug poj niam uas muaj kev noj qab haus huv tsis zoo. Cov paint tsam qhia siv cov xim ntsuab, xiav thiab av liab los sawv cev rau dej hiav txwv, nroj tsuag thiab av. Cov paj tuag tag rau ntawm taub hau ntawm tus qauv los qhia txog kev mob. Tus qauv qhov ntsej muag qhia txog kev tu siab thiab kev tsis muaj zog. Qhov teeb ci raug tsim los ntawm ib lub octabox loj rau tus qauv thiab ib lub teeb rau tom qab. Daim duab kawg raug kho zoo dua nrog cov software kho duab digital. Daim duab txuas kev ua qias tsis huv rau kev xav ntawm tib neeg thiab ua rau muaj kev mloog xyuas txog kev hloov huab cua.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Nyiaj

Mother Earth Primary Function: Duab Thaij yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Nyiaj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev tshaj li qub uas muab rau cov qauv tsim qib siab, zoo nkauj thiab ua rau neeg xav tsis thoob. Cov neeg yeej Nyiaj yog cov haujlwm ci ntsa iab heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas qhia txog kev paub, kev txawj ntse thiab kev ntse ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Mother Earth Primary Function: Duab Thaij xav tias yuav yog ib qho haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus uas tsim rau qhia, tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab tob. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Nyiaj no yog ib qho khoom tsim uas pom tseeb heev thiab neeg qhuas uas pab tau thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. Mother Earth Primary Function: Duab Thaij yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg coob xav tau, uas ua rau xav, coj kev xav zoo thiab ua rau xav tsis thoob thiab xav paub.

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.