Ikarus Umjetnička fotografija by Florian W. Mueller

Ikarus Umjetnička fotografija by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Srebrna nagrada A' Design Award in Fotografija i Fotomanipulacija Competition Category.

SrebroFotografija· 2022

Ikarus Umjetnička fotografija

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

Srebrna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Fotografija Category

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The Design

About Ikarus Umjetnička fotografija

Ikarus je fotografska serija koja prikazuje očuvane primjerke ptica izumrlih ili vrlo ugroženih vrsta. Svaka ptica prikazana je na način Rembrandtove slike, a pozadina svakog portreta makro je fotografija perja te ptice. Primjerci su fotografirani u ornitološkoj zbirci Instituta Senckenberg u Dresdenu, u Njemačkoj. Naslov se odnosi na legendu o Ikaru, koji je poletio previsoko i pao u more. Ikarus je treći dio serijske kolekcije pod nazivom Neglect. Radovi su izrađeni na materijalu ChromaLuxe u ograničenim nakladama.

The Recognition

About the Srebrna nagrada A' Design Award

Ikarus Umjetnička fotografija je pobjednik Srebrne nagrade A' Design Award, izuzetno prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje vrhunskim, veličanstvenim i dojmljivim dizajnima. Srebrni pobjednici iznimno su briljantna i vrlo kreativna djela koja ilustriraju izuzetnu stručnost, talent i oštroumnost svojih dizajnera. Očekuje se da Ikarus Umjetnička fotografija bude divno, reprezentativno djelo koje je izuzetno profesionalno i duboko inovativno. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Srebrnu nagradu A' Design Award vrlo je zapažen, nadaleko cijenjen izum koji koristi i pomiče granice umjetnosti, znanosti, dizajna i tehnologije. Ikarus Umjetnička fotografija je kreacija kojoj se mnogi dive i zavide, koja budi želje, donosi pozitivne osjećaje i raspiruje čuđenje i divljenje.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Here are photographed specimens of animals, most of whose species are extinct. For this series Dr. Martin Päckert, the head of the ornithology section of the Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, he supported me very dedicated in my work.
In painting, the foolish or overconfident person is often depicted as Icarus.
Dimensions & Packaging: Produced artworks are in the size 120 x 90cm, 80 x 60cm available. All strictly limited to 5/10 pieces.
Tags: animals, photography, endangered, extinct, birds, environment, portrait, Rembrandt
Production Technology: Digital Photography, produced on ChromaLuxe material.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to set the prepared birds in scene like in a Rembrandt painting. The background of the portraits is a macro-photography of the feathers of each bird.
Research: I found that in the collection of the Senckenberg Institute in Dresden the most rare examples of extinct bird species are collected.
From a project before I had the contacts to the institute and they immediately said yes, when I asked to photograph the examples for my project. Then Dr. Martin Päckert helped me a lot with the taxonomy and the names and the origin of the birds and the preparations.
Inspiration: We know the legend of Icarus, whose father Daedalus built wings of feathers and wax for himself and his son to escape from the captivity of Minos on Crete. The son Icarus became overconfident, the wax melted, he fell into the sea. Despite his father’s warnings.
Despite warnings and admonitions, we spiral into ever higher and warmer and warmer climes, and the crash is not far away. Okay, maybe that’s a bit drastic and striking. But all photographed birds are either extinct or highly endangered.
Project Duration: It took nearly a year of research and preparation, two days of shooting and around 2 weeks of post-production.
Operation Flow: This is the third series of my collection of series, called NEGLECT. All endangered or extinct species.
I had the wonderful chance to photograph in the ornithology institue of the Senckenberg Institutes in Dresden, Germany.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Florian W. Mueller, 2022.
Image Credits: Credits:
Leica Camera Germany
Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden
ChromaLuxe
Photography Zingst