Samsa Fotografsko umjetničko djelo by Florian W. Mueller

Samsa Fotografsko umjetničko djelo by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award in Fotografija i Fotomanipulacija Competition Category.

ZlatoFotografija· 2022

Samsa Fotografsko umjetničko djelo

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Fotografija Category

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The Design

About Samsa Fotografsko umjetničko djelo

Samsa je fotografsko umjetničko djelo iz serije Neglect. Serija prikazuje prepariran primjerke kukaca, od kojih je većina izumrla ili kritično ugrožena. Slike su snimljene digitalnim fotoaparatom i makro objektivom od 105 mm. Korištena je funkcija višestrukog snimanja kako bi se stvorile vrlo velike datoteke od 185 megapiksela. Izgrađen je mali stolni studio kako bi se krhki primjerci mogli fotografirati gotovo bez rukovanja. Otisci se izrađuju u dvije veličine i u ograničenim izdanjima. Cilj je otkriti neobičnu ljepotu kukaca i skrenuti pozornost na izumiranje kukaca.

The Recognition

About the Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award

Samsa Fotografsko umjetničko djelo je pobjednik Zlatne nagrade A' Design Award, iznimno prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje prvorazrednim, čudesnim i izvanrednim dizajnima. Zlatni pobjednici iznimno su inovativne, vrlo vizionarske i blistavo zasljepljujuće kreacije koje odražavaju genij, mudrost i umijeće svojih dizajnera. Očekuje se da Samsa Fotografsko umjetničko djelo bude vrlo hvaljen, trendovski i monumentalan izum koji pruža dosad neviđenu vrijednost. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Zlatnu nagradu A' Design Award spektakularan je, cijenjen projekt koji izuzetno koristi i pomiče granice umjetnosti, znanosti, dizajna i tehnologije. Samsa Fotografsko umjetničko djelo stvara snažne osjećaje želje, budi strast, potiče kreativnost i fascinira nas.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.”
Franz Kafka

Part of the collection NEGLECT, photographed specimens of animals, most of which are extinct or critically endangered.
I want to show a little bit of the sometimes bizarre beauty of the insects, so that the viewer might see them with different eyes.
Because insect extinction is very real and not a made-up story.
Dimensions & Packaging: Different artworks in two sizes in the end: 80 x 60cm and 120 x 90 cm. All available in strictly limited editions of 10/5 pieces.
Tags: photography, macor, insects, bugs, nature, animals, creatures, colors, fine art, artwork
Production Technology: Digital photography with the Leica SL2 system and a 105mm Macro lens.
The photographer used the "Multishot" function of the Leica System to produce giant 185 megapixel pictures of these little creatures.
Design Challenge: The hardest part was to invent a small table-top-studio situation to photograph the little very fragile prepared insects. The photographer wanted to touch them as little as possible because the preparations are very fragile.
Inspiration: Insect extinction is very real and not a made-up story.
And these little creatures do not have a loud lobby.
The photographer wants to show a little bit of the sometimes bizarre beauty of the insects, so that the viewer might see them with different eyes.
Florian W. Mueller worked before with the Senckenberg Institute on a project about mammals.
Project Duration: The planning took about half a year, in total it was four days on site to photograph. The post production took another two weeks.
Operation Flow: The photographer asked for the permission to photograph these sometimes very rare or extinct insects in the institute in Brandenburg near Berlin in Germany. Then he got to work there with great support.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Florian W. Mueller, 2022
Team Members: Thomas Schmitt
Mandy Schroeter.
Image Credits: All pictures:
Prof. Dr. Thimas Schmitt, Director
Mandy Schroeter, Technical Assistant Coleoptera & Digitization