Samsa Karya Seni Fotografi by Florian W. Mueller

Samsa Karya Seni Fotografi by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Emas in Desain Fotografi dan Manipulasi Foto Competition Category.

EmasFotografi· 2022

Samsa Karya Seni Fotografi

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

A' Design Award Emas Winner in Fotografi Category

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The Design

About Samsa Karya Seni Fotografi

Samsa adalah sebuah karya seni fotografi dari seri Neglect. Seri ini menampilkan spesimen insekta yang telah diawetkan, yang sebagian besar telah punah atau berada dalam status sangat terancam. Gambar-gambar ini dibuat menggunakan sistem kamera digital dan lensa makro 105mm. Fungsi multishot digunakan untuk menghasilkan berkas berukuran sangat besar, yaitu 185 megapiksel. Sebuah studio meja berukuran kecil dibangun agar spesimen yang rapuh dapat difoto dengan penanganan yang nyaris tanpa sentuhan. Cetakan diproduksi dalam dua ukuran dan dalam edisi terbatas. Tujuannya adalah untuk mengungkap keindahan insekta yang tidak biasa serta menarik perhatian terhadap kepunahan insekta.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Emas

Samsa Karya Seni Fotografi adalah pemenang A' Design Award Emas, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain kelas satu, menakjubkan, dan menonjol. Pemenang Emas adalah kreasi yang sangat inovatif, visioner, dan berkilau memukau yang mencerminkan kejeniusan, kebijaksanaan, dan kepiawaian para desainernya. Samsa Karya Seni Fotografi diharapkan menjadi penemuan yang sangat dipuji, perintis tren, dan monumental yang memberikan nilai tanpa preseden. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Emas ini adalah proyek yang spektakuler dan disegani yang sangat bermanfaat bagi dan memajukan batas-batas seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi. Samsa Karya Seni Fotografi menciptakan perasaan keinginan yang kuat, membangkitkan gairah, mendorong kreativitas, dan memukau kita.

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