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Behind Glory Akwụkwọ Wugang by Lampo Leong

Behind Glory Akwụkwọ Wugang by Lampo Leong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ise Foto na Mgbanwe Foto Competition Category.


BronzIse Foto· 2020

Behind Glory Akwụkwọ Wugang

by Lampo Leong

Client: University of Macau Centre for Arts and Design

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ise Foto Category

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The Design

About Behind Glory Akwụkwọ Wugang

Nke a bụ akwụkwọ onyonyo nke Wugang, ụlọ ọrụ Wuhan Iron na steel. Ndị Russia kwadoro wee wuo ya na 1958, Wugang nke steeti bụ otu n'ime nnukwu ụlọ ọrụ na-emepụta nchara na China ozugbo gosipụtara ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe na nhazi nke mba ahụ. Agbanyeghị, ụdị ụlọ ọrụ dị otú a na-akpata mmetọ gburugburu ebe obibi. Site na njiri mara mma nke ihe owuwu Wugang merụrụ emerụ nke ukwuu, oru a na-ekpughe ọnụahịa a na-akwụ ụgwọ na nsonaazụ nke otuto nke mmezi na ọganihu akụ na ụba, na-akpasu ndị na-ekiri ha aka ịchọ gburugburu ebe dị ọcha ma dị mma.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Behind Glory Akwụkwọ Wugang meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Behind Glory Akwụkwọ Wugang ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Behind Glory Akwụkwọ Wugang na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

Behind the Design

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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.

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