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Lampo Leong Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Behind Glory A Wugang Documentary in Photography and Photo Manipulation Design

The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Lampo Leong for photography and photo manipulation design

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Behind Glory A Wugang Documentary by Lampo Leong, designed for University of Macau Centre for Arts and Design, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Photography and Photo Manipulation Design category. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

What the Bronze A' Design Award Means

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

About Behind Glory A Wugang Documentary

This is a photographic documentary of Wugang, the Wuhan Iron and Steel Company. Supported by the Russian and built in 1958, the state-owned Wugang is one of the biggest steel factories in China and once signified the industrialization and modernization of the country. However, such industry causes severe environmental pollution. Through capturing the heavily polluted Wugang campus with somber images, this project reveals the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity, provoking the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy environment.

About Lampo Leong

Lampo Leong, PhD from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and MFA from California College of the Arts, is a Distinguished Professor, Doctoral Advisor, and Director of the Centre for Digital Arts in the Dept of Arts and Design at the University of Macau, a Tenured Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the USA and a Visiting Professor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Leong has served as judge or curator for over 80 art and design competitions and exhibitions and delivered over 300 lectures at esteemed institutions such as Stanford University, UC Berkeley and China Academy of Art.

Award Record

This recognition makes Lampo Leong a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2019 - 2020 of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Photography and Photo Manipulation Design Award

The A' Photography Design Award is an international photography competition recognizing good photographic creations by best photographers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to photographers, photojournalists, advertising agencies and digital artists from all countries. Entries typically include portraits, landscapes, still lifes, photojournalism, fashion shots and architectural images. Awarded photography designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/photography

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Behind Glory A Wugang Documentary
Function
A Wugang Documentary
Category
Photography and Photo Manipulation Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Arts and Entertainment
Colors
Black, Dark Slate Gray, Teal and Steel Blue
Images
5
Client
University of Macau Centre for Arts and Design

The Recognition

Laureate
Lampo Leong
Country
Macau (China)
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#102086

Credits

Image Credits
Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory I, 2019.; Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory II, 2019.; Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory III, 2019.; Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory IV, 2019.; Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory V, 2019.

Design Details

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.
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.
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.
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.
Realization and Technology
Digital photography using a Canon 5DSR with a EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
Operation and Interaction
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.
Project Duration and Location
Wugang, Wuhan, China, 2019
Keywords
photography, documentary, abstract image, environmental health, pollution contral

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