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Dignity Photography by Satoru Nakahara Wins the A' Design Award in Photography and Photo Manipulation Design
Satoru Nakahara acknowledged for photography and photo manipulation design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Dignity Photography by Satoru Nakahara has been granted the A' Design Award in the Photography and Photo Manipulation Design category. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The A' Design Award Explained
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Dignity Photography
He designed a "Dignity" by photography. Those objects are pine and plum trees that have seen everywhere in Japan and lived for over 100 years. Those have been expressed in "Sumi-e" and ink painting, folding screen painting from ancient times. After he took photos, he adjusted exposure and configured those in the white square. From his works, the viewer can imagine the background and feel the existence as "Dignity". Therefore it can be said that his design attempt is to eliminate boundaries of Painting and Photography.
About Satoru Nakahara
He is a teacher and photographer. He captures both works from design perspectives. In his photography, he takes pictures of his curiosity and creative mind when he feels the beauty in casual scenes of everyday life. He hopes that anyone who watches his photos will feel in their mind that the story will begin. Contributing to human creativity and creating the view of the world are his eternal theme and his pleasure.
Award Record
With this recognition, Satoru Nakahara is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2020 - 2021 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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/115115
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/115115
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!115115
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/252597
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.nsphoto.org
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Dignity Photography
- Function
- Photography
- Category
- Photography and Photo Manipulation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts and Entertainment
- Colors
- Lavender, Light Gray, Light Slate Gray, Silver and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Satoru Nakahara
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #115115
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Satoru Nakahra,2020,Numazu. Optional; Photographer Satoru Nakahra,2021,Shimizu. Optional; Photographer Satoru Nakahra,2021,Numazu.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This project is to design a "Dignity" by photography. The subjects are trees that are trying to live and survive everywhere unnoticed by anyone in the city now. They have not said anything and made their appearance for a long time. So this project tried to design by photography for expressing these natural appearance in the white square framework as the most beautiful composition.
- Inspiration
- This project's idea came up suddenly at one time in the city. It is the moment when appears the beautiful appearance in the trees and plants. These were the existence casually that seen everywhere but have not been noticed. It is meaningful for design to clarify the beautiful appearance of life that has been created over a long period. In addition that this project concept is from ink paintings and "Sumi-e," folding screen painting in Japanese and Chinese art and culture.
- Research
- This project has the background of ink paintings and "Sumi-e," folding screen painting. That objects are natural things that show the beauty in the four seasons, such as pine, bamboo, plum, flowers in the mountains and river. This project tried to express these forms by black and white photography as the most beautiful appearance in the square.
- Challenge
- The most difficult is to find objects in the city and to compose the best position to get the empty white background. To delete eliminate waste and discomfort, its appearance stands out more. This makes it possible to express of photography the abstract concepts of "Yugen" and "looseness" in traditional Japanese art culture. This is challenging for new design's possibilities to fuse with Art and photography, the Western and Eastern concept.
- Realization and Technology
- These photographs were taken by Nikon's digital camera. These were considered the most beautiful position and form inside the square framework. And in the home studio, these photos have changed the exposure by using photoshop to be shaped more lively and most beautiful appearance.
- Operation and Interaction
- This project by photography was being able to create a beautiful appearance from the trees that usually and casually were seen. In these photos to create a more beautiful appearance, it selected the black and white photography and square framework.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project started in May 2020 in Numazu, Japan, and finished in February 2021.
- Specifications
- These photographs were taken with fine mode and size are 6016×4016 by Nikon Z5. And all are digitized and JPG files. These original sizes are from 6 to 12 Mega-bytes. For this project, these were changed to the square framework and black and white. These were changed by using Adobe photoshop.
- Keywords
- Photography, Nature Photo, Black and white, Pine tree, Japanese Nature
