Mother Earth Primary Function: Wêne by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Primary Function: Wêne by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn in Dîzayna Wênegirtinê û Manîpulasyona Wêneyan Competition Category.

ZîvWênegirtin· 2020

Mother Earth Primary Function: Wêne

by Naseer Behbehani

Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn Winner in Wênegirtin Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth Primary Function: Wêne

Dayika Zemîn wêneyeke portreyî ya studyoyê ye ku gerstêrkê di forma mirovî de wek jineke tenduristiya wê xirab pêşkêş dike. Makyaj rengên kesk, şîn û qehweyî bikar tîne da ku okyanûsan, riwekan û axê temsîl bike. Pelên kulîlkên mirov li ser serê modelê hatine danîn da ku nexweşiyê nîşan bidin. Îfadeya modelê xemgînî û birîndarbûnê radigihîne. Ronahî bi octaboxeke mezin li ser modelê û ronahiyeke li ser paşnavê hatiye afirandin. Wêneyê dawî bi nermalava edîtorkirina dîjîtal hatiye safîkirin. Wêne pîsbûnê bi hestên mirovî ve girê dide û bala mirovan dikişîne ser guhertina avhewayê.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn

Mother Earth Primary Function: Wêne xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn e, nasîneke bi awayekî awarte bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên di asta herî bilind de, xweşik û bibandor re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Zîvînê karên pir birûsk û pir afirîner in, yên ku pisporiya hêja, jêhatîbûn û zîrekiya sêwiranerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Mother Earth Primary Function: Wêne karekî mînak, pir pîşekar û bi kûrahî nûjen be. Ev sêwirana bi Zîvînê serketî vedîtineke berbiçav û hatiye sitayişkirin e ku ji bo fireh kirina sînorên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê tevkarî dike. Mother Earth Primary Function: Wêne afirandinek e ku gelek kes çavê xwe lê dikin, daxwazan şiyar dike, hestên erênî tîne û heyirînê çêdike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The goal is to transfer earth pollution suffering into human emotion, to grab people attention to a raising problem of modern life style.
Dimensions & Packaging: Camera used: Canon 5d Mark ii, with canon 85/1.2 @ s100, f9, ISO 50
Software used: Lightroom and photoshop
Tags: Portrait, Earth, Studio, Photography, Makeup, Nature, Pollution, People, Woman
Production Technology: I sketched the idea for the makeup artist to understand the concept. The colors are representation of nature, and the dead flowers on the head of the model to show that she is dying. I asked the model to show vulnerability and sadness. I used one big octabox on the model and one light on the backdrop.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this project was to find an African model. At the time of making this project, modeling agencies wast not common. So finding a model of a specific look was difficult.
Research: How earth would look like in a human form is the main is the core of this project. So, I mainly used google to view other artist approach of this concept, to get inspiration. The I did sketches of my own to show them to the makeup artist so she could understand my vision. I decided to hire an African model since Africa is the most connected with nature than others. I used dying petals as a representation of sickness. The green, blue and brown ware used as the colors of nature.
Inspiration: When I was a kid winter used to be colder and longer. Climate is actually changing due to global worming. Mother earth is dying and we are the ones responsible for that. So I though to represent planet earth as a sick woman waring nature, with makeup inspired by oceans, plants and soil. I choose an African model, as for me, Africa is the closest place on earth to pure nature.
Project Duration: The photograph took around 3 hours for the makeup and shooting in studio and 2 hours of retouching. It was shot in Kuwait 2015.
Operation Flow: Mother Earth photograph main perps is to engage with the viewers emotionally. So the best way to view this photograph is to look hard to the model's face and try to read her emotions.
Team Members: Makeup artist: Fatima Yousif
Model: Dalal
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Naseer Behbehani, Mother Earth, 2015.
Image #2: Photographer Naseer Behbehani, Progress 1, 2015.
Image #3: Photographer Naseer Behbehani, Progress 2, 2015.
Image #4: Photographer Naseer Behbehani, Progress 3, 2015.