Bamboo Forest Ars by Takeo Hirose is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Photographia Competition Category.

AesPhotographia· 2020

Bamboo Forest Ars

by Takeo Hirose

Client: Takeo Hirose

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Photographia Category

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The Design

About Bamboo Forest Ars

Takeo Hirose natus est in Kyoto, 1962, et in MMXI cum coepi studeo consequat tu in manibus nostris terrae motus ingens in Japan passus clade. Per motum non intellexit missionem pulchra nimis sed vitam fragiles Italica imagines accipit speciem magnitudo animadvertit. Eius productio in hoc mundo exprimere conceptum sit traditional modern Iaponica in Iaponica circa tabulas et atramento paintings photo sentire et technology. Pro praeterita paucos annos, productum se habet ad opera argumentum cum Bamboo, quae potest esse consociata cum Japan.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Bamboo Forest Ars victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Bamboo Forest Ars rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Bamboo Forest Ars necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: For the past few years the designer has produced the works in the motif of bamboo, which can be associated with Japan. In the project, he is trying to seize the reason why bamboo images strongly associates with Japan.
Dimensions & Packaging: Print size / A3 (297mm X 420mm)
Tags: bamboo, B&W, japan, oriental, monochrome, kyoto, asia, zen, cool, relax, suibokuga
Production Technology: The designer thinks the distinctive characteristics of bamboo are even more attractive in monochrome images using the modern techniques of photography.
At first he takes color photos, and develops them to monochrome images with photoshop and other sophisticated tools.
For development he uses Dell 8K monitor to express delicate touch and light & shade.
Design Challenge: Bamboo itself is very common in Japan, however it is not easy to extract the Japanese beauty from the common motif and create different types of works.
The designer has been trying to get close image to old Japanese paintings and Suibokuga (Japanese ink painting) by creative methods.
Research: The shots from bottom to top is suitable for expression of dignitiy of baoboo forests, while the designer found that the position of each bamboo is very important for the beauty of works.
He found the cyanotype tone suits the atmosphere of the bamboo forests most, and they look like contemporary Suibokuga.
Inspiration: Modern photo artists like Hiroshi Sugimoto and Andreas Gursky inspire the designer so much. However old Japanese artists like Hokusai, Hasegawa Tohaku, Zyakuchu, Ogata Korin etc. also inspire him a lot.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2016 in Kyoto and finished in December 2018 in Kamakura.
Operation Flow: The designer has visited many places of beautiful bamboo forests in Japan. He has also visited several night festivals at which bamboo forests are illuminated.
Actually, there are so many bamboos in Japan, however most are too dense or not trimmed by human, and such bamboo forests are not suitable for his works.
Image Credits: All images by Takeo Hirose