Samsa Opus Photographicum by Florian W. Mueller

Samsa Opus Photographicum by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Praemium A' Design Award Aureum in Photographia Competition Category.

AurumPhotographia· 2022

Samsa Opus Photographicum

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

Praemium A' Design Award Aureum Winner in Photographia Category

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The Design

About Samsa Opus Photographicum

Samsa est opus photographicum e serie Neglect. Series exemplaria insectorum conservata ostendit, quorum plurima exstincta sunt aut in summo periculo exstinctionis versantur. Imagines systemate photographico digitali et lente macro 105mm factae sunt. Functio multiplicis captionis adhibita est ad tabulas amplissimas 185 megapixelium creandas. Parvum studium mensale aedificatum est, ut exemplaria fragilia paene sine tactu photographari possent. Impressiones duabus magnitudinibus et editionibus limitatis producuntur. Propositum est insolitam insectorum pulchritudinem revelare atque animos ad exstinctionem insectorum advertere.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aureum

Samsa Opus Photographicum victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aureum, honoris amplissimi formis primi ordinis, mirabilibus et praestantibus dati. Victores Aurei sunt opera valde nova, provida et splendida, quae ingenium, sapientiam et peritiam auctorum suorum referunt. Exspectatur Samsa Opus Photographicum inventum laudatissimum, inclinationes creans et monumentale fore, quod pretium inauditum afferat. Haec forma Aureo praemio victa est incepto mirabile et honoratum, quod fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovet. Samsa Opus Photographicum cupiditatem vehementem excitat, studium accendit, ingenium creandi fovet et capit.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.”
Franz Kafka

Part of the collection NEGLECT, photographed specimens of animals, most of which are extinct or critically endangered.
I want to show a little bit of the sometimes bizarre beauty of the insects, so that the viewer might see them with different eyes.
Because insect extinction is very real and not a made-up story.
Dimensions & Packaging: Different artworks in two sizes in the end: 80 x 60cm and 120 x 90 cm. All available in strictly limited editions of 10/5 pieces.
Tags: photography, macor, insects, bugs, nature, animals, creatures, colors, fine art, artwork
Production Technology: Digital photography with the Leica SL2 system and a 105mm Macro lens.
The photographer used the "Multishot" function of the Leica System to produce giant 185 megapixel pictures of these little creatures.
Design Challenge: The hardest part was to invent a small table-top-studio situation to photograph the little very fragile prepared insects. The photographer wanted to touch them as little as possible because the preparations are very fragile.
Inspiration: Insect extinction is very real and not a made-up story.
And these little creatures do not have a loud lobby.
The photographer wants to show a little bit of the sometimes bizarre beauty of the insects, so that the viewer might see them with different eyes.
Florian W. Mueller worked before with the Senckenberg Institute on a project about mammals.
Project Duration: The planning took about half a year, in total it was four days on site to photograph. The post production took another two weeks.
Operation Flow: The photographer asked for the permission to photograph these sometimes very rare or extinct insects in the institute in Brandenburg near Berlin in Germany. Then he got to work there with great support.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Florian W. Mueller, 2022
Team Members: Thomas Schmitt
Mandy Schroeter.
Image Credits: All pictures:
Prof. Dr. Thimas Schmitt, Director
Mandy Schroeter, Technical Assistant Coleoptera & Digitization