Ikarus Primary Function: Fotografiekonschtwierk by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award an Sëlwer in Fotografie a Fotomanipulatiounsdesign Competition Category.
SëlwerFotografie· 2022
Ikarus Primary Function: Fotografiekonschtwierk
Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography
A' Design Award an Sëlwer Winner in Fotografie Category
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The Design
About Ikarus Primary Function: Fotografiekonschtwierk
Ikarus ass eng Fotografieserie, déi konservéiert Vullespezimen vun ausgestuerwenen oder héich bedrohten Aarte weist. All Vugel gëtt op d'Manéier vun engem Rembrandt-Gemälde duergestallt, an den Hannergrond vun all Portrait ass eng Makrofoto vun de Fiederen vun deem Vugel. D'Spezimen goufe an der Ornithologiesammlung vum Senckenberg-Institut zu Dresden, Däitschland, fotograféiert. Den Titel bezitt sech op d'Legend vum Ikarus, dee ze héich geflunn ass an an d'Mier gefall ass. Ikarus ass den drëtten Deel vun enger Serie-Sammlung mam Numm Neglect. D'Wierker gi op ChromaLuxe-Material a limitéierten Editioune produzéiert.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award an Sëlwer
Ikarus Primary Function: Fotografiekonschtwierk ass e Gewënner vum A' Design Award an Sëlwer, enger aussergewéinlech prestigiéiser Unerkennung, déi un Designe vun der héchster Qualitéit, prächteg a beandrockend vergi gëtt. Sëlwer-Gewënner si bemierkenswäert brillant a ganz kreativ Wierker, déi d'erausragend Expertise, d'Talent an d'Schaarfsënnegkeet vun hire Designer weisen. Et gëtt erwaart, datt Ikarus Primary Function: Fotografiekonschtwierk e wonnerbart, mustergëlteg, bemierkenswäert professionellt an déif innovatiivt Wierk ass. Dëst mam Sëlwer ausgezeechent Design ass eng bemierkenswäert, bewonnert Erfindung, déi dozou bäidréit, d'Grenze vun der Konscht, der Wëssenschaft, vum Design an der Technologie ze erweideren. Ikarus Primary Function: Fotografiekonschtwierk ass eng Kreatioun, op déi vill neidesch sinn, déi Wënsch erweckt, positiv Gefiller bréngt an Erstaunen a Wonner erweckt.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Here are photographed specimens of animals, most of whose species are extinct. For this series Dr. Martin Päckert, the head of the ornithology section of the Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, he supported me very dedicated in my work.
In painting, the foolish or overconfident person is often depicted as Icarus. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Produced artworks are in the size 120 x 90cm, 80 x 60cm available. All strictly limited to 5/10 pieces.
- Tags
- animals, photography, endangered, extinct, birds, environment, portrait, Rembrandt
- Production Technology
- Digital Photography, produced on ChromaLuxe material.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge was to set the prepared birds in scene like in a Rembrandt painting. The background of the portraits is a macro-photography of the feathers of each bird.
- Research
- I found that in the collection of the Senckenberg Institute in Dresden the most rare examples of extinct bird species are collected.
From a project before I had the contacts to the institute and they immediately said yes, when I asked to photograph the examples for my project. Then Dr. Martin Päckert helped me a lot with the taxonomy and the names and the origin of the birds and the preparations. - Inspiration
- We know the legend of Icarus, whose father Daedalus built wings of feathers and wax for himself and his son to escape from the captivity of Minos on Crete. The son Icarus became overconfident, the wax melted, he fell into the sea. Despite his father’s warnings.
Despite warnings and admonitions, we spiral into ever higher and warmer and warmer climes, and the crash is not far away. Okay, maybe that’s a bit drastic and striking. But all photographed birds are either extinct or highly endangered. - Project Duration
- It took nearly a year of research and preparation, two days of shooting and around 2 weeks of post-production.
- Operation Flow
- This is the third series of my collection of series, called NEGLECT. All endangered or extinct species.
I had the wonderful chance to photograph in the ornithology institue of the Senckenberg Institutes in Dresden, Germany. - Patents
- Copyrights belong to Florian W. Mueller, 2022.
- Image Credits
- Credits:
Leica Camera Germany
Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden
ChromaLuxe
Photography Zingst
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