Samsa Fotogrāfijas mākslas darbs by Florian W. Mueller

Samsa Fotogrāfijas mākslas darbs by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Zelta balva A' Design Award in Fotogrāfijas un fotomanipulācijas dizains Competition Category.

ZeltaFotogrāfija· 2022

Samsa Fotogrāfijas mākslas darbs

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

Zelta balva A' Design Award Winner in Fotogrāfija Category

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The Design

About Samsa Fotogrāfijas mākslas darbs

Samsa ir fotogrāfisks mākslas darbs no sērijas Neglect. Sērijā attēloti konservēti kukaiņu paraugi, no kuriem lielākā daļa ir izmiruši vai kritiski apdraudēti. Attēli tika uzņemti ar digitālo kameru sistēmu un 105 mm makro objektīvu. Tika izmantota vairāku kadru (multishot) funkcija, lai izveidotu ļoti lielus, 185 megapikseļu failus. Tika izveidota neliela galda studija, lai trauslos paraugus varētu fotografēt gandrīz bez pieskaršanās. Izdrukas tiek veidotas divos izmēros un ierobežotās tirāžās. Mērķis ir atklāt kukaiņu neparasto skaistumu un pievērst uzmanību kukaiņu izmiršanai.

The Recognition

About the Zelta balva A' Design Award

Samsa Fotogrāfijas mākslas darbs ir Zelta balvas A' Design Award ieguvējs, ārkārtīgi prestiža atzinība, ko piešķir pirmšķirīgiem, brīnišķīgiem un izciliem dizainiem. Zelta ieguvēji ir ļoti inovatīvi, tālredzīgi un žilbinoši spoži darbi, kas atspoguļo to dizaineru talantu, gudrību un meistarību. Sagaidāms, ka Samsa Fotogrāfijas mākslas darbs būs ļoti slavēts, tendenci veidojošs un monumentāls izgudrojums, kas sniedz nebijušu vērtību. Šis ar Zelta balvu apbalvotais dizains ir lielisks, cienīts projekts, kas paplašina mākslas, zinātnes, dizaina un tehnoloģiju robežas. Samsa Fotogrāfijas mākslas darbs izraisa intensīvu vēlmi, modina kaislību, veicina radošumu un valdzina.

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