Behind Glory Karazana Dokambarotra Wugang by Lampo Leong

Behind Glory Karazana Dokambarotra Wugang by Lampo Leong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Varahina in Famolavolana Fakana Sary sy Fanovana Sary Competition Category.

VarahinaFakana Sary· 2020

Behind Glory Karazana Dokambarotra Wugang

by Lampo Leong

Client: University of Macau Centre for Arts and Design

A' Design Award Varahina Winner in Fakana Sary Category

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The Design

About Behind Glory Karazana Dokambarotra Wugang

Ity horonantsary fanadihadiana an'ny Wugang, ny Wuhan Iron sy orinasa Company. Tohanan'ny Rosiana ary naorina tamin'ny 1958, Wugang an'ny fanjakana dia iray amin'ny orinasa vy lehibe any Chine ary indray mandeha nanamarika ny indostrian'ny asa sy ny fanavaozana ny firenena. Na izany aza, ny indostria toy izany dia miteraka fahalotoan'ny tontolo iainana. Amin'ny alàlan'ny fisamborana ilay kianjan'ny Wugang feno sary miaraka amin'ny sary sombera, io tetikasa io dia manambara ny vidin-javatra karama ary ny vokatr'izany ao ambadiky ny voninahitry ny fanatanjahantena sy ny fanambinana ara-toekarena, nanosika ny mpijery hitady tontolo madio sy salama.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Varahina

Nandresy ny A' Design Award Varahina ny famolavolana Behind Glory Karazana Dokambarotra Wugang, fankasitrahana malaza be omena ny famolavolana miavaka izay mampiavaka ny fahaiza-mamorona, ny fahazotoana ary ny fahamaotinan-tsaina. Ny mpandresy Varahina dia zavatra vita tanana mahay dia mahay ary mamorona mivantana izay manamafy ny traikefa be dia be, ny sarintsaina ary ny fahaizan-kafoy an'ny mpamolavola azy. Andrasana ho zavatra ankasitrahana be, ankafizina ary tiana, mahay amin'ny asa sady vaovao ny famolavolana Behind Glory Karazana Dokambarotra Wugang. Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Varahina ity dia mitahiry ny fomba fanao tsara indrindra amin'ny zavakanto, ny siansa, ny famolavolana ary ny teknolojia, ary tsara indrindra amin'ny fitandremana ny antsipirihany. Ny famolavolana Behind Glory Karazana Dokambarotra Wugang dia mahafa-po ny filana tsara, mikasika ny faniriana, mahasarika ny fihetseham-po ary misarika ny fahalianana.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a photographic documentary of Wugang, the Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. Supported by the Russian and built in 1958, the state-owned Wugang is one of the biggest and most important steel factories in China, once signifying the industrialization & modernization of the country. However, such industry causes severe environmental pollution. Through capturing the heavily polluted campus with somber images, this community project reveals the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of economic prosperity.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimension various.
Tags: photography, documentary, abstract image, environmental health, pollution contral
Production Technology: Digital photography using a Canon 5DSR with a EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
Design Challenge: It is very difficult to obtain permission to take photo of this state-owned steel factory. The condition of the photo site is poor and limited, often difficult to get to the ideal places to obtain the best photographic angle.
Research: This is a photographic documentary of a steel factory. The design research points out the pollution and public health problem in the working and living environment; resulting the insights on price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity. These images provoke the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy environment.
Inspiration: Inspired by contemporary artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Sally Mann, this environmental health and pollution control community project documents the heavily polluted and decaying factory campus of Wugang with abstract, lyrical and somewhat somber images. This group of photography points out the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity in China, provoking the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy working and living environment.
Project Duration: Wugang, Wuhan, China, 2019
Operation Flow: These photo documentary could be used for exhibition offline and online to make people aware of pollution and public health in the working and living environment.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Lampo Leong, 2019.
Team Members: Lampo Leong
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory I, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory II, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory III, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory IV, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory V, 2019.