Koura Whakaahua · 2022
Samsa Toi Whakaahua
- A' Design Award Koura 2022 in Whakaahua
- CLIENT: Florian W. Mueller Photography
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 122,736
- Verification code 593435905C · Verify this award
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About Samsa Toi Whakaahua
He toi whakaahua a Samsa nō te huinga Neglect. E whakaatu ana te huinga nei i ngā tauira pepeke kua tiakina, ko te nuinga kua ngaro rawa, kua tata korehāhā rānei. I hangaia ngā whakaahua ki tētahi pūnaha kāmera matihiko me tētahi karu makaro 105mm. I whakamahia tētahi mahi hopu-maha hei hanga i ngā kōnae tino nui, e 185 megapixel te rahi. I hangaia tētahi taiwhanga iti runga tēpu kia taea ai te whakaahua i ngā tauira ngohe me te kore rawa e whāwhāngia. Ka mahia ngā tānga ki ngā rahi e rua, ā, he tānga whakaiti te maha. Ko te whāinga kia whakaaturia te ātaahua rerekē o ngā pepeke, kia arahina hoki te aro ki te korehāhātanga o ngā pepeke.
About the A' Design Award Koura
Ko Samsa Toi Whakaahua te toa o te A' Design Award Koura, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke tuatahi, whakamīharo me te hiranga. Ko ngā toa Koura he mahi tino auaha, he tirohanga mamao, he kanapa ahi, e whakaatu ana i te pūmanawa, te mātauranga me te tohungatanga o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Samsa Toi Whakaahua he hanganga tūnga e whakatū ana i ngā ia, he whakanuia rawa, e kawe mai ana i te uara kāore anō kia kitea. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Koura he kaupapa whakamīharo, whakahonoretia e whakawhānui ana i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ka whakaara a Samsa Toi Whakaahua i te hiahia nui, ka whakaoho i te kaingākau, ka whakatenatena i te auaha, ā, ka whakamīharo i a tātou.
Press Kit
- 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
- Image Credits
- All pictures:
Prof. Dr. Thimas Schmitt, Director
Mandy Schroeter, Technical Assistant Coleoptera & Digitization
