Apex Primary Function: Rangkaian Fotografi Seni Rupo by Yicheng Feng

Apex Primary Function: Rangkaian Fotografi Seni Rupo by Yicheng Feng is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Perak in Fotografi Competition Category.

PerakFotografi· 2021

Apex Primary Function: Rangkaian Fotografi Seni Rupo

by Yicheng Feng

Client: Yicheng Feng

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Fotografi Category

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The Design

About Apex Primary Function: Rangkaian Fotografi Seni Rupo

Apex adolah rangkaian fotografi seni rupo pamandangan nan mangkaji bantuak-bantuak organik jo tekstur puncak gunuang. Gambar-gambar ko diambiak di puncak Gunuang Salju Jade Dragon di Provinsi Yunnan, Cino, pado katinggian 4280 meter. Bantuak-bantuak batu manciptokan kontras antaro kompleksitas nan taratur jo kasederhanaan, mambarikan suduik pandang nan babeda tantang kaelokan alam. Foto-foto ko diambiak jo tangan mamakai ciek kamera digital jo ciek lensa prime tungga, sudah tu diproses jo diretouch sacaro digital. Apex diniekkan sabagai medium nan tanang jo meditatif untuak nan mancaliak.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Apex Primary Function: Rangkaian Fotografi Seni Rupo adolah pamenang A' Design Award Perak, sabuah pangakuan nan luar biaso bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan tingkaik tatinggi, elok jo mangesankan. Pamenang Perak adolah karya nan sangaik cemerlang jo sangaik kreatif nan mamparlihatkan kapakaran, bakaik jo katajaman pikiran parancangnyo. Apex Primary Function: Rangkaian Fotografi Seni Rupo dipaokan manjadi karya nan mangaguikan, contoh tauladan, sangaik profesional jo inovatif sacaro dalam. Rancangan nan manang Perak iko adolah panemuan nan nampak jo dikagumi nan mambari sumbangan untuak maluaskan batas seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi. Apex Primary Function: Rangkaian Fotografi Seni Rupo adolah ciptaan nan dicamburui banyak urang, nan mambangkikkan karinduan, mambaok parasaan positif jo malahiakan karagumon jo kakaguman.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: "Apex" is an a fine art photography series reflecting on the entropic nature of organic forms an patterns, a contrast to the rigidity of social structures and routine lifestyles, while being presented in a setting that is pristine and offers a sense of serenity. The forms of the rocks on the mountain forms the perfect juxtaposition between ordered complexity and simplicity, forming a different perspective on natural beauty.
Dimensions & Packaging: All images are in a digital format, and are available at 3840*3840px, 300dpi.
Tags: Photography, Landscape, Tranquility, Serenity, Meditation, Minimalism
Production Technology: This photography series was shot on a Canon 5D Mark III with an EF 135mm f/2 lens. The shots were achieved handheld and has gone through general processing in Adobe Lightroom, with detail retouching done in Adobe Photoshop.
Design Challenge: At the altitude of over 4000m, breathable air becomes rather thin, and this posed a challenge as it limits the amount of equipment one can carry up to the peak, as well as the amount of oxygen supply. In addition, the climate is rather unpredictable around the time of shooting, which added to the difficulty of getting decent shots. To reduce the load, the photographer opted for just one DSLR camera and two lenses, also making room for more oxygen supply, allowing for a longer shoot time.
Research: The scenes were captured at the peak of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Yunnan Province, China. At the altitude of 4280m, the open space offers an experience that is serene, tranquil, and breathtaking. The photography series was created with the notion of utilizing the images as a meditative medium for viewers, primarily as an escape from this age of information overflow as well as this exceptionally stressing time, which many are facing right now around the globe.
Inspiration: The presence of these naturally occurring megastructures leads me to reflect on the progression of human civilization, and where nature fits in to our ever-growing societies. As Andrew Warhol once stated, "Land really is the best art." These thoughts subsequently inspired me to capture the rich terrain of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Yunnan, China, with a different approach and perspective to express nature and natural landscape.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2020 in Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China, and was wrapped up in December 2020 in Shanghai, China.
Operation Flow: This photograph series aims to establish a 'pure' and 'serene' atmosphere, allowing the viewers to enter a state of meditation, bring them a peace of mind, as well as appreciate the minimalistic aesthetic and gorgeous organic geographical textures that nature presents to us.
Image Credits: Image #1: Creator/Photographer Yicheng Feng, Apex, 2020.
Image #2: Creator/Photographer Yicheng Feng, Apex, 2020.
Image #3: Creator/Photographer Yicheng Feng, Apex, 2020.
Image #4: Creator/Photographer Yicheng Feng, Apex, 2020.
Image #5: Creator/Photographer Yicheng Feng, Apex, 2020.