Ikarus Xogħol Artistiku ta' Fotografija by Florian W. Mueller

Ikarus Xogħol Artistiku ta' Fotografija by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda in Disinn tal-Fotografija u Manipulazzjoni tal-Fotografija Competition Category.

FiddaFotografija· 2022

Ikarus Xogħol Artistiku ta' Fotografija

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda Winner in Fotografija Category

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The Design

About Ikarus Xogħol Artistiku ta' Fotografija

Ikarus hija sensiela fotografika li turi speċimeni ta' għasafar ippreżervati minn speċi estinti jew fil-periklu kbir ta' estinzjoni. Kull għasfur huwa mpinġi bl-istil ta' pittura ta' Rembrandt, u l-isfond ta' kull ritratt huwa fotografija makro tar-rix ta' dak l-għasfur. L-ispeċimeni ġew ifotografati fil-kollezzjoni ornitoloġika tal-Istitut Senckenberg f'Dresden, il-Ġermanja. It-titlu jirreferi għal-leġġenda ta' Ikarus, li tar għoli wisq u waqa' fil-baħar. Ikarus hija t-tielet parti minn kollezzjoni ta' sensiela msejħa Neglect. Ix-xogħlijiet huma prodotti fuq materjal ChromaLuxe f'edizzjonijiet limitati.

The Recognition

About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda

Ikarus Xogħol Artistiku ta' Fotografija huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż straordinarjament mogħti lil disinji tal-ogħla livell, sbieħ u impressjonanti. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Fidda huma xogħlijiet brillanti ħafna u kreattivi ħafna li juru l-għarfien espert, it-talent u l-aċċuratezza tad-disinjaturi tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Ikarus Xogħol Artistiku ta' Fotografija ikun xogħol mill-isbaħ, eżemplari, professjonali ħafna u innovattiv bil-fond. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Fidda huwa invenzjoni notevoli u mammirata li tikkontribwixxi biex jitwessgħu l-fruntieri tal-arti, ix-xjenza, id-disinn u t-teknoloġija. Ikarus Xogħol Artistiku ta' Fotografija huwa ħolqien li ħafna jinvidjawh, li jqajjem ix-xewqat, iġib sentimenti pożittivi u joħloq tgħaġġib u mistagħġib.

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