Mother Earth Ixiptla by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl in Tlaixcopinaliztli ihuan Tlaixcopinalpatlaliztli Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.
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Mother Earth Ixiptla
Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl Winner in Tlaixcopinaliztli Category
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About Mother Earth Ixiptla
Tonantzin Tlalli ce ixiptlatl tlen mochihua ihtec tlachihualcalli tlen quinextia in cemanahuactli ica innacayo cihuatl tlen amo cualli paqui. In xochitl-tlapalli quitequihuia xoxouhqui, texohtic ihuan camohtic tlapalli inic quinextia in hueyi atl, in xihuitl ihuan in tlalli. Xochizhuayotl tlen ye miqui motlalia ipan itzontecon in tlacatl inic quinextia cocoliztli. In ixnexiliz in tlacatl quinextia tlaocoyaliztli ihuan cocoxcayotl. In tlanextli mochiuh ica ce hueyi octabox ipan in tlacatl ihuan ce tlahuilli ipan in tepantli. In tlatzonco ixiptlatl mochichiuh ica in digital tlapatlaloni. In ixiptlatl quinepanoa in tlazolli ihuan in tonacayotl tlamachiliztli ihuan tlachialtia ipan in tlapatlaliztli in tonalcayotl.
The Recognition
About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl
Mother Earth Ixiptla ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl, hueyi tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in huel yectli, tlanextic ihuan mahuiztic tlachihualli. In quicuicah Iztacteocuitlatl ca cenca cualli ihuan cenca yancuic tlachihualli in quinextia in tlamatiliztli, toltecayotl ihuan ixtlamatiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in Mother Earth Ixiptla ca cenca cualli, cenca motequiuhtia ihuan yancuic. Ni dizayno in quicuic Iztacteocuitlatl quihuelitia in toltecayotl, tlamatiliztli, dizayno ihuan teknolohia. Mother Earth Ixiptla quiyolchicahua in tlacah, quipaquiltia ihuan quitlamahuiztiltia.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The goal is to transfer earth pollution suffering into human emotion, to grab people attention to a raising problem of modern life style.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Camera used: Canon 5d Mark ii, with canon 85/1.2 @ s100, f9, ISO 50
Software used: Lightroom and photoshop - Tags
- Portrait, Earth, Studio, Photography, Makeup, Nature, Pollution, People, Woman
- Production Technology
- I sketched the idea for the makeup artist to understand the concept. The colors are representation of nature, and the dead flowers on the head of the model to show that she is dying. I asked the model to show vulnerability and sadness. I used one big octabox on the model and one light on the backdrop.
- Design Challenge
- The hardest part of this project was to find an African model. At the time of making this project, modeling agencies wast not common. So finding a model of a specific look was difficult.
- Research
- How earth would look like in a human form is the main is the core of this project. So, I mainly used google to view other artist approach of this concept, to get inspiration. The I did sketches of my own to show them to the makeup artist so she could understand my vision. I decided to hire an African model since Africa is the most connected with nature than others. I used dying petals as a representation of sickness. The green, blue and brown ware used as the colors of nature.
- Inspiration
- When I was a kid winter used to be colder and longer. Climate is actually changing due to global worming. Mother earth is dying and we are the ones responsible for that. So I though to represent planet earth as a sick woman waring nature, with makeup inspired by oceans, plants and soil. I choose an African model, as for me, Africa is the closest place on earth to pure nature.
- Project Duration
- The photograph took around 3 hours for the makeup and shooting in studio and 2 hours of retouching. It was shot in Kuwait 2015.
- Operation Flow
- Mother Earth photograph main perps is to engage with the viewers emotionally. So the best way to view this photograph is to look hard to the model's face and try to read her emotions.
- Team Members
- Makeup artist: Fatima Yousif
Model: Dalal - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Naseer Behbehani, Mother Earth, 2015.
Image #2: Photographer Naseer Behbehani, Progress 1, 2015.
Image #3: Photographer Naseer Behbehani, Progress 2, 2015.
Image #4: Photographer Naseer Behbehani, Progress 3, 2015.
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