Epic Fail Fotografisk serie by Greg Barth

Epic Fail Fotografisk serie by Greg Barth is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award i Sølv in Fotografi og fotomanipulasjonsdesign Competition Category.

SølvFotografi· 2021

Epic Fail Fotografisk serie

by Greg Barth

A' Design Award i Sølv Winner in Fotografi Category

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The Design

About Epic Fail Fotografisk serie

Inspirert av de politiske hendelsene som rystet 2016, observerer denne serien dissonansen mellom vår oppfatning og virkeligheten i en tidsalder med sosiale medier og skreddersydde nyhetsstrømmer. Målet var å stille spørsmål ved hvordan vår materialitet kan forvrenges av våre meninger og vurderinger, ved å bruke de eksistensielle strømningene i Jean Paul Sartres "Kvalme".

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Sølv

Epic Fail Fotografisk serie er vinner av A' Design Award i Sølv, en usedvanlig prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles design i toppklassen som er nydelige og imponerende. Sølvvinnere er enormt briljante og usedvanlig kreative verk som viser designernes enestående ekspertise, talent og skarpsindighet. Epic Fail Fotografisk serie forventes å være et praktfullt utstillingsverk som er bemerkelsesverdig profesjonelt og dypt nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Sølv, er en svært bemerkelsesverdig, beundret oppfinnelse som gagner og flytter grensene for kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi. Epic Fail Fotografisk serie er et skaperverk mange misunner, som vekker ønsker, gir positive følelser og vekker undring og forundring.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Inspired by the political events that shook 2016, this series observes the dissonance between our perception and reality in the age of social media and catered news feeds.

The aim was to question how our materiality can be warped by our opinions and judgements, using the existential currents of Jean Paul Sartre’s “Nausea”.
Dimensions & Packaging: Photography dimensions for all pictures are: 5457 x 3637 pixels
Tags: photography, surreal, hand made, colours, technology
Production Technology: wood, printed lycra, 3d printed plaster, high density foam, plexiglass.

With only slight retouching, all the effects were created in-camera using a mix of gravity defying rigs, 3d prints, and optical illusions that were tested and created in my workshop for 1 month.
Design Challenge: The challenge was finding ways to create multiple physical systems that could create a warped reality to be photographed. The upside down set with the computer screen spraying emoji's took two weeks of rebuilding until we could safely ask our model to lay down in it.
Inspiration: This project was born out of the shock election result of Brexit and Trump. The certitude I was harbouring of both votes not being possible, accompanied by their reality, had a ripple effect on how I perceived mine, inspiring me to create a series of physical moments that become warped by our judgment.

I wanted these moments to feel surreal but look palpable, so researching ways of shooting this series without doing any CGI was crucial.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2017 and finished in December 2017
Patents: "Copyrights belong to Greg Barth, 2017."
Team Members: Assistant Photographer: Morgan Hill Murphy.

Models: Mathilde Steullet, Jahvel Hall.

Set Build: Will Vincent, Brin Frost, Mathilde Steuillet
Image Credits: Image #1
Photographer Greg Barth / Assistant Morgan Hill Murphy, Epic Fail, 2017

Image #2
Photographer Greg Barth / Assistant Morgan Hill Murphy, Epic Fail, 2017

Image #3
Photographer Greg Barth / Assistant Morgan Hill Murphy, Epic Fail, 2017

Image #4
Photographer Greg Barth / Assistant Morgan Hill Murphy, Epic Fail, 2017

Video credits:

Created and Directed by : Greg Barth

Written by : Greg Barth & Joe Hampson

Starring : Jahvel Hall, Mathilde Steuillet

Voiced by : Lolly Adefope, David Elms, baker terry

Director of Photography: Pau Munoz

Music & Sound design : Nookaad Productions

Graphic design : Futurneue

Art Director : Will Vincent

Set design : Greg Barth, Mathilde Steuillet, Brin Frost, Will Vincent

Editing : Greg Barth & Alex Da Cunha

Post Production : Phillipe Medina, Greg Barth

Colour Grade : Jessica Vile @ Framestore

Colour producer : Chris Anthony @ Frametore