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Ikarus Fotografisch kunstwerk by Florian W. Mueller

Ikarus Fotografisch kunstwerk by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Zilver in Fotografie en Fotobewerking Ontwerp Competition Category.


ZilverFotografie· 2022

Ikarus Fotografisch kunstwerk

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

A' Design Award in Zilver Winner in Fotografie Category

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The Design

About Ikarus Fotografisch kunstwerk

Ikarus is een fotoserie die geconserveerde vogelexemplaren toont van uitgestorven of ernstig bedreigde soorten. Elke vogel is geportretteerd in de stijl van een schilderij van Rembrandt, en de achtergrond van elk portret is een macrofoto van de veren van die vogel. De exemplaren werden gefotografeerd in de ornithologische collectie van het Senckenberg Instituut in Dresden, Duitsland. De titel verwijst naar de legende van Icarus, die te hoog vloog en in de zee stortte. Ikarus is het derde deel van een seriecollectie genaamd Neglect. De werken zijn geproduceerd op ChromaLuxe-materiaal in gelimiteerde oplagen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Zilver

Ikarus Fotografisch kunstwerk is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Zilver, een buitengewoon prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan topontwerpen die prachtig en indrukwekkend zijn. Winnaars in Zilver zijn enorm briljante en uiterst creatieve werken die de uitmuntende expertise, het talent en de scherpzinnigheid van hun ontwerpers illustreren. Ikarus Fotografisch kunstwerk wordt verwacht een prachtig paradepaardje te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en diepgaand innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Zilver heeft gewonnen, is een hoogst opmerkelijke, bewonderde uitvinding die baat en de grenzen van kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie verlegt. Ikarus Fotografisch kunstwerk is een zeer benijde creatie die verlangens oproept, positieve gevoelens brengt en verbazing en verwondering doet ontvlammen.

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

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