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Mother Earth Primaire functie: Foto by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Primaire functie: Foto by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Zilver in Fotografie en Fotobewerking Ontwerp Competition Category.


ZilverFotografie· 2020

Mother Earth Primaire functie: Foto

by Naseer Behbehani

A' Design Award in Zilver Winner in Fotografie Category

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Colors

The Design

About Mother Earth Primaire functie: Foto

Moeder Aarde is een studioportretfoto die de planeet in menselijke vorm presenteert als een vrouw in slechte gezondheid. De make-up gebruikt groene, blauwe en bruine tinten om oceanen, planten en aarde te representeren. Stervende bloemblaadjes zijn op het hoofd van het model geplaatst om ziekte te suggereren. De uitdrukking van het model brengt verdriet en kwetsbaarheid over. De belichting werd gecreëerd met één grote octabox op het model en één licht op de achtergrond. Het uiteindelijke beeld werd verfijnd met digitale bewerkingssoftware. De foto verbindt vervuiling met menselijke emotie en vestigt de aandacht op klimaatverandering.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Zilver

Mother Earth Primaire functie: Foto 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. Mother Earth Primaire functie: Foto 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. Mother Earth Primaire functie: Foto 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
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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