Bamboo Forest Kunstfotografering by Takeo Hirose

Bamboo Forest Kunstfotografering by Takeo Hirose is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award i Bronse in Fotografi- og Fotomanipulasjonsdesign Competition Category.

BronseFotografi· 2020

Bamboo Forest Kunstfotografering

by Takeo Hirose

Client: Takeo Hirose

A' Design Award i Bronse Winner in Fotografi Category

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The Design

About Bamboo Forest Kunstfotografering

Takeo Hirose ble født i Kyoto, 1962. Han begynte å studere fotografi for alvor i 2011 da Japan led av den enorme jordskjelvkatastrofen. Gjennom jordskjelvet forsto han at de vakre scenariene ikke er evige, men faktisk veldig skjøre, og la merke til viktigheten av å ta bilder av den japanske skjønnheten. Hans produksjonskonsept er å uttrykke verden av tradisjonelle japanske malerier og blekkmalerier med moderne japansk følsomhet og fototeknologi. De siste årene har han produsert verkene med et bambusmotiv, som kan knyttes til Japan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Bronse

Bamboo Forest Kunstfotografering er vinner av A' Design Award i Bronse, en høyt prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles enestående design som utmerker seg ved kreativitet, oppfinnsomhet og skarpsindighet. Bronsevinnere er rikt dyktige og påfallende kreative gjenstander som bekrefter designernes store erfaring, fantasi og ressurssterkhet. Bamboo Forest Kunstfotografering forventes å være en høyt ansett, beundret og verdsatt gjenstand som er bemerkelsesverdig profesjonell og nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Bronse, rommer beste praksis innen kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi og utmerker seg ved sin omtanke for detaljer. Bamboo Forest Kunstfotografering tilfredsstiller behov på en strålende måte, berører ønsker, sjarmerer følelser og vekker nysgjerrighet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: For the past few years the designer has produced the works in the motif of bamboo, which can be associated with Japan. In the project, he is trying to seize the reason why bamboo images strongly associates with Japan.
Dimensions & Packaging: Print size / A3 (297mm X 420mm)
Tags: bamboo, B&W, japan, oriental, monochrome, kyoto, asia, zen, cool, relax, suibokuga
Production Technology: The designer thinks the distinctive characteristics of bamboo are even more attractive in monochrome images using the modern techniques of photography.
At first he takes color photos, and develops them to monochrome images with photoshop and other sophisticated tools.
For development he uses Dell 8K monitor to express delicate touch and light & shade.
Design Challenge: Bamboo itself is very common in Japan, however it is not easy to extract the Japanese beauty from the common motif and create different types of works.
The designer has been trying to get close image to old Japanese paintings and Suibokuga (Japanese ink painting) by creative methods.
Research: The shots from bottom to top is suitable for expression of dignitiy of baoboo forests, while the designer found that the position of each bamboo is very important for the beauty of works.
He found the cyanotype tone suits the atmosphere of the bamboo forests most, and they look like contemporary Suibokuga.
Inspiration: Modern photo artists like Hiroshi Sugimoto and Andreas Gursky inspire the designer so much. However old Japanese artists like Hokusai, Hasegawa Tohaku, Zyakuchu, Ogata Korin etc. also inspire him a lot.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2016 in Kyoto and finished in December 2018 in Kamakura.
Operation Flow: The designer has visited many places of beautiful bamboo forests in Japan. He has also visited several night festivals at which bamboo forests are illuminated.
Actually, there are so many bamboos in Japan, however most are too dense or not trimmed by human, and such bamboo forests are not suitable for his works.
Image Credits: All images by Takeo Hirose