Mother Earth Chithunzi by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Chithunzi by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Kujambula Zithunzi ndi Kusintha Zithunzi Competition Category.

SilivaKujambula Zithunzi· 2020

Mother Earth Chithunzi

by Naseer Behbehani

Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award Winner in Kujambula Zithunzi Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth Chithunzi

Mother Earth ndi chithunzi cha munthu chojambulidwa mu studio chomwe chikuwonetsa dziko lapansi mu mawonekedwe a munthu ngati mkazi amene ali ndi thanzi loperewera. Zodzikongoletsera zimagwiritsa ntchito mitundu yobiriwira, yabuluu ndi yofiira kuti ziimire nyanja, zomera ndi dothi. Masamba a maluwa akufa amaikidwa pamutu wa munthu wojambulidwayo kuti asonyeze matenda. Nkhope ya munthu wojambulidwayo imasonyeza chisoni ndi kufooka. Kuunika kunapangidwa ndi octabox imodzi yaikulu pa munthu wojambulidwayo ndi kuwala kumodzi pa chinsalu chakumbuyo. Chithunzi chomaliza chinakonzedwa ndi mapulogalamu okonzera zithunzi a digito. Chithunzichi chimagwirizanitsa kuipitsa chilengedwe ndi maganizo a munthu ndipo chimakopa chidwi ku kusintha kwa nyengo.

The Recognition

About the Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award

Mother Earth Chithunzi ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka modabwitsa komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe a pamwamba, okongola ndi ochititsa chidwi. Opambana a Siliva ndi ntchito zowala kwambiri ndi zolenga kwambiri zomwe zimaonetsa ukatswiri, luso ndi nzeru zakuthwa za opanga awo. Mother Earth Chithunzi akuyembekezeka kukhala ntchito yodabwitsa yoonetsedwa, yaukatswiri wapadera ndi yatsopano kwambiri. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award awa ndi chopangidwa chodziwika kwambiri ndi choyamikiridwa chomwe chimapindulitsa ndi kukulitsa malire a luso, sayansi, kapangidwe ndi ukadaulo. Mother Earth Chithunzi ndi cholengedwa chomwe anthu ambiri amachichitira nsanje, chomwe chimadzutsa zilakolako, kubweretsa maganizo abwino ndi kuyatsa kudabwa ndi chidwi.

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.