Behind Glory Um Documentário Wugang by Lampo Leong

Behind Glory Um Documentário Wugang by Lampo Leong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design de Fotografia e Manipulação Fotográfica Competition Category.

BronzeFotografia· 2020

Behind Glory Um Documentário Wugang

by Lampo Leong

Client: University of Macau Centre for Arts and Design

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Fotografia Category

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The Design

About Behind Glory Um Documentário Wugang

Este é um documentário fotográfico da Wugang, a Wuhan Iron and Steel Company. Apoiada pelo russo e construída em 1958, a estatal Wugang é uma das maiores siderúrgicas da China e já significou a industrialização e modernização do país. No entanto, essa indústria causa poluição ambiental severa. Ao captar o poluído campus de Wugang com imagens sombrias, este projeto revela o preço pago e as consequências por trás da glória da modernização e da prosperidade econômica, provocando os espectadores na busca por um ambiente limpo e saudável.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Behind Glory Um Documentário Wugang conquistou o A' Design Award de Bronze, um reconhecimento altamente prestigiado atribuído a designs notáveis que se distinguem pela criatividade, engenho e perspicácia. Os vencedores do Bronze são artefactos amplamente habilidosos e surpreendentemente criativos que comprovam a vasta experiência, imaginação e capacidade de iniciativa dos seus designers. Espera-se que Behind Glory Um Documentário Wugang seja um objeto muito considerado, admirado e estimado, notavelmente profissional e inovador. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora as melhores práticas em arte, ciência, design e tecnologia e é excelente pela sua atenção ao detalhe. Behind Glory Um Documentário Wugang satisfaz esplendidamente necessidades, toca desejos, encanta sentimentos e desperta curiosidade.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: This is a photographic documentary of Wugang, the Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. Supported by the Russian and built in 1958, the state-owned Wugang is one of the biggest and most important steel factories in China, once signifying the industrialization & modernization of the country. However, such industry causes severe environmental pollution. Through capturing the heavily polluted campus with somber images, this community project reveals the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of economic prosperity.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimension various.
Tags: photography, documentary, abstract image, environmental health, pollution contral
Production Technology: Digital photography using a Canon 5DSR with a EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
Design Challenge: It is very difficult to obtain permission to take photo of this state-owned steel factory. The condition of the photo site is poor and limited, often difficult to get to the ideal places to obtain the best photographic angle.
Research: This is a photographic documentary of a steel factory. The design research points out the pollution and public health problem in the working and living environment; resulting the insights on price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity. These images provoke the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy environment.
Inspiration: Inspired by contemporary artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Sally Mann, this environmental health and pollution control community project documents the heavily polluted and decaying factory campus of Wugang with abstract, lyrical and somewhat somber images. This group of photography points out the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity in China, provoking the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy working and living environment.
Project Duration: Wugang, Wuhan, China, 2019
Operation Flow: These photo documentary could be used for exhibition offline and online to make people aware of pollution and public health in the working and living environment.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Lampo Leong, 2019.
Team Members: Lampo Leong
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory I, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory II, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory III, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory IV, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory V, 2019.