Bamboo Forest A Fotografia Artística by Takeo Hirose

Bamboo Forest A Fotografia Artística by Takeo Hirose 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

Bamboo Forest A Fotografia Artística

by Takeo Hirose

Client: Takeo Hirose

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Fotografia Category

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The Design

About Bamboo Forest A Fotografia Artística

Takeo Hirose nasceu em Kyoto em 1962. Ele começou a estudar fotografia seriamente em 2011, quando o Japão sofreu com o grande desastre do terremoto. Por meio do terremoto ele entendeu que os belos cenários não são eternos, mas na verdade muito frágeis, e percebeu a importância de se tirar fotos das belezas japonesas. Seu conceito de produção é expressar o mundo das pinturas tradicionais japonesas e pinturas a tinta com a sensibilidade japonesa moderna e a tecnologia fotográfica. Nos últimos anos ele produziu as obras com motivo de bambu, que pode ser associado ao Japão.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Bamboo Forest A Fotografia Artística 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 Bamboo Forest A Fotografia Artística 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. Bamboo Forest A Fotografia Artística satisfaz esplendidamente necessidades, toca desejos, encanta sentimentos e desperta curiosidade.

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