Behind Glory Un Documentar Wugang by Lampo Leong

Behind Glory Un Documentar Wugang by Lampo Leong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronz in Fotografie Competition Category.

BronzFotografie· 2020

Behind Glory Un Documentar Wugang

by Lampo Leong

Client: University of Macau Centre for Arts and Design

A' Design Award de Bronz Winner in Fotografie Category

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The Design

About Behind Glory Un Documentar Wugang

Acesta este un documentar fotografic al Wugang, Compania de fier și oțel Wuhan. Sprijinit de ruși și construit în 1958, statul Wugang este una dintre cele mai mari fabrici de oțel din China și a semnificat odată industrializarea și modernizarea țării. Cu toate acestea, o astfel de industrie provoacă o poluare severă a mediului. Prin surprinderea campusului Wugang puternic poluat cu imagini sombre, acest proiect dezvăluie prețul plătit și consecința din spatele gloriei modernizării și prosperității economice, provocând spectatorii în căutarea unui mediu curat și sănătos.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronz

Behind Glory Un Documentar Wugang a câștigat A' Design Award de Bronz, o recunoaștere extrem de prestigioasă acordată designurilor remarcabile care se disting prin creativitate, ingeniozitate și istețime. Câștigătorii Bronzului sunt artefacte din plin pricepute și izbitor de creative, care atestă experiența vastă, imaginația și resursele designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Behind Glory Un Documentar Wugang să fie un obiect foarte apreciat, admirat și prețuit, remarcabil de profesionist și inovator. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Bronz încorporează cele mai bune practici din artă, știință, design și tehnologie și este excelent prin atenția la detalii. Behind Glory Un Documentar Wugang satisface splendid nevoile, atinge dorințele, vrăjește sentimentele și stârnește curiozitatea.

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.