Mother Earth Primary Function: ᱪᱷᱟᱹᱭ by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Primary Function: ᱪᱷᱟᱹᱭ by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱚᱜᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ Competition Category.

ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱯᱷᱚᱴᱚᱜᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ· 2020

Mother Earth Primary Function: ᱪᱷᱟᱹᱭ

by Naseer Behbehani

A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱚᱜᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth Primary Function: ᱪᱷᱟᱹᱭ

Book Text: ᱟᱭᱚ ᱚᱛ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱲ ᱤ�studioᱟᱭᱚ ᱯᱚᱨᱴᱨᱮᱴ ᱪᱷᱟᱹᱭ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱚᱠᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱛ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱵᱮᱢᱟᱨ ᱠᱩᱲᱤ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱼᱟ ᱾ ᱢᱮᱠᱟᱯ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟᱨ, ᱞᱤᱞ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱮᱸᱫᱮ ᱨᱚᱝ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱫᱚᱨᱭᱟᱹ, ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱟᱥᱟ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱾ ᱜᱩᱡᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ ᱯᱟᱛᱟ ᱢᱚᱰᱮᱞ ᱟᱠᱚ ᱵᱚᱦᱚᱜ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱚᱦᱚ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱵᱮᱢᱟᱨ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱾ ᱢᱚᱰᱮᱞ ᱟᱠᱚ ᱢᱚᱠᱷᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱩᱠᱷ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱹᱴᱤᱡ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱼᱟ ᱾ ᱞᱟᱭᱴᱤᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱚᱰᱮᱞ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ octabox ᱟᱨ ᱵᱮᱠᱰᱨᱚᱯ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱞᱟᱭᱴ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱦᱩᱭᱮᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱢᱩᱪᱟᱹᱫ ᱪᱷᱟᱹᱭ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱤᱴᱟᱞ ᱮᱰᱤᱴᱤᱝ ᱥᱚᱯᱴᱶᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ ᱦᱩᱭᱮᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱪᱷᱟᱹᱭ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱚᱞᱭᱩᱥᱚᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱢᱚᱱ ᱮᱢᱚᱥᱚᱱ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱡᱩᱲᱟᱣᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱚᱲᱟᱣ ᱦᱚᱭᱚ ᱵᱚᱫᱚᱞ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱚ ᱫᱷᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱟᱸᱡᱚᱢᱟ ᱾

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ

Mother Earth Primary Function: ᱪᱷᱟᱹᱭ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Mother Earth Primary Function: ᱪᱷᱟᱹᱭ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

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.