Samsa Fotografické umelecké dielo by Florian W. Mueller

Samsa Fotografické umelecké dielo by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Zlatá cena A' Design Award in Fotografia Competition Category.

ZlatáFotografia· 2022

Samsa Fotografické umelecké dielo

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

Zlatá cena A' Design Award Winner in Fotografia Category

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The Design

About Samsa Fotografické umelecké dielo

Samsa je fotografické umelecké dielo zo série Neglect. Séria zobrazuje konzervované exempláre hmyzu, z ktorých väčšina je vyhynutá alebo kriticky ohrozená. Snímky boli vytvorené digitálnym fotoaparátom so 105 mm makroobjektívom. Na vytvorenie veľmi veľkých súborov s rozlíšením 185 megapixelov bola použitá funkcia viacnásobného snímania. Bolo postavené malé stolové štúdio, aby bolo možné krehké exempláre fotografovať takmer bez manipulácie. Tlače sa vyrábajú v dvoch veľkostiach a v limitovaných edíciách. Cieľom je odhaliť nezvyčajnú krásu hmyzu a upozorniť na jeho vymieranie.

The Recognition

About the Zlatá cena A' Design Award

Samsa Fotografické umelecké dielo je laureát Zlatej ceny A' Design Award, nesmierne prestížneho uznania udeľovaného prvotriednym, úžasným a vynikajúcim dizajnom. Laureáti Zlatej ceny sú mimoriadne inovatívne, vizionárske a žiarivo oslnivé výtvory, ktoré odrážajú génia, múdrosť a majstrovstvo svojich dizajnérov. Od Samsa Fotografické umelecké dielo sa očakáva, že bude vysoko chváleným, trendotvorným a monumentálnym vynálezom, ktorý prináša bezprecedentnú hodnotu. Tento dizajn ocenený Zlatou cenou A' Design Award je pôsobivé, rešpektované dielo, ktoré vo veľkej miere prináša úžitok a posúva hranice umenia, vedy, dizajnu a technológie. Samsa Fotografické umelecké dielo vyvoláva intenzívne pocity túžby, prebúdza vášeň, povzbudzuje kreativitu a fascinuje nás.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.”
Franz Kafka

Part of the collection NEGLECT, photographed specimens of animals, most of which are extinct or critically endangered.
I want to show a little bit of the sometimes bizarre beauty of the insects, so that the viewer might see them with different eyes.
Because insect extinction is very real and not a made-up story.
Dimensions & Packaging: Different artworks in two sizes in the end: 80 x 60cm and 120 x 90 cm. All available in strictly limited editions of 10/5 pieces.
Tags: photography, macor, insects, bugs, nature, animals, creatures, colors, fine art, artwork
Production Technology: Digital photography with the Leica SL2 system and a 105mm Macro lens.
The photographer used the "Multishot" function of the Leica System to produce giant 185 megapixel pictures of these little creatures.
Design Challenge: The hardest part was to invent a small table-top-studio situation to photograph the little very fragile prepared insects. The photographer wanted to touch them as little as possible because the preparations are very fragile.
Inspiration: Insect extinction is very real and not a made-up story.
And these little creatures do not have a loud lobby.
The photographer wants to show a little bit of the sometimes bizarre beauty of the insects, so that the viewer might see them with different eyes.
Florian W. Mueller worked before with the Senckenberg Institute on a project about mammals.
Project Duration: The planning took about half a year, in total it was four days on site to photograph. The post production took another two weeks.
Operation Flow: The photographer asked for the permission to photograph these sometimes very rare or extinct insects in the institute in Brandenburg near Berlin in Germany. Then he got to work there with great support.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Florian W. Mueller, 2022
Team Members: Thomas Schmitt
Mandy Schroeter.
Image Credits: All pictures:
Prof. Dr. Thimas Schmitt, Director
Mandy Schroeter, Technical Assistant Coleoptera & Digitization