Mother Earth Primary Function: Setšoantšo by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Primary Function: Setšoantšo by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Fotokherafi le Tshebetso ya Ditshwantsho Competition Category.

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Mother Earth Primary Function: Setšoantšo

by Naseer Behbehani

Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award Winner in Fotokherafi Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth Primary Function: Setšoantšo

Book Text: Mother Earth ke setšoantšo se nkiloeng ka studio se hlahisang polanete ka sebōpeho sa motho joalokaha e ka e ne e le mosali ea sa phetseng hantle. Makeup e sebelisa mebala e tala, e putsoa le e sootho ho emela maoatle, limela le mobu. Litšoantšo tsa lipalesa tse shoang li behiloe hloohong ea mosetsana ho fana ka maikutlo a bokhathatsi. Sebōpeho sa mosetsana se fana ka maikutlo a masoabi le ho ba tlokotsing. Leseli le entsoe ka octabox e le 'ngoe e kholo holima mosetsana le lebone le le leng ka morao. Setšoantšo sa ho qetela se ntlafalitsoe ka software ea ho hlophisa ea dijithale. Setšoantšo se hokahanya tšilafalo le maikutlo a motho 'me se hlokolla tlhokomeliso ho phetoho ea maemo a leholimo.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award

Mother Earth Primary Function: Setšoantšo ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e phahameng ka ho fetesisa, e ntle le e tsosang maikutlo. Bahapi ba Silevera ke mesebetsi e khanyang haholo le e nang le boqapi bo ikhethang e bontšang botsebi, talenta le bohlale ba baqapi ba eona. Mother Earth Primary Function: Setšoantšo e lebelletsoe ho ba mosebetsi o motle, oa mohlala, o nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha e tebileng. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award ke mohopolo o hlokomelehang haholo le o ratoang o tlisang molemo mme o sutumelletsang meeli ea bonono, mahlale, moralo le theknoloji. Mother Earth Primary Function: Setšoantšo ke mosebetsi oo batho ba bangata ba o lakatsang, o tsosang litakatso, o tlisang maikutlo a matle le o tsosetsang ho makala le ho hlolla.

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.