Mother Earth Primary Function: Poto by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Primary Function: Poto by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Perak in Fotografi Competition Category.

PerakFotografi· 2020

Mother Earth Primary Function: Poto

by Naseer Behbehani

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Fotografi Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth Primary Function: Poto

Book Text: Mother Earth mangrupa poto potret studio nu nampilkeun planét dina wangun manusa jadi hiji awéwé anu keur gering. Riasna ngagunakeun warna héjo, biru, jeung coklat pikeun ngagambarkeun sagara, tutuwuhan, jeung taneuh. Kelopak kembang nu keur layu ditempatkeun dina sirah modél pikeun nyirikeun kasakit. Ekspresi modél nepikeun kasedih jeung karapuhan. Pencahayaan dijieun ku hiji octabox gedé dina modél jeung hiji lampu dina latar tukang. Gambar ahir dihaluskeun maké parangkat lunak éditing digital. Poto ieu ngahubungkeun polusi jeung émosi manusa sarta narik perhatian kana parobahan iklim.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Mother Earth Primary Function: Poto mangrupa juara A' Design Award Perak, pangakuan anu luar biasa bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain kelas luhur, endah jeung matak kagum. Para juara Perak téh karya anu pohara cemerlang jeung pohara kréatif anu ngagambarkeun kaahlian, bakat jeung kapinteran para désainerna. Mother Earth Primary Function: Poto diharepkeun jadi karya anu éndah, karya andalan anu pohara profésional jeung pohara inovatif. Desain juara A' Design Award Perak ieu mangrupa panemuan anu pohara kasohor jeung dikagumi anu mangpaat sarta ngamajukeun watesan seni, élmu, desain jeung téknologi. Mother Earth Primary Function: Poto mangrupa kréasi anu pohara diirikeun anu ngahudang kahayang, ngabawa rasa positip, jeung ngahudangkeun rasa heran jeung kagum.

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.