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Ikarus Fotografiskt konstverk by Florian W. Mueller

Ikarus Fotografiskt konstverk by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Silver in Fotografi- och Fotomanipulationsdesign Competition Category.


SilverFotografi· 2022

Ikarus Fotografiskt konstverk

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

A' Design Award i Silver Winner in Fotografi Category

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The Design

About Ikarus Fotografiskt konstverk

Ikarus är en fotografiserie som visar bevarade fågelexemplar från utdöda eller starkt hotade arter. Varje fågel porträtteras i stil med en Rembrandt-målning, och bakgrunden till varje porträtt är ett makrofotografi av den aktuella fågelns fjädrar. Exemplaren fotograferades i ornitologisamlingen vid Senckenberg-institutet i Dresden, Tyskland. Titeln syftar på legenden om Ikaros, som flög för högt och föll ner i havet. Ikarus är den tredje delen av en seriesamling som heter Neglect. Verken produceras på ChromaLuxe-material i begränsade upplagor.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Silver

Ikarus Fotografiskt konstverk är vinnare av A' Design Award i Silver, ett utomordentligt prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas förstklassiga, hänförande och imponerande designverk i toppskiktet. Silvervinnare är oerhört briljanta och utomordentligt kreativa verk som illustrerar sina formgivares enastående expertis, talang och skarpsinne. Ikarus Fotografiskt konstverk förväntas vara ett underbart paradexempel som är anmärkningsvärt professionellt och djupt innovativt. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Silver är en mycket uppmärksammad, beundrad uppfinning som gagnar och flyttar fram gränserna för konst, vetenskap, design och teknik. Ikarus Fotografiskt konstverk är en skapelse som avundas starkt, som väcker längtan, förmedlar positiva känslor och väcker förundran och häpnad.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Here are photographed specimens of animals, most of whose species are extinct. For this series Dr. Martin Päckert, the head of the ornithology section of the Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, he supported me very dedicated in my work.
In painting, the foolish or overconfident person is often depicted as Icarus.
Dimensions & Packaging
Produced artworks are in the size 120 x 90cm, 80 x 60cm available. All strictly limited to 5/10 pieces.
Tags
animals, photography, endangered, extinct, birds, environment, portrait, Rembrandt
Production Technology
Digital Photography, produced on ChromaLuxe material.
Design Challenge
The challenge was to set the prepared birds in scene like in a Rembrandt painting. The background of the portraits is a macro-photography of the feathers of each bird.
Research
I found that in the collection of the Senckenberg Institute in Dresden the most rare examples of extinct bird species are collected.
From a project before I had the contacts to the institute and they immediately said yes, when I asked to photograph the examples for my project. Then Dr. Martin Päckert helped me a lot with the taxonomy and the names and the origin of the birds and the preparations.
Inspiration
We know the legend of Icarus, whose father Daedalus built wings of feathers and wax for himself and his son to escape from the captivity of Minos on Crete. The son Icarus became overconfident, the wax melted, he fell into the sea. Despite his father’s warnings.
Despite warnings and admonitions, we spiral into ever higher and warmer and warmer climes, and the crash is not far away. Okay, maybe that’s a bit drastic and striking. But all photographed birds are either extinct or highly endangered.
Project Duration
It took nearly a year of research and preparation, two days of shooting and around 2 weeks of post-production.
Operation Flow
This is the third series of my collection of series, called NEGLECT. All endangered or extinct species.
I had the wonderful chance to photograph in the ornithology institue of the Senckenberg Institutes in Dresden, Germany.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Florian W. Mueller, 2022.
Image Credits
Credits:
Leica Camera Germany
Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden
ChromaLuxe
Photography Zingst

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