Samsa Kazi ya Sanaa ya Upigaji Picha by Florian W. Mueller

Samsa Kazi ya Sanaa ya Upigaji Picha by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Upigaji Picha na Uhariri wa Picha Competition Category.

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Samsa Kazi ya Sanaa ya Upigaji Picha

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award Winner in Upigaji Picha Category

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The Design

About Samsa Kazi ya Sanaa ya Upigaji Picha

Samsa ni kazi ya sanaa ya upigaji picha kutoka katika mfululizo wa Neglect. Mfululizo huu unaonyesha vielelezo vilivyohifadhiwa vya wadudu, ambao wengi wao wametoweka au wako katika hatari kubwa ya kutoweka. Picha hizi zilitengenezwa kwa mfumo wa kamera ya kidijitali na lenzi ya makro ya milimita 105. Kipengele cha upigaji picha nyingi (multishot) kilitumika kuunda faili kubwa sana za megapikseli 185. Studio ndogo ya juu ya meza ilijengwa ili vielelezo hivyo dhaifu viweze kupigwa picha bila kuguswa karibu kabisa. Chapa zinazalishwa kwa ukubwa wa aina mbili na kwa matoleo maalum yenye idadi ndogo. Lengo ni kudhihirisha urembo usio wa kawaida wa wadudu na kuvuta usikivu kuhusu kutoweka kwa wadudu.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award

Samsa Kazi ya Sanaa ya Upigaji Picha ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kuu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya daraja la kwanza, ya ajabu na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Dhahabu ni kazi bunifu mno, zenye maono makubwa na za kung'aa kwa umaridadi zinazoakisi kipaji, hekima na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Samsa Kazi ya Sanaa ya Upigaji Picha inatarajiwa kuwa uvumbuzi unaosifiwa sana, wa kuweka mielekeo na wa kihistoria unaoleta thamani isiyo na kifani. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award ni mradi wa kustaajabisha na unaoheshimika unaonufaisha sana na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. Samsa Kazi ya Sanaa ya Upigaji Picha huzua hisia kali za hamu, huamsha shauku, huhimiza ubunifu na hutuvutia.

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