Mother Earth Primary Function: Larawan by Naseer Behbehani

Mother Earth Primary Function: Larawan by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award na Pilak in Disenyo ng Potograpiya at Manipulasyon ng Larawan Competition Category.

PilakPotograpiya· 2020

Mother Earth Primary Function: Larawan

by Naseer Behbehani

A' Design Award na Pilak Winner in Potograpiya Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth Primary Function: Larawan

Ang Mother Earth ay isang studio portrait photograph na naglalarawan sa planeta sa anyong tao bilang isang babaeng may masamang kalusugan. Ang makeup ay gumagamit ng berde, asul at kayumangging kulay upang katawanin ang mga karagatan, halaman at lupa. May mga namamatay na talulot ng bulaklak na nakalagay sa ulo ng modelo upang ipahiwatig ang karamdaman. Ang ekspresyon ng modelo ay nagbibigay ng damdamin ng kalungkutan at kahinaan. Ang ilaw ay nilikha gamit ang isang malaking octabox sa modelo at isang ilaw sa backdrop. Ang huling imahe ay pinino gamit ang digital editing software. Iniuugnay ng larawan ang polusyon sa emosyon ng tao at naglalayong bigyang-pansin ang pagbabago ng klima.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award na Pilak

Ang Mother Earth Primary Function: Larawan ay nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Pilak, isang pambihirang prestihiyosong pagkilalang iginagawad sa mga disenyong nasa pinakamataas na antas, nakabibighani at kahanga-hanga. Ang mga nagwagi ng Pilak ay mga likhang lubhang makinang at napakamalikhain na naglalarawan sa pambihirang kadalubhasaan, talento at talas ng isip ng kanilang mga tagapagdisenyo. Inaasahang ang Mother Earth Primary Function: Larawan ay isang kahanga-hangang likhang huwaran na kapansin-pansing propesyonal at malalim na makabago. Ang disenyong ito na nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Pilak ay isang lubhang kapansin-pansin at hinahangaang imbensyon na nakikinabang at nagpapaunlad sa mga hangganan ng sining, agham, disenyo at teknolohiya. Ang Mother Earth Primary Function: Larawan ay isang likhang labis na kinaiinggitan na gumigising ng mga hangarin, nagdadala ng positibong damdamin at nagpapasiklab ng pagkamangha at pagkabighani.

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.