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Behind Glory Iwe Wugang Itan by Lampo Leong

Behind Glory Iwe Wugang Itan by Lampo Leong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Fọ́tò Yíya àti Àtúnṣe Fọ́tò Competition Category.


IdẹFọ́tò Yíya· 2020

Behind Glory Iwe Wugang Itan

by Lampo Leong

Client: University of Macau Centre for Arts and Design

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Fọ́tò Yíya Category

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The Design

About Behind Glory Iwe Wugang Itan

Iwe itan fọto ti Wugang yii, Ile-iṣẹ Wuhan Iron ati Irin. Atilẹyin nipasẹ Ilu Russia ati ti a ṣe ni ọdun 1958, Wugang ti o jẹ ti ilu jẹ ọkan ninu awọn ile-iṣẹ irin nla nla julọ ni China ati ni kete ti ṣe afihan iṣelọpọ ile-iṣẹ ati ipotunṣe ti orilẹ-ede naa. Sibẹsibẹ, iru ile-iṣẹ bẹẹ fa idoti ayika pupọ. Nipasẹ yiyalo ogba Wugang ti a ti bajẹ pupọ pẹlu awọn aworan somber, iṣẹ yii ṣafihan idiyele ti o san ati abajade lẹhin ogo ti imuduro ati ilọsiwaju ọrọ-aje, mu awọn oluwo sinu wiwa agbegbe ti o mọ ati ilera.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award

Behind Glory Iwe Wugang Itan jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Behind Glory Iwe Wugang Itan yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Behind Glory Iwe Wugang Itan ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
This is a photographic documentary of Wugang, the Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. Supported by the Russian and built in 1958, the state-owned Wugang is one of the biggest and most important steel factories in China, once signifying the industrialization & modernization of the country. However, such industry causes severe environmental pollution. Through capturing the heavily polluted campus with somber images, this community project reveals the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of economic prosperity.
Dimensions & Packaging
Dimension various.
Tags
photography, documentary, abstract image, environmental health, pollution contral
Production Technology
Digital photography using a Canon 5DSR with a EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
Design Challenge
It is very difficult to obtain permission to take photo of this state-owned steel factory. The condition of the photo site is poor and limited, often difficult to get to the ideal places to obtain the best photographic angle.
Research
This is a photographic documentary of a steel factory. The design research points out the pollution and public health problem in the working and living environment; resulting the insights on price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity. These images provoke the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy environment.
Inspiration
Inspired by contemporary artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Sally Mann, this environmental health and pollution control community project documents the heavily polluted and decaying factory campus of Wugang with abstract, lyrical and somewhat somber images. This group of photography points out the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity in China, provoking the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy working and living environment.
Project Duration
Wugang, Wuhan, China, 2019
Operation Flow
These photo documentary could be used for exhibition offline and online to make people aware of pollution and public health in the working and living environment.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Lampo Leong, 2019.
Team Members
Lampo Leong
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory I, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory II, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory III, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory IV, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory V, 2019.

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