Coming of Age 摄影 by Ismail Niyaz Mohamed

Coming of Age 摄影 by Ismail Niyaz Mohamed is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 摄影与图片处理设计 Competition Category.

铁摄影· 2020

Coming of Age 摄影

by Ismail Niyaz Mohamed

Client: Ismail Niyaz Mohamed

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 摄影 Category

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The Design

About Coming of Age 摄影

在日本，成年庆祝活动是女孩和男孩二十岁的时候。这是一个重要的时刻，他们要离开青少年，成为有权利，责任和自由的成年人。这是一生中一次的正式活动。女童通常穿和服，男童和服或西服。每年的场合都在一月的第二个星期一进行标记。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Coming of Age 摄影是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Coming of Age 摄影将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Coming of Age 摄影因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Coming of age day is a ceremony celebrated in Japan when they turn 20 years old, they are officially considered adults in the society and have more rights, responsibilities and liberties. It is a formal event held once in a lifetime which is held on every second Monday of January each year where girls wear Kimono's and boys wear suit and tie or a traditional men's kimono. It is also a spiritual event where many go to a Shrine to pray for health and prosperity.
Dimensions & Packaging: Nikon D4
1/100 sec f2.8
14mm
ISO 160
Tags: japan, culture, traditional, kimono, bamboo
Production Technology: Nikon D4 DSLR
AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm F2.8G ED
Design Challenge: The most difficult part of this project was the crowd of tourists visiting the Bamboo garden. I had to make sure that no one was on the frame. Even then the background had people which had to be removed in the post production stage.
Research: Bamboo has a lot of significance in the Japanese culture relating to human character. Bamboo is hollow inside how a young adult should ideally be when they leave their teens: leaving behind all the negativity of the teen years behind and receive knowledge and wisdom for the growth, and find wisdom in emptiness. The hard body of the bamboo firmly sways with the wind with harmony which is a symbol of humility. It is also a very strong tree which survives in in the harshest climates from extreme winters to hot summers. These characteristics are important in human life.
Inspiration: The photo shoot was taken in a Temple called Hokokuji in Kamakura. I chose this location because of the Bamboo Garden inside the temple.
Bamboo is a very strong plant and it is a symbol of prosperity and it is also a symbol of purity and innocence and good luck in Japanese culture. Bamboo trees are the fastest growing plants in the world and it is important to the culture and tradition of Japan.
Project Duration: It was a day project starting and ending on 22 November 2015. The location was Hokokuji Temple, Kamakura, Japan
Operation Flow: I took a full day to do this shoot as there were many factors involved in this project like Hair and makeup, kimono fitting, traveling etc. One of the biggest challenge was the crowd. I spent a lot of time waiting for the people to pass and to clear the area and had to do post processing to remove unwanted objects from the frame later.
Team Members: Ismail Niyaz Mohamed (Photographer)
Ismail Niyaz Mohamed (Art Direction)
Nagisa Sakurai (Hair & Makeup Artist)
Misaki Kawaguchi (Model)
Image Credits: Ismail Niyaz Mohamed (Photographer)