Behind Glory Idokhumenti Le-Wugang Luhlobo Lokuthwebula by Lampo Leong

Behind Glory Idokhumenti Le-Wugang Luhlobo Lokuthwebula by Lampo Leong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Umklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award in Ukuthwebula Izithombe Competition Category.

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Behind Glory Idokhumenti Le-Wugang Luhlobo Lokuthwebula

by Lampo Leong

Client: University of Macau Centre for Arts and Design

Umklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award Winner in Ukuthwebula Izithombe Category

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The Design

About Behind Glory Idokhumenti Le-Wugang Luhlobo Lokuthwebula

Lokhu kungumbhali wezithombe weWugang, iWuhan Iron kanye neNkampani Yezinsimbi. Ixhaswe yiRussia futhi yakhiwa ngonyaka we-1958, iWugang ephethwe nguhulumeni ingenye yezimboni ezinkulu zensimbi eChina futhi eyake yasayina ukuthuthukiswa kwezimboni kanye nokwenziwa kwezwe namuhla. Kodwa-ke, imboni enjalo ibangela ukungcoliswa okunamandla kwemvelo. Ngokuthwebula ikhampasi yaseWugang engcoliswe kakhulu ngezithombe ezingekho mthethweni, le phrojekthi iveza inani elikhokhelwayo kanye nomphumela ngemuva kwenkazimulo yesimanje nokuchuma kwezomnotho, okwenza ababukeli bafune indawo ehlanzekile nenempilo.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award

Behind Glory Idokhumenti Le-Wugang Luhlobo Lokuthwebula iwinile uMklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile kakhulu okunikezwa imiklamo ephawulekayo eyehlukaniswa ukudala, ubuhlakani nobukhali bengqondo. Abawinile beBhulonzi yimisebenzi enobuchule obukhulu nedala ngokumangalisayo eqinisekisa isipiliyoni esibanzi, umcabango nobuhlakani babaklami babo. Behind Glory Idokhumenti Le-Wugang Luhlobo Lokuthwebula ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo, enobungcweti obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu ebuciko, esayensi, ekuklameni nasebuchwepheshe futhi uhamba phambili ngenxa yokunaka kwawo imininingwane. Behind Glory Idokhumenti Le-Wugang Luhlobo Lokuthwebula iyanelisa izidingo ngokumangalisayo, ithinta izifiso, iheha imizwa futhi ikhanga ukufuna ukwazi.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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.