Ikarus 攝影藝術作品 by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 攝影設計 Competition Category.

銀攝影· 2022

Ikarus 攝影藝術作品

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 攝影 Category

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The Design

About Ikarus 攝影藝術作品

《Ikarus》係一個攝影系列，展示咗一啲已經絕種或者極度瀕危物種嘅雀鳥標本。每一隻雀鳥都以林布蘭畫作嘅風格嚟呈現，而每幅肖像嘅背景都係嗰隻雀鳥羽毛嘅微距攝影。呢啲標本喺德國德累斯頓森根堡研究所嘅鳥類學收藏中拍攝。標題引用咗伊卡洛斯嘅傳說，佢飛得太高，最終墜落大海。《Ikarus》係一個名為《Neglect》嘅系列收藏嘅第三部分。呢啲作品以ChromaLuxe物料製作，屬限量版。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Ikarus 攝影藝術作品是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Ikarus 攝影藝術作品將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Ikarus 攝影藝術作品是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Here are photographed specimens of animals, most of whose species are extinct. For this series Dr. Martin Päckert, the head of the ornithology section of the Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, he supported me very dedicated in my work.
In painting, the foolish or overconfident person is often depicted as Icarus.
Dimensions & Packaging: Produced artworks are in the size 120 x 90cm, 80 x 60cm available. All strictly limited to 5/10 pieces.
Tags: animals, photography, endangered, extinct, birds, environment, portrait, Rembrandt
Production Technology: Digital Photography, produced on ChromaLuxe material.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to set the prepared birds in scene like in a Rembrandt painting. The background of the portraits is a macro-photography of the feathers of each bird.
Research: I found that in the collection of the Senckenberg Institute in Dresden the most rare examples of extinct bird species are collected.
From a project before I had the contacts to the institute and they immediately said yes, when I asked to photograph the examples for my project. Then Dr. Martin Päckert helped me a lot with the taxonomy and the names and the origin of the birds and the preparations.
Inspiration: We know the legend of Icarus, whose father Daedalus built wings of feathers and wax for himself and his son to escape from the captivity of Minos on Crete. The son Icarus became overconfident, the wax melted, he fell into the sea. Despite his father’s warnings.
Despite warnings and admonitions, we spiral into ever higher and warmer and warmer climes, and the crash is not far away. Okay, maybe that’s a bit drastic and striking. But all photographed birds are either extinct or highly endangered.
Project Duration: It took nearly a year of research and preparation, two days of shooting and around 2 weeks of post-production.
Operation Flow: This is the third series of my collection of series, called NEGLECT. All endangered or extinct species.
I had the wonderful chance to photograph in the ornithology institue of the Senckenberg Institutes in Dresden, Germany.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Florian W. Mueller, 2022.
Image Credits: Credits:
Leica Camera Germany
Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden
ChromaLuxe
Photography Zingst