Mother Earth 照片 by Naseer Behbehani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 攝影設計 Competition Category.

銀攝影· 2020

Mother Earth 照片

by Naseer Behbehani

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 攝影 Category

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The Design

About Mother Earth 照片

《大地之母》係一張影樓人像照片，將地球以人形呈現，化身為一位健康欠佳嘅女性。妝容運用綠色、藍色同啡色調，代表海洋、植物同泥土。模特兒頭上放置咗凋謝嘅花瓣，象徵病態。模特兒嘅表情流露出哀傷同脆弱。燈光以一個大型八角柔光箱打喺模特兒身上，另有一盞燈照射背景。最終影像透過數碼編輯軟件加以修飾。呢張照片將污染同人類情感連繫起嚟，喚起大眾對氣候變化嘅關注。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Mother Earth 照片是 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Mother Earth 照片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。Mother Earth 照片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: 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.