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Takeo Hirose Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Bamboo Forest Fine Art Photography in Photography and Photo Manipulation Design
Takeo Hirose acknowledged for photography and photo manipulation design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Bamboo Forest Fine Art Photography by Takeo Hirose has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Photography and Photo Manipulation Design category. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Bamboo Forest Fine Art Photography
Takeo Hirose was born in Kyoto, 1962. He started studying photography in earnest in 2011 when Japan suffered from the huge earthquake disaster. Through the earthquake he understood that the beautiful sceneries are not eternal but actually very fragile, and noticed the importance of taking photos of the Japanese beauty. His production concept is to express the world of traditional Japanese paintings and ink paintings with modern Japanese sensibility and the photo technology. For the past few years he has produced the works with a motif of bamboo, which can be associated with Japan.
About Takeo Hirose
Takeo Hirose was born in Kyoto, 1962. He started studying photography in earnest in 2011 when Japan suffered from the huge earthquake disaster. Through the earthquake he understood that the beautiful sceneries are not eternal but actually very fragile, and noticed the importance of taking photos of the Japanese beauty. His production concept is to express the world of traditional Japanese paintings and ink paintings with modern Japanese sensibility and the photo technology. For the past few years he has produced the works with a motif of bamboo, which can be associated with Japan.
Award Record
This recognition makes Takeo Hirose a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Photography and Photo Manipulation Design Award
The A' Photography Design Award is an international photography competition recognizing good photographic creations by best photographers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to photographers, photojournalists, advertising agencies and digital artists from all countries. Typical entries include portraits, landscapes, still lifes, photojournalism, fashion shots and architectural images. The awarded photography designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/photography
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/104030
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/104030
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!104030
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/275994
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/3biMO2l
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Bamboo Forest Fine Art Photography
- Function
- Fine Art Photography
- Category
- Photography and Photo Manipulation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts and Entertainment
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Black and Light Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Takeo Hirose
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #104030
Credits
- Image Credits
- All images by Takeo Hirose
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- For the past few years the designer has produced the works in the motif of bamboo, which can be associated with Japan. In the project, he is trying to seize the reason why bamboo images strongly associates with Japan.
- Inspiration
- Modern photo artists like Hiroshi Sugimoto and Andreas Gursky inspire the designer so much. However old Japanese artists like Hokusai, Hasegawa Tohaku, Zyakuchu, Ogata Korin etc. also inspire him a lot.
- Research
- The shots from bottom to top is suitable for expression of dignitiy of baoboo forests, while the designer found that the position of each bamboo is very important for the beauty of works. He found the cyanotype tone suits the atmosphere of the bamboo forests most, and they look like contemporary Suibokuga.
- Challenge
- Bamboo itself is very common in Japan, however it is not easy to extract the Japanese beauty from the common motif and create different types of works. The designer has been trying to get close image to old Japanese paintings and Suibokuga (Japanese ink painting) by creative methods.
- Realization and Technology
- The designer thinks the distinctive characteristics of bamboo are even more attractive in monochrome images using the modern techniques of photography. At first he takes color photos, and develops them to monochrome images with photoshop and other sophisticated tools. For development he uses Dell 8K monitor to express delicate touch and light & shade.
- Operation and Interaction
- The designer has visited many places of beautiful bamboo forests in Japan. He has also visited several night festivals at which bamboo forests are illuminated. Actually, there are so many bamboos in Japan, however most are too dense or not trimmed by human, and such bamboo forests are not suitable for his works.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in November 2016 in Kyoto and finished in December 2018 in Kamakura.
- Specifications
- Print size / A3 (297mm X 420mm)
- Keywords
- bamboo, B&W, japan, oriental, monochrome, kyoto, asia, zen, cool, relax, suibokuga
