DESIGN NAME: Behind Glory
PRIMARY FUNCTION: A Wugang Documentary
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.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: 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.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: 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.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Wugang, Wuhan, China, 2019
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Photography and Photo Manipulation Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Digital photography using a Canon 5DSR with a EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Dimension various.
TAGS: photography, documentary, abstract image, environmental health, pollution contral
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: 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.
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.
ADDED DATE: 2020-02-28 04:09:22
TEAM MEMBERS (1) : 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.
PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS: Copyrights belong to Lampo Leong, 2019.
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