Sunflower (music video)

by
Tamino

Year: 2023

Album: Sahar

Directed By: Jonathan Van Hemelrijck, Bastiaan Lochs and Ramy Moharam Fouad

Produced By: HAMLET and LesMecs

Tamino and Angèle's "Sunflower" was one of the most visually ambitious music videos I've worked on as a still photographer. The production, directed with a painterly attention to light and landscape, brought both artists together in a setting that felt equal parts earthly and dreamlike. "Sunflower" went on to win the 2024 MIA Award for Best Music Video, a recognition that felt entirely deserved given the care that went into every frame of the production. These set photographs are a record of what it looked like from behind the lens.

Angèle in a white corset dress, arms wrapped around a dark pole, head tilted back, fog rising at her feet, blue and amber painted backdrop. Sunflower music video.
Tamino from behind in a black and white shirt, head bowed at the base of a tall ladder, thick fog at her feet, blue and amber painted backdrop. Sunflower music video.
Tamino standing in a small wooden boat on a dark blue set, a tall ladder at left and a glowing lantern beside him. Sunflower music video set photography.
Tamino from the waist down in a wooden rowing boat, one hand on an oar, the other holding a lit lantern, blue haze behind. Sunflower music video set photography.
Behind-the-scenes wide shot of the full studio: blue painted backdrop, white fabric sea floor, Tamino in a wooden boat center-left, a large camera crane visible. Sunflower music video.
Angèle full-length in a white corset dress and white boots, isolated in a spotlight against a black backdrop with scattered star lights. Sunflower music video.
Angèle in a white corset dress kneeling beside a wilted sunflower in sand, Tamino in a white shirt and dark waistcoat standing behind. Sunflower music video.
Black-and-white — Tamino's booted feet and legs mid-jump above the sandy lunar set, star lights in the dark background. Sunflower music video set photography.
Behind-the-scenes in black and white: a camera operator on a large crane films Angèle in her white dress crouching at a pole in dense fog. Sunflower music video.
Angèle in white dress holding a small bottle, a wilted sunflower to her left, Tamino blurred in the foreground, star-lit backdrop. Sunflower music video.
Tamino in profile in the foreground, Angèle crouching beside a wilted sunflower in a spotlight behind him, star lights above on a dark stage. Sunflower music video.
Black-and-white — Tamino in a dark waistcoat leaning against a tall ladder, dense fog surrounding him, studio rigging visible above. Sunflower music video.
Behind-the-scenes in black and white: two figures in dark coats with Angèle in her white costume on the sandy star-lit set. Sunflower music video set photography.
Black-and-white — Tamino from behind in a dark waistcoat, Angèle crouching beside a sunflower in a bright spotlight behind him, stars above. Sunflower music video.
Black-and-white — Tamino mid-leap above a bright light box, arms and legs spread, studio rigging filling the ceiling above. Sunflower music video set photography.
Black-and-white close-up of Tamino's leather boots on the sandy set, dark trouser legs in motion, fog and star lights in the background. Sunflower music video.
Black-and-white — Tamino in a dark waistcoat leaning hard forward, rowing with both oars, motion blur across the frame, studio light glowing top right. Sunflower.
Black-and-white — Angèle in a white dress lunging forward in the boat, heavy motion blur smearing her dress and outstretched arms. Sunflower music video set photography.
Black-and-white — Tamino seated in a wooden rowing boat looking left, a glowing lantern on a post beside him, haze around the scene. Sunflower music video.
Long-exposure panning shot: Tamino silhouetted in a wooden boat gliding against a warm orange glow and dramatic painted cloudy sky. Sunflower music video.
Tamino from behind, seated in a wooden boat, silhouetted against a deep orange glowing backdrop, a lantern on a post and crossed oars beside him. Sunflower.
Tamino silhouetted against a large warm orange backdrop on set, a crew member crouching with a camera to his right, studio equipment and boat visible. Sunflower.
Tamino silhouetted from below, suspended by visible wires in mid-air, legs raised, warm amber backlit fog surrounding him. Sunflower music video set photography.
Tamino silhouetted and suspended by wires against a warm amber backlight, body in a diagonal falling pose, thick fog below. Sunflower music video set photography.

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