Silvia Merler

Photographer
Tokyo - mono no aware
Location: Washington DC
Nationality: Italian
Biography: I am a soul with good intentions, and a camera. I've been told that I'm shy in appearance but not insubstance, I consider it a compliment and hope my photographs conveys the same feeling.
Public Story
Tokyo - mono no aware
Copyright Silvia Merler 2024
Updated Dec 2015
Location Tokyo
Topics Abandonment, Beauty, Landscape, Street, Travel
Tokyo, Japan. November 2014
(Nikon FM2; films)

"Mono no aware" (物の哀れ) is a Japanese expression that literally means "the pathos of things". It is used to indicate the awareness of transience of things, and both a gentle sadness at their passing as well as a longer, deeper sadness about this state being the reality of life. This project is my try to visually substantiate this feeling


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