Wabi Sabi

In traditional Japanese Shinto and Buddhist Philosophy, all things; objects, people, plants and so on have their own spirit and also their own aesthetic. This aesthetic doesn’t disappear as the thing ages, it merely changes with time.

All things change.

This concept is known as Wabi Sabi and is often, and maybe erroneously, translated as ‘The beauty of age and decay’.

In this portfolio, I wanted to explore this idea and choose objects and places which though decayed, still have an obvious aesthetic beauty which can be portrayed visually.