"Mono no aware",
described like "The pathos of things" or "the poignancy of things" is a fixed term of Japanese aesthetics. It means the sensitivity to the natural life of the things that are exposed to the flow of time, such as the rise and fall of Japanese cherry blossom.
Sebastian Autenrieth replaced the cherry blossom through a withering leaf - standing for itself, bizarre, glam, fragile, contemplative.
The tension and concentration of photographic self in the encounter with the object is accessible to the viewer.
