From stars to darkness
From stars to darkness refers to the famous “Per aspera ad astra” which means, that there is no easy way to the stars and enlightment. Turning the phrase upside down, this story draws a bow from the world of elite and deserted consumer cathedrals and capitalist icons in the asian megacity of Hongkong down to the grim, packed and dirty world of everyday life, that is common to the majority of the people in this crowded and highly intense metropolis.
All photos ©Markus Sepperer, 2008 to 2012.
residential blocks at central island
traffic jam
rolex shop in the ifc mall
store in the ifc mall
elevators in a shopping mall
screens in the ifc mall
valentino store
escalator in a shopping mall
advertisment in a shopping mall
ferrari in a parkgarage
shopwindow at the ifc mall
advertisment at a house in central district
view down a backyard
waste collector
trash heap
traffic at central hongkong
footpath in central district
car parking garage
girl with mobile phone
rolls royce
man looking for girl
disneyland
disneyland
disneyland
a couple posing as astronauts in disneyland
containership
containerport
containerport and swamp
destroyed trucks
a girl is looking at advertisements
luxury car at central hongkong
fish in a restaurant
crowded mongkok
crazy woman at the tube
goldfish bowl
tubes outside a building in mongkok
head of a goat
crazy man on the street
dark backyard
bug
packaging is blocking the way in a backyard
a man is collecting cardboard boxes
ducks
sick man
power cables
working man with wires
underpants
a laundry in mongkok
floating flowers in a backyard
religious figure
glove
a crazy man sits on a street corner
flowers in a backyard
religious symbols in a backyard
woman with fan
flesh in a bowl
dead bird
a backyard laundry
dark house in mongkok
exploded noodles
red light backyard
man with shopping bags
a trashbag in a backyard
a man sleeps in a dark alley
bard wire next to a rain gutter