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japanese cemeteries

PrizeHonorable Mention in Exterior Architecture Photography / Cityscapes
LocationHerrsching, Germany
Studiofotografie maximilian gottwald
Photographermaximilian gottwald

i document cemeteries in the middle of the city with its skyscrapers and the urban landscape in the background. dealing with the connection between past and present, tradition and modernity as well as life and death. it gives a fascinating insight into the complexity of the contrasts in japan. the pictures show the cemeteries as small oases of peace in the middle of the hectic urban landscapes. the tranquillity of the world of the dead and the hustle and bustle of urban life meet here and create an impressive contrast between past and present, between silence and noise.