Nova Noir

Nova Noir means ‘black star’ and is inspired by the monumental, biblical phrase of Genesis 3:19: “ for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return” also known of the English burial service: “earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust”. The photos show soil of former Bavarian battlefields. On this soil many people fought for their lives. Blood shed upon this ground, turning life into dust and earth. I took the soil from the battlefields and photographed it in a studio through a pipe. The interplay of light and shadow create the suggestion of celestial bodies. The series depicts several life stages of a star until it collapses.