Wabi-Sabi (侘寂) is a Japanese concept that aestheticizes impermanence.

Wabi (侘) is beauty in the imperfect ("less than"), restrained and simple.

Sabi (寂) is beauty revealed through the process of time, most notably decay.

Nature Photographer Gregor Schöpf shoots Nature through the lens of Japanese aesthetic sensibility Wabi-Sabi (侘寂).

Applied Principles

Nature

Shizen ⾃然

Natural seasons

Kisetsu 季節

Asymmetry and Irregularity

Fukinsei 不均整

Simplicity

Kanso 簡素

Texture

Kime 肌理

Empty Space

Ma 間

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Last updated: 16th May 2021