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

































































