Fine Art nominee

Impermanence
Or: The absence of permanence.
Nothing lasts, everything dissolves to become something new. A cycle without beginning nor end.

Change is an integral part of our lives. Maybe not always welcome, but in each moment necessary. It is the substance of life. Everything around us and within us needs to rearrange constantly to go on, to grow, to survive.

Petals signal the disappearance of the old, they are a sign of change. The spring that has finally arrived and the fruits that will soon grow to nourish. But the blossom never lasts long, it is only a fleeting pleasure. Only just arrived and already, the white, pink and yellow is starting to disappear and you find yourself standing in a sea of petals swirling around you in the wind. But as they are carried away, new life is ready to form.

Do you go willingly into change?

Originally from Austria, Michaela is currently based in Berlin, Germany. She is a self-taught photographer focusing on fine art and portrait photography. For her online presence she is mainly known as Lia Niobe.

The over-arching theme of her work is the interaction between humans and nature. What began as surrealistic storytelling grew into a desire to explore the human self in relation to nature. This exploration has continued to raise questions, which she tries to give form to through her images. They are an attempt to envoke reconnection to the soul through stories and connectedness to natural elements.

Her images have been exhibited in Austria, Finland and Germany.