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Silence is a haunting and elegant collection of still-life photographs that explores the quiet tension between beauty, decay, and mortality. Through carefully staged compositions, Hans Neleman elevates everyday objects—bones, flowers, cloth, relics—into poetic arrangements that evoke the timeless themes of transience and remembrance.

Executed in large format and rendered with striking tonal clarity, the photographs are rich with atmosphere and intention. Each image feels suspended in time, inviting the viewer to pause and consider what is absent as much as what is present. This is visual storytelling at its most restrained and powerful—minimal yet emotionally charged.

More than a book of still lifes, Silence is a meditation on impermanence, presence, and the subtle language of form. It reveals Neleman’s deep sensitivity to composition and texture, and reflects a distinctly personal and contemplative visual voice.