The title “Corpus delicti”—Latin for “piece of evidence”—refers to the central element of the series: a spruce branch.
Seylech discovered it in June 2007 in nearby Eistlenbach. What initially seemed like an inconspicuous find soon became the starting point for an artistic process. While playing with his children in the evenings, Seylech used the spruce branch as a prop, slipping into an ever-changing series of roles and characters. From this spontaneous play came the idea of photographing these transformations and bringing them together in a collage. The photo series was created that same week.
Franziska captured the scenes with an analog camera. The result is a series of 27 photographs in which the spruce branch serves as a recurring visual thread, accompanying each character as it takes on new functions and meanings.
The deliberate use of black and white gives the final collage formal clarity and visual tension. By removing color, the images focus attention entirely on expression, contrast, and staging.
