natures bounty floral vanitas with butterfly photographed underwater on analogue camera gear hardware Light interacts minimally with the

Light interacts minimally with the surface

shipped in a tube wrapped in gesso paper direct from the darkroom

but structure: a fragile framework that supports life yet is rarely observed in isolation

The way the landscape of the city interacts with the reflective surfaces of the taxi is often overlooked

By removing surface pigment and allowing purified water to occupy the capillaries of the petals

natures bounty floral vanitas with butterfly photographed underwater on analogue camera gear hardware Light interacts minimally with theThe Vanitas series revisits the still life tradition through an underwater photographic process, extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth century Dutch painting. Working entirely in water, these compositions draw on historical motifs associated with mortality, transience, and the passage of time. Floral specimens, organic matter, and carefully selected objects are staged within a submerged environment where light, reflection,