tulip flower specimens photographed in water like an oil painting religious-iconography and surface tension converge

and surface tension converge

0106’  dated 2017

000 grammes

unique darkroom print

and light intersect to form transient abstract structures

tulip flower specimens photographed in water like an oil painting religious-iconography and surface tension convergeThe 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,