a traditional momento mori still life vanitas of flowers butterflies atop a wooden table laid with silk homewares tansy and zinnia varieties

tansy and zinnia varieties

Through this artwork

keeping clothing and luggage fresh without chemicals

I documented the hundreds of differing taxi firms operating in the city of Tokyo

most notable the polluted oceans

a traditional momento mori still life vanitas of flowers butterflies atop a wooden table laid with silk homewares tansy and zinnia varietiesThe 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,