cream yellow tulip flower heads in water photography Ebisu Taxi

Ebisu Taxi

Light shaped by the movement of water interacts with the scene to create a hyper-real yet painterly visual field

Rather than concealing the fabrication process

reflecting on impermanence

Ecologically printed with abstract floral motifs made with poppy flower petals

cream yellow tulip flower heads in water photography Ebisu TaxiThe 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,