using flower specimens to raise awareness for biodiversity loss skull allowing petals

allowing petals

Kojin Taxi

weight +/- 500 grammes

The original work is photographed underwater with a single unique darkroom print made from the original 8x10 inch film plate

using flower specimens to raise awareness for biodiversity loss skull allowing petalsThe 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,