a rich painterly floral vanitas with butterfly insects the Dutch golden age archive extending a lineage that emerged

extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth-century Dutch painting

it exposes the precarious balance between preservation and loss

This collection presents a series of tactile

with 200 colour illustrations across 224 pages

a rich painterly floral vanitas with butterfly insects the Dutch golden age archive extending a lineage that emergedThe 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,