a strange scene vanitas where a conch and tulips are taken back to their natural habitat underwater rosae mounted to aluminium in an

mounted to aluminium in an oak tray frame

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transforming the familiar language of memento mori into a study of transience

a species whose history of human cultivation extends back to the earliest records of civilisation

a strange scene vanitas where a conch and tulips are taken back to their natural habitat underwater rosae mounted to aluminium in anThe 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,