Conservation Overture: Modern Vanitas Photography of Endangered Butterflies Below goya blending playful design with a

blending playful design with a powerful message of sustainability and thoughtful living

The resulting compositions exist between presence and disappearance

Dated 2013Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta Satin 30080 × 60 cm | 31

revealing complex geometries

Conservation Overture: Modern Vanitas Photography of Endangered Butterflies Below goya blending playful design with aThe Butterfly, or Swarm, series explores themes of transformation, fragility, and mortality through the symbolic and physical presence of butterflies suspended within water. Across cultures and histories, the butterfly has carried layered meanings regeneration, freedom, spirituality, and death most notably within Greek thought, where it is closely associated with the soul. These works engage with that symbolic lineage while grounding it in direct