emperors truth a vanitas of peaches and fruit with beetle taxi Unique archival pigment print

Unique archival pigment print

the black scars

Water functions as both medium and metaphor

Especially considering the work is referred to as a view of a philosopher in contemplation

emperors truth a vanitas of peaches and fruit with beetle taxi Unique archival pigment printThe 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,