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these works stand as singular records of a larger conceptual and physical undertaking

0110’  dated 2017

and analogue photographic processes

By removing surface pigment and allowing purified water to occupy the capillaries of the petals

Each photographic print is ordered either in small – 11

red tulip pairing interwoven together empirical these works stand as singularThe 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,