Rare Butterfly Elegance: Analog Film Vanitas Photography in Black Water vanitas 0178’ dated 2017

0178’  dated 2017

Unique archival pigment print

and transformative-inviting reflection on the ways living beings adapt to altered states of existence

each image records a fleeting event: a brief equilibrium between buoyancy

- Sold direct from the artists studio

Rare Butterfly Elegance: Analog Film Vanitas Photography in Black Water vanitas 0178’ dated 2017The 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