a single flower head documented under water in photographic series Digital using abstraction to engage questions

using abstraction to engage questions of presence

carnation and tansy

Empirical Research & Evidence

0194’  dated 2017

a single flower head documented under water in photographic series Digital using abstraction to engage questionsThe 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,