a gilt gilded crucifix splashes into water rosae A research manuscript examining photography

A research manuscript examining photography as a physical event through light

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a gilt gilded crucifix splashes into water rosae A research manuscript examining photographyThe Splash Crucifixion series reinterprets a historic religious motif through the physical dynamics of water and impact. A collection of aged crucifixes is introduced to the water's surface, where the moment of contact disrupts surface tension and generates a brief, violent articulation of form. Each image records the instant of collision: a transient event in which solid object, liquid resistance, and gravity converge. Water erupts, fragments, and