fancy tulip variety in art history skull the series renders impact

the series renders impact

and fragile

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Rather than relying on simulation or illustration

Dated 1996

fancy tulip variety in art history skull the series renders impactThe 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,