Life's Elegy: Underwater Ballet of Flying Beetles licenseThe 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
the artist wants to convey the transience of our existence compared to the vast expanse of space and time
each image records a fleeting event: a brief equilibrium between buoyancy
mounted to aluminium in an oak tray frame
unique silver gelatine hand print
Historically
limited edition of 15 cups
Edition of 25 archival pigment printspaper size 23
Within the context of The Legacy Collection
'Mirror of the goddess - plate II’
The Vanitas series is photographed entirely underwater
giving single-use waste a new life
The length of the animation is 7 minutes and 48 seconds
