Fluidic Flutter: Underwater Photography of Fluttering Life vanitasThe 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
a snapshot view of the birth of a fire that has long been extinguished
these works form part of an ongoing investigation into the mechanics of water
where empirical process and aesthetic resolution converge
This process becomes a metaphor for change itself-total
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Each print is individually numbered and supplied with provenance documentation citing the originating plate number
plate 0488
washer and threaded bolt for installation
'Mirror of the goddess - plate IV’
shipped in a tube wrapped in gesso paper direct from the darkroom
Ecologically printed with vibrant lemon using hemp leaves with abstract motifs of flower petals from carnation
please always frame behind museum-grade glazing such as Art Glass or equivalent that blocks 97 % + UV
