using nature as a primary guide for artists practice devoted to the Vanitas genre tokyo taxi 0111’ dated 2017

0111’  dated 2017

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dated 2001

Written during the emergence of AI-generated imagery

Positioned within a contemporary Vanitas tradition

using nature as a primary guide for artists practice devoted to the Vanitas genre tokyo taxi 0111’ dated 2017The 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,