Floral bouquet spring tribute hand Akiharbara District

Akiharbara District

All photographed on a Hasselblad 6x6cm camera loaded with transparency film

Each composition was constructed underwater and photographed directly onto large-format analogue plates during the Vanitas period (2009–2013)

and perception

now with the introduction of a coke within the scene

Floral bouquet spring tribute hand Akiharbara DistrictThe 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,