Vanishing Beauty: Underwater Photography of Fluttering LifeThe 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

- exhibition ´Rastvoyrennaya Pechal´ 2014

design may differ slightly from images as each piece is hand embroidered & assembled

it exposes the precarious balance between preservation and loss

each a different size and execution

As an element capable of nurturing and destruction

packed flat in a museum archival clam box wrapped in gesso paper

Akiharbara District

Handle the unframed print with clean cotton gloves on a large clean and perfectly flat table

Ebara Taxi

the butterfly has carried layered meanings-regeneration

shipped in a tube wrapped in gesso paper direct from the darkroom

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