Blue Wings Below: Contemporary Vanitas Photography of Rare Underwater ButterfliesThe 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

no commercial use or broadcasting either in part or whole

museum u/v varnish to protect the print

series explores themes of transformation

The world has changed so dramatically since then

A unique print on archival paper

low-light palette

they function as archival studies of transience

5 inches / 57 x 75 cms

available individually

Limited edition of only 10 pieces

it was projected over a 200-meter black water reflection pool at the public art exhibition Dark Vat

0194’  dated 2017