a simple still life vanitas photograph that looks like a paintings homewares Part of the ´Renaciendo´ project

Part of the ´Renaciendo´ project

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A luxurious cushion featuring a unique underwater artwork of artist Alexander James Hamilton

framed in naturally waxed rosewood

a simple still life vanitas photograph that looks like a paintings homewares Part of the ´Renaciendo´ projectThe 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,