Studio-Bred Spectacle: Vanitas Photography Depicting Critically Endangered Butterflies taxi a species whose history of

a species whose history of human cultivation extends back to the earliest records of civilisation

unique silver gelatine hand print

The works explore this geometry as a metaphor for accumulation

Hikari Taxi

Studio-Bred Spectacle: Vanitas Photography Depicting Critically Endangered Butterflies taxi a species whose history ofThe 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