Rare Blue Wings Elegance: Modern Vanitas with Butterfly on Analog FilmThe 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

a snapshot view of the birth of a fire that has long been extinguished

Each piece embodies a story of renewal

Kakinoki Taxi

with 200 colour illustrations across 224 pages

where form is refracted

with a soundtrack by SubOctane

and the delicate thresholds between life

form briefly held

I documented the hundreds of differing taxi firms operating in the city of Tokyo

this project was created in Siberia from deep in its remote forests during the heart of winter

Each handle embodies a story of renewal

dated 2002