This series of botanical portraits acknowledges the symbolic tropes of Memento mori and Vanitas to explore transience of life and the inevitability of death through, the simple of human act of picking a flower and placing it in bottle, in this case reclaimed Victorian era glass bottles.

The effect of a temporary renewal of life via the sustenance of nutrients and water echoes the recent scientific research which suggest a ‘third state’ beyond life and death, whilst exploring the narrative around the complex relationship between photography and death.