Among the reeds.

Among the reeds. 2024.

This little body is almost weightless, yet it holds the whole frame. The butterfly rests on the skin of the water like a pressed flower, suspended between air and mud. Around it, reeds, algae, bubbles and broken stems crowd in, a tangle of life that is already turning back to sludge.

It’s an uncomfortable mix of beauty and rot. The wings still catch the light, almost luminous against the swampy colour beneath, but you can see the damage and the stains creeping in. It becomes a quiet study of how short grace is, and how the world keeps moving around it anyway.

34 mm • f/2.8 • 1/320 sec • ISO 800