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Illusions of Water

Water is our most precious resource. We come from it and contain it.
It cleanses us and sustains us. Without it we cannot survive.

Water is what makes us human. In mythology; naiads, or water nymphs,
symbolize the power of water and reminded ancient cultures of its singular
importance in everyday life. In these dreamlike photographs, I reflect upon
water by immersing female figures surrendering to its literal and figurative
depth. The water drenches and absorbs them, allowing these otherworldly
women to become buoyant and float free. Only by giving of themselves
unconditionally to water—the symbolic amniotic fluid that nourishes and
protects us before birth—can they transcend life and move beyond it to
become wholly and utterly transcendent.

The images within this portfolio were created in natural and man-made
bodies of water in the Omaha area.

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