A series of 8 x 10 Polaroids taken by Darren Almond at the end of the night in Monet's garden in Giverny, France.

Apart from painting and gardening, I am good for nothing," Claude Monet wrote to a friend, favouring a life in Giverny, 3 km from Vernon on the Seine coming from Paris. He had come here in 1883, initially remodelling the house and garden extensively and turning the Clos Normand into an ornamental garden. Later, in 1893, he bought a large plot of land above the street, today's Chemin du Roy, where he created his famous water lily pond with the Japanese bridge, which was to dominate his work from 1897 until his death on 5 December 1926.

Darren Almond, born in 1971, now lives in London and works extensively on photography under the full moon. He is one of the most outstanding contemporary English artists. Following his exhibition at the Villa Merkel and the accompanying cassette "Nocturne", this publication with the new photographs of floral motifs in Monet's garden emphasises the sculptural aspect of Darren Almond's photographic work. This is why the individual flower photographs can also be separated from the book block, which is protected by a translucent plastic cover into which a small signed Polaroid image of the famous water lily pond is inserted.