This is a gelatin silver print photograph by Michael Kenna. It is edition number 45 and bears the artist’s handwritten signature on the lower margin.

This work was created in 1997 and depicts the Bassin de Latone at the Palace of Versailles in France. The central statue appears as a silhouette against strong backlight, forming a quiet and contemplative atmosphere together with the surrounding garden elements.

The intense light washes out the background into a luminous white, while the foreground structures are rendered in deep black, creating a striking contrast and a sense of abstraction. Subtle forms of the garden visible in the distance introduce rhythm and depth within Kenna’s minimalist composition.

Through long exposure and refined simplicity, the scene is transformed into an image imbued with stillness and the passage of time. As in much of Kenna’s work, the photograph captures not just a place, but the memory and atmosphere that reside within it.