While the subjects of his photographs are usually theatres and operas captured in various regions of Germany, Bernhard Hartmann manages in this series on forgotten gardens to get away from munificent interiors devoid of spectators to reveal a world of open skies. Bernhard Hartmann's melancholic images once again stem from his frenetic, quasi-obsessional and poetic search, as he immortalises abandoned sites on his travels. Here, nature gradually reclaims its stake, overrunning spaces that seem to have been forgotten by civilisation. They brave the passage of time, welcoming silence, after the memories left by humankind have dissipated. In these deserted places, no more than the rustling of the wind can be heard through a broken window or the sound of water dripping from a dilapidated ceiling.