This series was begun whilst the artists were living in Rotterdam during 2004 and is influenced by the Dutch still life and vanitas paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries, referencing the symbolism of the brevity of human life and the transience of earthly pleasures. The process of producing each image stretches over many days as the flowers are encouraged to bloom then wilt. Only then, at the precise moment when the display reachesits maximum potential, but before the petals fall, do the artists photograph it.