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John-David Samblanet
David Samblanet is an artist-researcher who uses various media such as photography, video, and sound to capture and preserve the impressions of time, while recreating his own memories by blending real and fictional events. He explores identity, portraiture, and the phenomenology of appearance through visual research projects that also include the study of traces left by history, time, and being.
A Photographic Donation for the Memory of Occitania
Short story
25 August 2025
A Photographic Donation for the Memory of Occitania
Festivals, traditions, and faces of Occitania, preserved for future generations and saved from oblivion by the donation of a unique photographic fonds.
The Image Is in the Bag — or the Story in the Pocket
Ethical question
14 April 2025
The Image Is in the Bag — or the Story in the Pocket
A poetic reflection on photography as a vessel for pain, memory, and silence — where images overflow with the weight of our collective wounds.
Sharing Stories Through Little free libraries
Short story
24 January 2025
Sharing Stories Through Little free libraries
Little free libraries: mini libraries open to all, where anyone can leave, borrow, or take a book. An invitation to share and dream.
The invitation
Surrealism
4 September 2024
The invitation
"It's a story inspired by an invitation card where the color orange dominates.
Decoding – Where there are …
Intimacy
14 May 2024
Decoding – Where there are …
Where there are people they say, there are things. Samuel BECKET Someone I know wanted to part with items she had accumulated over time: postcards, souvenirs, trinkets, books, magazines, utensils, odds and ends, documents, as well as objects that had been in her family for several generations. Over time, I…
Claude Gelée, known as “Le Lorrain”, the glass mirror
Intimacy
11 December 2023
Claude Gelée, known as “Le Lorrain”, the glass mirror
The crystallization gave the glass a metallic appearance, transforming it into an old mirror fragmented by time, shimmering in the morning light…
The razor blades
Intimacy
2 October 2023
The razor blades
Are we always aware of the sharp aspects of our existence? Or have we adapted to the protruding angles that, day after day, corrupt our lives?
The « Danube Voyager »
Intimacy
1 August 2023
The « Danube Voyager »
I have chosen the theme of intimacy once again. This series blends two stories: a real current event, the sinking of three cargo ships – two Ukrainian vessels, the “Danube Voyager” and the “Arvine”, and the Georgian ship, the “Simba” – that ran aground on an unfortunate day, Friday, November…
Life is not what one has lived
Intimacy
16 June 2023
Life is not what one has lived
I chose the theme of intimacy because it represents my willingness to share my own story. By addressing this topic, I have to be vulnerable and reveal aspects of my personality that may be intimate and vulnerable. Life is not what one has lived, but what one remembers and how…