Montier Photo Festival

Presentation

Montier Photo Festival

Solange TABARY

  Photographs

  

After a childhood spent between the Cévennes and Lozère regions, I began studying Art and Graphic Industries in Grenoble, then continued at the École Estienne in Paris.

I later pursued studies in the field of information in Bordeaux.

In 1994, my husband, our children, and I moved to China.

During six years of expatriation in the Middle Kingdom, I often traveled alone across various regions of the country. I brought back a wealth of photographs, which I presented in Beijing in November 1999, alongside the French Ambassador to China, Mr. Pierre MOREL.

In 2003, we returned to France.

Passionate about photography and driven by a love of discovery, I continue to travel extensively.

Recently, my path has led me to the desert and its mesmerizing atmosphere.

Exposition

 

Saharan Beauty

For centuries, camelids, perfectly adapted to the harsh conditions of the Sahara, have roamed the desert slowly, patiently searching for the slightest blade of grass.

With climate change bringing more frequent rains, patches of greenery are reappearing in this arid landscape.

Dromedaries now feast on fresh shoots of grass, shrubs, and thorny plants emerging from the sand. They can graze more freely.

In a way, this disruption is a blessing for them, as desert flora is coming back to life. But what about everything else?

The dunes, undulating beneath ever-changing skies, offer a majestic and strikingly graphic spectacle.

The beauty of this place moves us, soothes us.