The painter-traveler went to explore for two months this very desert country bordered by South Africa and the Atlantic Ocean. She sketched some inhabitants there with her brushes.
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It is the space, the search for freedom and intensity that pushed Stéphanie Ledoux to return to live immersed in these wild lands.
“Namibia has a low population density, reminds the adventurer. With Alexandre Sattler, my photographer friend, we did a road trip following the trackss.” They traveled over the water, letting themselves be carried away by their desires… “We didn’t have a specific plan, and that opens up all the possibilities!”
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After several weeks in the desert, which allowed her to fill up on nature, Stéphanie found villagers from the Himba, Damara and San tribes she had met seven years earlier.
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Find the superb traveling paintings of Stéphanie Ledoux in her latest book, Trait pour Trait, published by Elytis.