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Produced in risography, printed by LE CRIC
Pages : 40
Size : 10 x 16 cm
Language : FR
ISBN 978-2-940624-34-8
Year of publication : July 2025
Éditions Images Vevey
In 2019, a stroke radically changed the life of photographer Olivier Cablat, who has since been living with locked-in syndrome. Six years later, he delivers a raw and singular account of this ordeal, written with the help of a medical device that enables him to type on a computer. Blending personal memories, caustic observations, and reflections on our time, he recounts without filter the ordeal, the hospital, the rehabilitation, and the world he re-entered upon leaving. Moving but never pathetic, sometimes humorous, always lucid, this small book is both an intimate testimony and a sharp perspective on contemporary society.
The Proof of the Existence of Zombies inaugurates PETIT FORMAT, a new series from Éditions Images Vevey dedicated to publishing original textual reflections.
Excerpt:
Hello everyone,
I am not a writer, but I will tell you how my encounter with some nitwits changed the course of my existence.
Before my accident, I had exhibited twice at the Rencontres d’Arles, once at the Images Vevey Biennial (surely the two most prestigious photography festivals in the world), I had a respectable job at a renowned university, a wife and two wonderful and intelligent daughters.
In short, everything was going well in the best of all possible worlds.
In 2019, a stroke radically changed the life of photographer Olivier Cablat, who has since been living with locked-in syndrome. Six years later, he delivers a raw and singular account of this ordeal, written with the help of a medical device that enables him to type on a computer. Blending personal memories, caustic observations, and reflections on our time, he recounts without filter the ordeal, the hospital, the rehabilitation, and the world he re-entered upon leaving. Moving but never pathetic, sometimes humorous, always lucid, this small book is both an intimate testimony and a sharp perspective on contemporary society.
The Proof of the Existence of Zombies inaugurates PETIT FORMAT, a new series from Éditions Images Vevey dedicated to publishing original textual reflections.
Excerpt:
Hello everyone,
I am not a writer, but I will tell you how my encounter with some nitwits changed the course of my existence.
Before my accident, I had exhibited twice at the Rencontres d’Arles, once at the Images Vevey Biennial (surely the two most prestigious photography festivals in the world), I had a respectable job at a renowned university, a wife and two wonderful and intelligent daughters.
In short, everything was going well in the best of all possible worlds.
