Sandra de Vivies

Sandra de Vivies is a Franco-Belgian writer. Her protocols for uncovering narratives through photography—contemporary or archival—lie at the crossroads of visual investigation and speculative narration or research fiction. The intertwining of the intimate and the political and the entire history of bodies, imaginations, arts and sciences run through her work. She works in the field of a repopulated reality, which formally borrows from both prose and poetry. She has published the award-winning La Femme du lac (Cambourakis, 2025), which is being reissued in paperback in February 2026 and in Dutch in April 2026 (Vleugels). Prior to that, she published her first collection of photosensitive stories, Vivaces (La place, 2021), texts and photographs with Éditions Wildproject, as well as in other collective books and magazines. As an extension of her writing and research practice, preceded by fifteen years of experience in journalism and editorial work, she designs conferences and writing workshops, which she leads in places dedicated to books, photography venues and higher education institutions.

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