From May 22nd to July 25th 2026
Polka Gallery

Sebastien J. Zanella

The Passenger
Human Memory of the Desert - Amazigh, M’Hamid Morocco, 2025.
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Human Memory of the Desert - Amazigh, M’Hamid Morocco, 2025.
Somewhere on the way to Konya, trying to get closer to Rumi - Turkey, 2025.
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Somewhere on the way to Konya, trying to get closer to Rumi - Turkey, 2025.
I felt the landscape move through their bodies - Moutain of turkey, 2025.
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I felt the landscape move through their bodies - Moutain of turkey, 2025.
For one day, the mountain held this flower alive - Atlas Mountains, Morocco, 2024.
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For one day, the mountain held this flower alive - Atlas Mountains, Morocco, 2024.
The deeper he came from, the lighter he seemed, Cenote, Merida Mexico 2025.
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The deeper he came from, the lighter he seemed, Cenote, Merida Mexico 2025.
The waves carried the presence of the sun - Isla Canarias, 2024
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The waves carried the presence of the sun - Isla Canarias, 2024
After the sun disappeared, I stayed and the waves kept dancing - Isla Canarias, 2024
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After the sun disappeared, I stayed and the waves kept dancing - Isla Canarias, 2024
The fading sun made its future absence visible - Atlas, marocco, 2025
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The fading sun made its future absence visible - Atlas, marocco, 2025
He came out of the wave like a memory - Tahiti, 2019
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He came out of the wave like a memory - Tahiti, 2019
I couldn’t tell if I felt calm or threatened - home, Canarias Island, 2026
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I couldn’t tell if I felt calm or threatened - home, Canarias Island, 2026
I remember feeling both immense and fragile, as the landscape - Pipeline, Hawai
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I remember feeling both immense and fragile, as the landscape - Pipeline, Hawai
Even the roughest waves felt in harmony - Brigton, England, 2019
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Even the roughest waves felt in harmony - Brigton, England, 2019
For a second, the whole beach felt weightless - Seignosse, France, 2022
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For a second, the whole beach felt weightless - Seignosse, France, 2022
For a moment, the earth itself seemed to breathe - Islas Canarias, 2021
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For a moment, the earth itself seemed to breathe - Islas Canarias, 2021
The closer it came, the less real the world felt - Turkey, 2025
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The closer it came, the less real the world felt - Turkey, 2025
Sometimes, the sun seemed to hold two memories at once - Isla Canarias, 2025
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Sometimes, the sun seemed to hold two memories at once - Isla Canarias, 2025
I had never seen trees dancing before - Egypt, 2023
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I had never seen trees dancing before - Egypt, 2023
I remember thinking that the tide had stayed on her skin - Tenerife, 2021
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I remember thinking that the tide had stayed on her skin - Tenerife, 2021
The water changed the way I saw her - Isla Canarias, 2024.,
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The water changed the way I saw her - Isla Canarias, 2024.,
The more I lived, the more the world felt washed away by the sun - Morocco, 2024
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The more I lived, the more the world felt washed away by the sun - Morocco, 2024
He looked at the world differently, and suddenly so did I - canarias island, 2023
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He looked at the world differently, and suddenly so did I - canarias island, 2023
I remember the curves more than the destination - Big sur, USA, 2021
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I remember the curves more than the destination - Big sur, USA, 2021
I couldn’t tell if he was protecting the landscape or part of it - Provence, 2020
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I couldn’t tell if he was protecting the landscape or part of it - Provence, 2020
For a second, everything seemed to belong to the same movement - Mexico, Merida 2024
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For a second, everything seemed to belong to the same movement - Mexico, Merida 2024
The longer I looked, the less familiar everything felt - Isla Canarias, 2024
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The longer I looked, the less familiar everything felt - Isla Canarias, 2024