Anamnesis | The term Anamnesis refers to our capacity to reconnect with past moments and lived experiences, allowing us to aspire to self-knowledge and knowledge of the world. Through her images, Laëtitia Galita explores the universe of memories, not as a fixed archive, but as a living, porous, and unstable material, attempting to transcribe onto paper our sometimes repetitive thoughts that ultimately fade with time.

This series originated during a period marked by transition and renewal : after the Covid-19 pandemic, during which she became a parent. A trip to the seaside serves as the anchor for the memories explored : newfound freedom, family reunion, contemplation of passing time, and the act of caring for and watching over others. Anamnesis comprises nine fragments of memory, made up of eighty-one prints in various formats. This disparity in scale echoes our own reminiscences, which occupy more or less space in our minds depending on their emotional charge and how they inhabit our memory.

To convey the erosion of memories, she used lith printing on antique papers. She created “infectious” images with a grainy texture, whose development process was partly beyond her control. The singular tones and artifacts that appeared on the paper became traces of a transformed, fragmented, sometimes dreamt memory. The lith process, through its inherent instability, allowed her to bring forth what eludes us: a fleeting emotion, an inner resonance, or even that shadow that accompanies every memory.

Anamnesis transports us to a world tinged with fantasy, where details fade in favor of stark contrasts, thus capturing a presence in what vanishes.

Laëtitia Galita (b. 1984) is a French photographic artist based in Lille, in northern France. Trained in environmental social psychology, her work explores the links between memory, identity, and traces. Through a slow and artisanal practice, she shapes the image as a tangible material, favoring evocation over representation.

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