After university studies in art and ethnology, Olivier Cablat continued his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Marseille and at the École Nationale Supérieure de la photographie (ENSP) d’Arles. In 2004 he worked for the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Karnak, Egypt. He has been teaching the theory and practice of digital images at the ENSP since 2007. An artist working in the documentary field, he pursues his research, which combines photography, archaeology, and digital experimentations, focusing on vernacular structures. He has presented his research at SK Stiftung Kultur (Cologne, Germany), Le BAL (paris), Rencontres d’Arles in 2012, and at festival Images in Vevey (Switzerland) in 2014.