I don’t travel.
I dwell.

Stories grown from deep listening, imagination, and presence.

Some stories take years to tell

INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA

WRITING · PHOTO · AUDIO
WRITING · INVESTIGATION

MEMORY & EXILE

FILM · VR · UNDERWATER

OCEANS & WILDERNESS

Aboriginal Australia · Audio · Photography

The Breath of the Yolŋu

An immersion into the ritual sounds and ancestral laws of Arnhem Land. How the breath - songs, rhythms and silences - carries the Law, memory and healing.
Enter the story →
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DISPATCHES 

Southeast Asia

Writing Against Erasure

Oceans

A Drop Makes a Wave

Aboriginal Australia

The Alchemists

Southeast Asia

Routes of Exile

Oceans

Reef Expeditions

Writing · Field Residency

THE PEN & THE PAW 

Sophie Ansel is an Australian-based French writer, journalist and filmmaker. Twenty years of longform stories from the field - writing, photography, immersive audio and VR.
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Published in
RFI · NATIVES · La Croix · Bouts du Monde · Animan · Rhythms Monthly · Embarquements
Films screened at
SXSW · Cannes XR · COLCOA Hollywood · EarthX Dallas · Netflix · Peace Boat
Books published by
Plon · Steinkis · La Martinière · Delcourt · Scribe · Penguin · IDW Publishing

The best stories are built slowly.
The best connections deserve time, trust and deep listening.

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© 2026 Sophie Ansel