The first part of this work was produced as part of the "D'OC" photographic commission carried out by Images Singulières to sketch the geography of the Occitanie region in France through the eyes of six young photographers, in the documentary genre. This photographic series explores the strength of resistance of the people of the Causse and Cévennes through an intimate style of writing. The term "Desert" among Protestants refers to the period beginning in 1685 with the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV, depriving Protestants of the right to practice their religion. This period eased with the Edict of Toleration of 1787 under Louis XVI, marking tolerance towards Protestants, and finally ended with the French Revolution and the recognition of freedom of conscience. During this century, Huguenots were forced into exile or hiding to practice their faith, finding refuge in places such as hideaways, wilderness areas, remote valleys, caves and forests in the Cevennes mountains. These places served as refuge for the Camisards, enabling them to protect themselves from the king's forces while practicing their faith, evoking the biblical wanderings of the Hebrew people during the 40-year exodus in the Sinai desert. In the 18th century, it was a land of refuge and welcome, and the scene of civil war for Protestants. Then, in the 1940s, a number of resistance groups set up shop, some to fight against the Vichy regime, others against Franco's regime. The Cévennes was a land of welcome for exiled Spaniards and Jews on the run. A land of resistance at the heart of its present-day history, it is still today a land of welcome for migrants and exiles. For the past two years, I've been coming and going, wandering, strolling, meeting, stopping and photographing. Summer, winter, when the leaves turn red and orange, when the day never ends, I come back to let the territory fill me with its stories, big and small, gentle or harsh. I draw a landscape that is both collective and individual.