SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(id)) AS nb_total_images
  FROM phpwebgallery_images
    INNER JOIN phpwebgallery_image_category AS ic ON id = ic.image_id
  WHERE ((author LIKE '%J. Augagneur%')  (author LIKE '%  édit. Lyon%')) AND  category_id NOT IN (1,2,3,97,95,118)
;
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