Denis Darzacq — Hyper
Les Rencontres d’Arles
Le Capitole — Arles (FRANCE)
From the 7th of July to the 30th of August 2009.
The astonishing photographs that make up Hyper involve no digital manipulation, just close collaboration between young dancers and sportspeople as they jump for the camera to form strange, exaggerated poses and body gestures. Denis Darzacq was drawn to the trashy, consumerist nature of the French Hypermarkets (the equivalent of our supermarkets) and the hyper coloured backgrounds they provided. These supermarkets offered a sharp juxtaposition to the sublime, almost-spiritual bodies that appear to float in their aisles.
Hyper is the latest series of works by French photographer Denis Darzacq, who continues to explore the place of the individual in society, a theme which has been crucial to his work in the last few years. Exhibited extensively throughout France and internationally, Darzacq won a World Press Photo award in 2007 for his series La Chute. He lives and works in Paris.
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