La Chute
How does one build a life when you are in a constant state of free fall, and the only certain thing is death?
I love that the photographer took something so commonly maligned in Western culture – hip hop dance – and used it to comment on both that culture’s shortcomings and the emotions expressed by those dancers.
Originally found: “Freefall Photography — Denis Darzacq’s Jarring Statement on French Youth” — Photojojo
See Also:
“Down and Out In Paris” — The Guardian
Denis Darzacq
Cite Soleil
Cock Fight
Dancing Child
From his biography:
Born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on November 20, 1949, Joseph Wilfrid Daleus started painting at the age of ten. A self-taught artist, Daleus, as everyone calls him, has no formal training in art. Often you will hear him say how God blessed him. Indeed, even in the most difficult moments of his life this feeling transpires and his paintings always unveil certain optimism. He can never predict what his next painting will be.
If I was a painter (and I have absolute no talent in that area), these are types of paintings I’d want to make. Colorful and emotional, with a touch of wonder and reverence that makes them almost like prayers or blessings.
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