Denis Darzacq, La Chute 3, 2006, C-print.

LOS ANGELES, CA.-De Soto gallery presents La Chute (The Fall), an exhibition of photographs by French photographer Denis Darzacq, on view through February 23, 2008. This is Darzacq's first solo exhibition in the United States.

In the wake of the riots and violent clashes that took place in housing projects in suburban France in 2005, Denis Darzacq photographed ordinary-looking young men and women on desolate city streets seemingly floating in mid-air or plunging to the ground. In actuality, the subjects in the photographs are hip-hop dancers and athletes carefully directed by Darzacq caught suspended in motion as they launched themselves into space. The title, La Chute, which translates in English to The Fall, reflects a sense of urgency and uncertainty about the plight of younger generations growing up in troubling times, not just in Paris but in all of Europe
and beyond.

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