Jabba the Hut lurks in the shadows of a decrepit, abandoned warehouse, his toady eyes glowing; Boba Fett looms up from the fluorescent glare of an indoor car park, poised to kill; Yoda peers out inquiringly from the window ledge of some otherwise untenanted institutional building; Han Solo's cryogenically frozen form on a slab stands, installed bizarrely in an anonymous concrete plaza. Of the many scenarios to which Star Wars fans have dispatched the films' protagonists over the years, none--not even Seth McFarlane's Family Guy homages--are as unlikely as Cédric Delsaux's. In Dark Lens, Delsaux transports Darth Vader and the whole gamut of Star Wars iconography to a post-apocalyptic, urban-suburban landscape of endless parking lots, highrises and wasteland interzones, vacant of ordinary human life. Delsaux's "mythology of banality" (as he describes it) produces images that are not just funny or preposterous, but also weirdly compelling; in their photographic plausibility they successfully incorporate Star Wars into an everyday reality that we can all recognize, but in ways that make both worlds seem strangely real and absurdly false. Delsaux's Dark Lens will captivate both film and photobook fans alike with its fantastically bizarre recasting of Star Wars on planet Earth after the apocalypse.
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The images simmering in the French photographer Cédric Delsaux's "Dark Lens" series are an unsettling confluence of hyper-real cityscapes, a post-postmodern sense of humor ... and characters from "Star Wars." (DANA JENNINGS The New York Times 20111208)
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Né en 1974, Cédric Delsaux vit et travaille à Paris. Après des études de Lettres et de Cinéma, il rejoint d’abord le monde de la publicité. Depuis 2002, il se consacre entièrement à la photographie. Avec le premier volet de son travail sur Star Wars, The Dark Lens, il remporte la Bourse du Talent en 2005. Ses travaux personnels font l’objet de nombreuses expositions aux États-Unis, en Chine, en Allemagne, en Angleterre, et en Pologne. Son travail Nous resterons sur terre, publié aux éditions Verlhac en octobre 2008, explore le lien ambivalent de l’Homme face à la nature. Il est également publié aux USA chez Random House sous le titre A Common Destiny.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I had the pleasure of seeing some of these gorgeous images in a larger format, in person, at Celebration V (the SW convention in Orlando in 2010). Some of the poster size prints simply leave you stunned. The way Cedric Delsaux seamlessly inserts an aspect from the Star Wars universe into our world is just unbelievably....awesome - for lack of a better, more eloquent word. My favorite has to be the AT-AT walkers (the Imperial military vehicles from the Hoth battle at the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back) looming out of the mist over two deserted elevated freeways/highways. It's eerie and a little terrifying in a 'what if the Empire came to Earth' kind of way. I've been waiting for this book to be published and available since 8/2010 and I can't wait to get my hands on it now that it's out. I only wish I could afford the collectors limited edition signed version. Congratulations, Monsieur Delsaux on an incredible job. If you do more delving into the SW-verse, I will gladly follow.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Anthony
Format:Hardcover
This book is amazing, the work inside is flawless. Im not sure if its cgi or he shoots the background and subjects separately. But either way it looks amazing. Seeing characters and vehicles from the Star Wars franchise in modern day cities is a beautiful. Im also a professional photographer and the whole book is truly inspiring!
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What a creative idea! The large coffee table size makes this a perfect gift for any Star Wars fan with a touch of class.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A great tribute to Star Wars and urbanistic photograpy
Yes I am a big Star Wars fan and I am an architect who is interested in photography so it is very natural to admire the photographs of Cedric Delsaux. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Kbozkurt
1.0 out of 5 stars
Waste of money. Do not buy.
I saw this book at a B&N. It was shrink wrapped for a reason. The cover photo is probably the best picture in the entire book. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Darthbx
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting concept.. mix reality with fantasy!
An interesting table book. Some of the images are stunning... other are so so. A bit pricey... I would wait until it drops below $40 to recommend. Read more
Published 15 months ago by User528
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