Fall, Bounce...Get Up?

Peeps, say "bonjour" to Denis Darzacq, French photographer extraordinaire. In addition to having a surname that every Scrabble player would love to plaster across a Triple Word Score, Denis has also introduced the world to brand of photography that has redefined and perhaps even confoundingly repositioned the imaginative locus of many a snapshot lover.

A few facts and thoughts on this:
- Denis was somehow inspired by the French riots of 2005, as well as "triggered" from the thought of people falling off the Twin Towers in 9/11 - to set off these series of pics, affably called "Le Chute" (The Fall)

- There is no Photoshopping involved in these pics, it's as real as it gets. Neo must be pissed that the guys from "The Matrix" didn't think of this before, instead of tying him up with all those cinematographic cables.

- These are actual "one shot per movement" takes of expressionessly-faced crazy Parisian streetcrobatic dancers "naturally" falling, leaping and hurtling themselves into and out of buildings, streets, concrete and roads. Whatever happened to taking the stairs down if the elevator was broken? I also have a feeling you don't get to choose your landing surface. Something soft and bouncy? That's so last season!

- As soon as you sign the disclaimer forms (which must be just a bit heavier than an obese blue whale), you also have to keep in mind that you will be featured in a sequel of blooper images in a series likely to be called "Le Crap, I just broke my ass in 2".

You can enjoy the entire breathtaking series of pics in the "Le Chute" collection here.