Denis Darzacq
Cover for Issue 250
Chicago
Issue 250 June 30, 2009
Denis Darzacq was born and raised in Paris, a city in which he still lives and works today. He graduated from the ENSAD (French National School for Decorative Arts) in 1986 and started his photographic career following the French rock scene. In 1994, he began a series exploring the nocturnal life of Parisians titled Only Heaven, which he exhibited at various photo festivals. In 1999, the French Ministry of Culture commissioned him for a body of work on French youth. The interaction between man and urban space and, more precisely, the suburbs have been a driving force in his recent work.

Darzacq won the 2007 World Press Photo prize in the Arts & Entertainment category for his series La chute. He has published a number of books including Hyper (2009),La Chute (2007), Bobigny centre ville (2006, co-author Marie Desplechin), Le ciel étoilé au-dessus de ma tête (2004), and Ensembles 1997/2000 (2001). He has exhibited extensively throughout France and the rest of the world, and his work is also held in both public and private collections including the Pompidou Center, the FNAC (French National Contemporary Art Fund), the Nicéphore Niépce Museum, and the agnès b. collection. He is represented by Goddard de Fiddes in Perth, Australia, Galerie VU in Paris, France and Gallery de Soto in Los Angeles.

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