Photographers

Cédric Delsaux (born 1974) is a French photographer known for blending reality and fiction through highly constructed photographic universes. After beginning his career in advertising, he shifted toward long-term artistic projects that interrogate how photography shapes and distorts the world we perceive.

He first gained international recognition with “Here to Stay / Nous resterons sur terre” (2008–2009), a series exploring symbolic sites of contemporary society. His groundbreaking series “Dark Lens” (2011) brought global attention, inserting characters and vehicles from the Star Wars universe into real cities such as Paris, Dubai, Lille, and the banlieue. The book features a foreword by George Lucas, underscoring its cultural impact.

Delsaux continued to investigate the porous border between truth and imagination through series such as “Échelle 1,” where passersby become life-size figurines; “1784,” an immersive historical experiment in which 17 actors lived for a week as 18th‑century inhabitants; and “Zone de Repli,” a three-year revisiting of a notorious French criminal case. His work with the collective France(s) Territoire Liquide culminated in major exhibitions, including at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in 2017.

Across all his series, Delsaux uses photomontage, staging, and cinematic composition to reveal how modern life is filtered through fiction. His work has been exhibited internationally and continues to influence discussions around visual truth in the digital age.