Born in 1974, Delsaux studied Literature and Cinema in Paris where he still lives and works. He looked after an antique bookshop in the 9th arrondissement of Paris before entering the advertising world as a copywriter. In 2002, he decided to devote his entire time to photography. Alongside his personal work he grew as an advertising photographer and signed campaigns for major advertising agencies (DDB, Euro RSCG, Publicis, Ogilvy, Young & Rubicam, BBDO, Leo Burnett, TBWA ...). In 2005 he received the "Bourse du Talent", French photography award. His work "Here to Stay / Nous Resterons sur Terre", published by Verlhac editions in October 2008, explores the ambivalent relationship between man and nature. Random House in New York edited the American version of the book under the title "A Common Destiny.". Robert Redford, wishing to support the book, wrote for the back cover: " A Common Destiny is a hauntingly beautiful narrative, a meditation almost, reflective of how each action of our lives results in an impact, a consequence, a reaction somewhere else, near and far. In a decidedly ethereal manner, photographer Cédric Delsaux frames the collision of man and nature and the fragility of their dance together.".

Cedric questions our relationship to the world, he creates a new time frame where all boundaries are blurred, between reality and fiction, madness and sanity, where the past and the future are trapped in the present. His work challenges our relationship with time and space, forcing us to reflect on our perception. Elements of our common visual memory, holding a different relationship with every human being, inhabit each of his series.

EXHIBITIONS:

2010

Nous resterons sur Terre , solo exhibition

• Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC
  

2009

The Dark Lens , solo exhibition

• The Empty Quarter gallery, Dubai, UEA

A common destiny, group exhibition & art fairs

• Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece
• World SONY Awards, Cannes, France
• Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France (with Acte2 gallery)

The Dark Lens, art fair

• Paris-Photo, Carroussel du Louvres, Paris, France (with The Empty Quarter gallery)

1784, group exhibition

• Show off, Port des champs Elysées, Paris, France (with Acte2 gallery)

2008

A common destiny, solo exhibition

• Acte2galerie, Paris, France

The Dark Lens, solo exhibition

• Grey agency, Dusseldorf, Germany

The Dark Lens, group exhibitions & art fairs

• Transfotographies, Gdansk, Poland
• "La collection Transphotographique" French and international creation, Stary Browar, Poznam, Poland
• Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France, Acte 2 gallery
• Art Paris, Abu Dhabi, UEA (with Acte 2 gallery)

2007

The Dark Lens, solo exhibitions

• Project4 Gallery, Washington DC, USA.
• Maison de l'architecture et de la ville, Lille, France
• DDB Paris agency, France
• Ogilvy London, United Kingdom.
• Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA

The Dark Lens, group exhibitions & art fairs

• Transphotographiques (Lille international festival), France.
• Le Lieu Gallery, Lorient, France.
• L'art au centre, Luoyang, China
• Art Basel, Miami, USA (with Project4 Gallery)
• Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France (with Philippe Chaume gallery)
• Art Paris, Abu Dhabi, UEA (with Acte 2 gallery)

 

2006 

The Dark Lens, group exhibitions & art fairs

• Lianzhou International Festival, China
• Salon "Les independences", Enghien Les Bains, France

 
MONOGRAPHS:

A Common Destiny. Random House (Monacelli Press). 2009

224 pages, 134 pictures. Introduction Bill McKibben. Interview of Wangari Mataï, Edgar Morin and James Lovelock.

Nous resterons sur terre.  Verlhac edition. 2008

224 pages, 137 pictures. Interview of M. Gobatchev, W. Mataï, E. Morin and J. Lovelock. 

FORTHCOMING MONOGRAPHS:

The Dark Lens, to be published in 2010

1784, to be published in 2010

PUBLICATIONS:

Frames of fantasy, Unwind, November 28 2009

Droid army invades, 7 Days, Dubai, December 1st  2009

Feel the force, Inside Out Dubai, December 2009

The Farce is with you, 4 Men, Dubai, November 2009

Apocalypse now, Fast Company, December 2009

Le jour d'après, National Geographic, January 2009

La terre des Hommes, Portfolio, Le Monde 2, January 2009

Tableaux Urbains, Exporama, December 2008

Portfolio, Interview. Nous resterons sur terre, L'internaute.com, March 2008, France

Attractions terrestres, Libération, August 14, 2008, France

Anti-Helden und perfekte landschaften, Photographie, May 2008, Germany

STAR WARS goes on tour, Time, April 2008, United Kingdom

Galerie souterraine : Stars Wars, Park Mag, June 2008, France

Cedric Delsaux, l'espion de l'empire, Rosebuzz n°1, Oct/Nov 2007

The future of photography, Die Zeit, October 4 2007, Germany

Cedric Delsaux exhibition, Washington Post, October 2007, USA

The in between theorie /La théorie de l'entre deux, co-edition, Lucas film Magazine, January 2007, France/USA. 

Transphotographiques 2007 p100/101, Lille, France

Star Wars dans les banlieues, Photo, May 2006, France

Portfolio découverte. La vitrine des choses. Micro Photo Vidéo, May 2006, France

The farce is strong, thefirstpost.uk.com, March 2006, United Kingdom

Portfolio, Interview. La vitrine des choses, L'internaute.com, March 2006, France

Star Wars près de chez vous, Palace, December 2005, France.