Le Force est forte avec celui-ci
July 16, 2006 11:52 AM Subscribe
French photographer Cedric Delsaux takes pictures of Star Wars characters (in figurine) and superimposes them onto French architecture, with interesting results.
Odd idea, and very well executed.
posted by brundlefly at 12:12 PM on July 16, 2006
posted by brundlefly at 12:12 PM on July 16, 2006
If Jango Fett kills a clonetrooper, is that suicide?
posted by EndsOfInvention at 12:12 PM on July 16, 2006
posted by EndsOfInvention at 12:12 PM on July 16, 2006
I have no truck with Star Wars but I still love the surreal beauty of these.
The one with the stormtroopers under the overpass reminds of me of Half-Life 2 somehow... sci-fi totalitarianism meets stark European architecture. Quite affecting, really.
posted by poweredbybeard at 12:28 PM on July 16, 2006
The one with the stormtroopers under the overpass reminds of me of Half-Life 2 somehow... sci-fi totalitarianism meets stark European architecture. Quite affecting, really.
posted by poweredbybeard at 12:28 PM on July 16, 2006
poweredbybeard - that's a very interesting observation, I was wondering what it is about these that grabs me, but it's clearly the HL2/City 17 effect. Seeing alien/sci-fi characters in a modern European city setting, especially armored troopers, it's funny that I completely missed it until you mentioned it. In fact, the whole project reminds me of the Half-Life 2 in Real Life rendering thing from a year ago.
posted by jonson at 12:42 PM on July 16, 2006
posted by jonson at 12:42 PM on July 16, 2006
Wow those look like screen caps from a really cool movie... not the plastic looking fantasy world designed to sell toys the last three turned into...
posted by PenDevil at 12:46 PM on July 16, 2006
posted by PenDevil at 12:46 PM on July 16, 2006
I didn't expect them to be, but these are very pretty indeed. I'm envious of French architecture, now, too.
posted by blacklite at 12:47 PM on July 16, 2006
posted by blacklite at 12:47 PM on July 16, 2006
Yet another artist who can do much better Star Wars work than George Lucas.
posted by brain_drain at 1:10 PM on July 16, 2006
posted by brain_drain at 1:10 PM on July 16, 2006
Toys superimposed on cityscapes was one of the things I loved about Leisure Town.
These images are definitely more stylish (though not quite as funny). Very cool.
posted by oneirodynia at 1:16 PM on July 16, 2006
These images are definitely more stylish (though not quite as funny). Very cool.
posted by oneirodynia at 1:16 PM on July 16, 2006
jonson - it looks like the pictures from that link aren't hosted anymore, but I was intrigued, and found another.
Obviously took some skill, but I was disappointed with the composition - not too atmospheric. The wow-factor of an Overwatch Elite sitting on a kid's bed has, um, a short half-life. But I did like this one:
![](http://www.deathfall.com/images/feature/misc/NickBertke-008.jpg)
posted by poweredbybeard at 3:06 PM on July 16, 2006
Obviously took some skill, but I was disappointed with the composition - not too atmospheric. The wow-factor of an Overwatch Elite sitting on a kid's bed has, um, a short half-life. But I did like this one:
![](http://www.deathfall.com/images/feature/misc/NickBertke-008.jpg)
posted by poweredbybeard at 3:06 PM on July 16, 2006
I couldn't figure out how to navigate Mr. Delsaux's website.
But this article has more pictures from the series. I especially like the Jabba picture.
posted by oddman at 4:33 PM on July 16, 2006
But this article has more pictures from the series. I especially like the Jabba picture.
posted by oddman at 4:33 PM on July 16, 2006
Awesome, oddman, thanks! Typical of my metafilter posts; I find something interesting, post about it, and someone else comes along in the comments and provides way more information than I had going in. Kudos to your finding things skill, oddman, I searched for the full set with no luck.
posted by jonson at 4:46 PM on July 16, 2006
posted by jonson at 4:46 PM on July 16, 2006
[this is good]
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:20 PM on July 16, 2006
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:20 PM on July 16, 2006
Very convincing. The lighting is spot on.
posted by disgruntled at 6:59 AM on July 17, 2006
posted by disgruntled at 6:59 AM on July 17, 2006
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Very neat stuff. I just wish there were more pieces than the 8 that are on the site.
posted by StrangeTikiGod at 12:07 PM on July 16, 2006