Fall Off, by Sébastien Arrighi, turns the notion of falling into a lens through which to read the relationship between humankind and its environment. Like a rodeo—an attempt to hold on, at all costs, to a force greater than oneself—the images explore states of precarious balance, constantly threatened by matter, climate, or history.
Bringing into resonance geographically distant territories, from the Mediterranean basin to the Middle East and the landscapes of the Pacific, Sébastien Arrighi composes a body of visions in which human traces surface only faintly. Each image reveals how a given territory shapes bodies, postures, and narratives, within a persistent tension between control and collapse.