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Death By Hamburger © Dave LaChapelle
Dave LaChapelle was born in Conneticut in 1969. He was trained at North Carolin School of Arts, and later moved to New York and joined the Arts Studets League and the School of Visual Arts. While there, he was offered a job by Andy Warhol to shoot for Interview Magazine. LaChapelle wasn’t even out of high school yet.
Along with Warhol, LaChapelle has worked with many big names. He has photographed celebrities such as Tupac Shakur, Madonna, Amanda Lepore, Eminem, Lance Armstrong, Pamela Anderson, Li’l Kim, Uma Thurman, Elizabeth Taylor, David Beckham, Leonardo diCaprio, Hilary Clinton, Muhammad Ali, Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie, Kanye West. One of his most well known spreads was the Vanity Fair photos that helped Paris Hilton reach her current level of popularity.
Milk Maid © Dave LaChapelle
LaChapelle has also directed stars in music videos, such as Christina Aguilera, Moby, Jennifer Lopze, Britney Spears, The Vines, and Gwen Stefani. The video “It’s My Life” by No Doubt won LaChapellle the 2004 MPVA’s Director of the Tear award at the MTV Music Awards. His work has also been featured on television in the 2008 Big Rock Candy Mountain spoof Burger King commercial.
He has worked on stage as well. He designed and directed Elton John’s “The Red Piano” at the Caesar’s palace. LaChapelle found a love in documentary films while making the Sundance award winning “Krumped”, and tested his film directing skills in the feature film “RIZE”, a film which follows the lives of dancers on the streets of South-Central Los Angeles.
Lusty Spring © Dave LaChapelle
LaChapelle’s photos have been featured in many magazines, including Italian Vogue, French Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, and Rolling Stone. Also in print are his three books, “LaChapelle Land”, “Hotel LaChapelle”, and “Heaven to Hell”, which features his long time friend Courtney Love with a Kurt Cobain look alike in her lap in the fashion of la Pieta.
His work has been shown in galleries across the U.S.A., as well as Vienna, Germany, Amsterdam, Belgium, Italy, Berlin and London. LaChapelle has been ranked one of the Top Ten Most Important People in Photography in the World by American Photo. He is also revered by celebrities, and even Warhol himself said he was “great”. LaChapelle admits that his celebrity friends are his inspiration, and his mentors include Warhol himself, and Michelangelo.
"It's My Life" - No Doubt
"I don't wanna reinvent people, I wanna take the iconic pictures of them that say who they are. If there has to be one picture that they show in 20 years to describe the person, to narrate who they were and illustrate that, I'd like it to be one of my photos. That's the goal." -Dave LaChapelle
Works Cited
Fred Torres Collaborations. “David LaChapelle”. Artnet. 2007. [http://www.artnet.com/awc/david-lachapelle.html]
LaChapelle, David. “About Heaven to Hell”. MySpace.com Blogs. Thursday, December 21, 2006. [http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=83175130&blogID=208290335]
CBS. “David LaChapelle Claims Pop-Art Throne”. CBS News.com. March 4, 2007. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/01/sunday/printable2529341.shtml]
Media
LaChapelle, Dave. “Death By Hamburger”. Photo. Website. [http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images_425324282_369633_david-lachapelle.jpg]
LaChapelle, Dave. “Lusty Spring”. Photo. Website. [http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/6757974731eb62375288f4082dbbef5a355ebd61_m.jpg]
LaChapelle, Dave. “Milk Maid”. Photo. Website. [http://www.photofacts.nl/fotografie/foto/david_lachapelle_milk_maid.jpg]
LaChapelle, Dave. “Paris at Grandma Hilton’s House”. Photo. Website. [http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/mwp/7.jpg]
No Doubt. “It’s My Life.” The Singles: 1992-2003. Interscope, 2003. Music Video. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pHWd0gN-QU].
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