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  David LaChapelle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David LaChapelle (born March 11, 1963, Fairfield, Connecticut) is a photographer and director who works in the fields of fashion, advertising, and fine art photography, and is noted for his surreal and often humorous style.
LaChapelle attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and the School of the Arts in New York City.
LaChapelle's film Rize, a documentary on the krumping style of dance that invaded South Central Los Angeles, premiered at Sundance in 2005 and was released theatrically that summer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_LaChapelle   (384 words)

  
 David LaChapelle Selected As 48th GRAMMYs' Official Artist
Highly innovative photographer David LaChapelle was selected to create the official artwork for the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards, it was announced today by The Recording Academy.
The Academy is proud to have an artist of David LaChapelle's caliber and passion involved in the 48th GRAMMY Awards," said Recording Academy President Neil Portnow.
LaChapelle trained as a fine artist at North Carolina School of the Arts before moving to New York City where he enrolled in both the Art Student League and the School of Visual Arts.
musicvideowire.com /dynamic/article_view.asp?AID=11506   (412 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Hotel Lachapelle: Books: David Lachapelle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This second boxed book of David LaChapelle's photographs (LaChapelle Land is the first) ends with a beautifully written commentary by LaChapelle himself offering readers insight into the book and his photographic process: "And when people come for a photo session with me, they are giving themselves over, sort of checking in.
Hotel LaChapelle is filled with a celebrity cast as well as what LaChapelle calls "characters on the peripheries." The colors are as vibrant and inorganic as the settings that encapsulate his models.
Lachapelle is a master of digital manipulation and, in fact, would probably concur that he is more a "conceptual artist" [employing digital technology as a template]than a fine art photographer, wherein what he sees through the lens is what is presented.
www.amazon.ca /Hotel-Lachapelle-David/dp/0821226363   (858 words)

  
 Salon People | The real America gone mad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
David LaChapelle constructs a colorful alternate universe of polymorphous perversity, buff dudes and bodacious ta-tas.
LaChapelle has a manifestly different agenda; nothing is natural in his pictures, least of all his celebrity sitters.
LaChapelle did a quick stint at art school in North Carolina in the early '80s, but was back in New York by 1984 when, after meeting Andy Warhol at a Psychedelic Furs concert, he got his first photo job shooting pictures for Interview magazine.
www.salon.com /people/feature/1999/10/13/lachapelle   (744 words)

  
 David LaChapelle
LaChapelle's prominence is primarily as an advertising and celebrity portrait photographer.
Instead, LaChapelle's works are meticulously posed cartoons; their human subjects seem to be howling in anguish, lost in arm-waving throes of ecstasy, bleeding, but are so bloodless, so ponderously arranged, that they might as well be wax dummies.
Thirty years before LaChapelle began examining advertising as art and dissecting the phenomenon of celebrity, the same ground was tread by pop-art visionary Andy Warhol.
www.culturekiosque.com /nouveau/books/rhebooks3.html   (977 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - David LaChapelle arrested at Sundance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Celebrity photographer-filmmaker David LaChapelle was arrested during the opening weekend of the Sundance Film Festival after a run-in with police.
LaChapelle was arrested early Saturday after police were called to control a crowd that had gathered as security attempted to escort two actresses from the Marquee Club on Main Street.
LaChapelle was in Park City to debut his first full-length feature, Rize, which chronicles a dance movement in South-Central Los Angeles known as "krumping," a high-energy dance where the performers dress as clowns.
usatoday.com /life/people/2005-01-25-lachapelle-arrested_x.htm?...   (245 words)

  
 david lachapelle
david lachapelle was born in connecticut, north carolina in 1968.
david lachapelle is a photographer who tends to create his own visionary world,
lachapelle is also known for his groundbreaking use of computer
www.designboom.com /eng/interview/lachapelle.html   (701 words)

  
 bowieNet
LaChapelle is responsible for more than one unusual shot of David, and it's safe to say that the world his pictures inhabit is more than a little strange, if not very beautiful.
This is the first British exhibition of cult American fashion and portrait photographer, David LaChapelle, one of the most exciting and innovative photographers of his generation.
LaChapelle’s unique blend of surrealism and kitsch has changed the direction of fashion and portrait photography over the past decade.
www.davidbowie.com /news/newsContent.php?id=20021027   (510 words)

  
 -- Beliefnet.com
LaChapelle is arguably one of the most influential photographers working today; he has been recognized as Best New Photographer of the Year by French Photo and American Photo.
In the early 80’s, LaChapelle worked as a bus boy in New York's over-the-top celebrity hangout, Studio 54, where he witnessed first hand the devotion celebrities elicited.
LaChapelle shot mostly in fl and white in the beginning, but he once told me he couldn’t take the posed fl-and-white fashion aesthetic seriously anymore.
www.beliefnet.com /story/23/story_2347_1.html   (281 words)

  
 David LaChapelle's Weird World - PopPhoto - July/August 2006
That's primarily due to the nature of the work, most of which was made for magazines selling celebrities, fashion, and entertainment on a highly disposable monthly schedule.
It is only in looking back over his 30 years of work that one can see LaChapelle's consistently ironic commentary on the culture around him.
More than any of his contemporaries, LaChapelle has been determined throughout his career to create a photographic world all his own -- a place that bears his personal stamp and operates under his very particular rules.
www.popphoto.com /americanphotofeatures/2445/david-lachapelles-weird-world.html   (441 words)

  
 DAVID LACHAPELLE
LaChapelle is certain to influence the work of a new generation of photographers in the same way that Mr.
David LaChapelle was born in Connecticut in 1968.
LaChapelle´s follow-up to "Natural Blues", the video for Elton John´s "This Traint Don´t Stop There Anymore" with ´NSYNC´s Justin Timberlake as Elton in his Seventies heyday, premiered on MTV in mid-January.
www1.kunsthauswien.com /english/austellungen/lachapelle.php   (831 words)

  
 F2 - Art Gallery
David LaChapelle's unfettered images have redefined the way editors look at their magazines and turned fashion on its head.
Mixing glamour with comic fantasy, LaChapelle's work never fails to surprise and delight.He continues to push his colors to new extremes while reinventing the vivid palette that is uniquely his.
Born in North Carolina, LaChapelle studied at the Art Student's League and School of Visual Arts.
www.f2gallery.com /artists/lachapelle   (147 words)

  
 TASCHEN Books: Photography - Reading Room - David LaChapelle, Artists & Prostitutes (1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It's the inimitable David LaChapelle, the photographer whose singular style is perfectly unmistakable.
Celebrating the visionary LaChapelle's truly extraordinary photography, this 698-page, XL-sized book is packed cover-to-cover with vibrant full-bleed images; the best of his entire career to date.
Bursting at the seams with spectacle and drama, and saturated with colors that only LaChapelle can realize, this limited edition pays tribute to the most daring and ambitious photographer in the history of portraiture.
www.taschen.com /pages/en/excerpts/photography/show/1/145.htm   (152 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Lachapelle Land: Photographs: Books: David Lachapelle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In the afterword to this dizzying collection of his photographs, fashion and celebrity photographer LaChapelle says: "If there's an exhibitionist left who wants his or her picture taken, I'll be there." His pictures of the famous and not-so-famous in outrageous poses and situations bear this out.
It's a matter of pride with LaChapelle that the magazines that buy his pictures?Details, Paris Vogue, The Face, Vanity Fair?love his craziness, and he and his subjects wallow in it.
The Gorman, LaChapelle, and Ritts books are all oversized and lavishly produced?perhaps a drawback, as the box LaChapelle is shipped in will be immediately discarded and the many fold-outs in Ritts will undoubtedly tear.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684833026?v=glance   (1033 words)

  
 Press Release: Hotel LaChapelle by David LaChapelle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Worlds collide in David LaChapelle's Hotel LaChapelle, a fresh collection of unforgettable color images compiled by one of the most spectacular photographic artists to appear in a generation.
Hotel LaChapelle follows the photographer's best-selling debut book, LaChapelle Land, in assembling an explosive mix of celebrities, models, and misfits including Madonna, Leonardo DiCaprio, Pamela Anderson, Uma Thurman, Marilyn Manson, Alexander McQueen, Mark Wahlberg, Drew Barrymore and Elton John in an extravagant boxed volume.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: David LaChapelle is one of the hottest photographers working today and has won numerous awards: Best New Photographer by American Photo and French Photo; Photographer of the Year from VH-1; an Elsie Award from Life; and Best Applied Photographer of the Year Award from the International Center of Photography.
www.twbookmark.com /books/57/0821226363/press_release.html   (240 words)

  
 TASCHEN Books: Artist's Editions - All Titles - LaChapelle, Artists and Prostitutes - Facts
Once called the Fellini of photography, LaChapelle has worked for the most prestigious international publications and has been the subject of exhibitions in both commercial galleries and leading public institutions around the world.
The film was released in the U.S. and internationally in the Summer of 2005 to huge critical acclaim, and was chosen to open the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
Ranked among the top ten “most important people in photography” by American Photo magazine, LaChapelle’s work continues to be inspired by everything from art history to pornography, creating both a record and mirror of all facets of popular culture today.
www.taschen.com /pages/en/catalogue/books/artists_editions/all/facts/02606.htm   (534 words)

  
 David LaChapelle - Lostpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
LaChapelle created The United Kingdom Channel 4 promo of the first season of Lost, which had the characters cleverly paired as dancing partners.
LaChapelle was born in Connecticut in 1969 according to his website.
More recently, his film Rize, a documentary on the krumping style of dance had its festival premiere at Sundance Film Festival in 2005 and was released theatrically in the summer of that year.
lostpedia.com /wiki/David_LaChapelle   (487 words)

  
 David LaChapelle
David LaChapelle began taking photographs in high school.
He is a product of 70s youth, sub-divisions, suburbia, pot-smoking, and a mom with a knack for appropriating a fantasy life onto film.
David LaChapelle's work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally.
www.staleywise.com /collection/lachapelle/lachapelle.html   (118 words)

  
 Deitch
Deitch Projects presented Artists and Prostitutes 1985-2005, a retrospective by David LaChapelle, one of the most innovative and creative photographers working today.
To add to the excitement, LaChapelle also installed a life-sized set in the gallery allowing visitors to freely experience a slice of “LaChapelle's world”.
Artists and Prostitutes 1985-2005, was also the location for the after-party celebration of David LaChapelle's new film "Rize" that was screened at the 4th Annual Tribeca Film Festival.
www.deitch.com /projects/sub.php?projId=156&orient=h   (211 words)

  
 Fleshbot: Pure Filth
And speaking of '90s supermodels making comebacks lately, there's already a buzz about Gisele Bundchen's appearance in "Taxi", in which she strips down to her underwear and engages in some frisky girl-on-girl pat-down action.
Savannah was the female porn star equivalent of Kurt Cobain (who was one of her favorite musicians): a performer who lived fast, amassed a huge following, and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1994 at age 24.
Her story is brilliantly retold in this 2001 Arena Magazine photo spread by David LaChapelle, starring model Ana Claudia Michaels in the feature role.
www.fleshbot.com /porn/lachapelle   (962 words)

  
 Amazon.frĀ : Hotel Lachapelle: Photographs: Livres: David LaChapelle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Achetez ce livre et Lachapelle Land de David LaChapelle !
Hotel LaChapelle is full of neon, sex, and strange people;and the result is a beachy postcard from that nuns-with-guns place in the sun that could only exist in the vision of David LaChapelle.
Spectacular in style as in content, Hotel LaChapelle promises to be the wildest, freshest volume of photography of the next few years.
www.amazon.fr /exec/obidos/ASIN/0821226363   (507 words)

  
 BIO: David LaChapelle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Mixing glamour with comic fantasy, LaChapelle's work never fails to surprise and delight.
Widely published in fashion, music and entertainment magazines, he also shoots print and television for clients such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Giorgio Armani, MTV, Pepsi and Levis.
LaChapelle is currently working on his first independent feature film.
www.life.com /Life/eisies/1998/photographers/lachapelle.html   (113 words)

  
 David LaChapelle Attacks Jessica and Ashlee Simpson - Softpedia
LaChapelle, who directed Christina Aguilera's 'Dirrty' video declared the sexy singers are everything that's wrong with music and that they are everything wrong with culture and art, in one family.
It appears David has a grudge on them after the singers refused to pose him for the Rolling Stone magazine.
But the photographer denied rumors, saying he only wanted to picture them because he's a close friend with the publication and was doing them a favor.
news.softpedia.com /news/David-LaChapelle-Attacks-Jessica-and-Ashlee-Simpson-7990.shtml   (310 words)

  
 David LaChapelle Time Tranny Signing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It was designed by the US fashion photographer David LaChapelle.
David LaChapelle was born 1963 in North Caroline.
For me, it is one of the best swatches from the last years because it represents David's art quite well (see some examples below).
home.arcor.de /folon/lachapelle.html   (380 words)

  
 David LaChapelle Photographs
Described as "The Fellini of photography" (New York Magazine), David LaChapelle holds a rightful place as one of the most high profile, spectacular and respected photographers of the day.
Born in Connecticut in 1969, he attended the North Carolina School of Arts before heading to New York City, a move that would result in a chance encounter with legendary pop icon Andy Warhol and a job as a photographer at Interview magazine.
This in turn provided the springboard and exposure that allowed LaChapelle to become a household name through his dynamic and challenging photo features for leading publications, work that has seen him ranked among the top ten Most Important People in Photography in the world by American Photo magazine.
www.guyhepner.com /lachapelle/davidlachapellejesusatthelastsupper.html   (187 words)

  
 ROTTEN TOMATOES: Movie Reviews & Previews
Plot: An extraordinary family adventure, I AM DAVID follows a twelve year-old boy as he boldly escapes from an East European prison camp and makes...
Plot: Exploring the stage design to which artist David Hockney has devoted enormous energy, this film shows many of the operas adorned with his fine-tuned...
Plot: David is searching for love and success in his film career.
www.rottentomatoes.com /p/1164053-david_lachapelle   (419 words)

  
 TeenMusic.com - Madonna Ditches Lachapelle - madonna, David Lachapelle
Madonna has ditched photographer/filmmaker David Lachapelle as director of her next video, because of "artistic differences".
The auteur was due to make the promo for Hung Up - the first single from the Material Girl's forthcoming new album.
LaChapelle's representative tells the New York Daily News he "wanted to approach the video in a documentary style, like he did in Rize (his movie about ghetto dancers).
www.teenmusic.com /d.asp?r=107316&cat=1020&testcookie=1   (223 words)

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