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For me, it's easier to like more things than to dislike them I'm not a critic in that sense. I find it easier to like more, to be more open and enjoy more things, which has given me more opportunities.

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David LaChapelle
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 11
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I wanted it to provide an escape route, I wanted to make pictures that were fantastic and took you into another world, one that was brighter. I started off with this idea.
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I like the consistency of having people in my life for a long time.
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My biggest advice would be to take the pictures you want to take. Don’t think about the marketplace, what sells or what an editor might say. And don’t think about style. It’s all bullshit and surface stuff. Style happens.
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I had this duality growing up with my dad being a strict Catholic and his brother being a priest and my mother finding God in nature, so I've taken a little from both [traditions].
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I am not God. But I can only do my role here on this planet. The role I feel I was given since I was a kid was to be making art and I only wanted to give and I never let money be my God.
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I've never wanted to be part of an inner circle of any scene. I've always been an outsider looking to question and subvert.
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I'm not condemning the Catholic Church - it's too big, it's like condemning a nation and that would be prejudiced.
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My work is about making candy for the eyes. It's about grabbing your attention.
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In the fashion world, I was always an outsider, but I made people look good, so I had a career.
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I never wanted to be famous. I always wanted to take famous photographs.
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We are in this time of corporations being so greedy and global. Some people want to call it the apocalypse. When I was born it was half the people on the planet. It has doubled in my life time. This is not sustainable for the earth of course we are going somewhere. So we have to live preciously, we have to live each day with care!
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I'll let criticism spoil breakfast, but I don't let it affect my lunch.
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I like thinking about the fragility of the human flesh and our bodies - our decay and eventual death.
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