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My pictures are about getting as far away from reality as possible. Dreams should be part of our everyday life.

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David LaChapelle
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 11
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Film Producer
Filmmaker
Music Video Director
Photographer
Video Artist
Fairfield
Connecticut
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If you want reality take the bus.
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My idea was that if I took a picture of somebody and years later, or whenever, they would die and if someone wanted to know who this person was, they could take one of these pictures and it would tell who the person was.
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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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My work is about making candy for the eyes. It's about grabbing your attention.
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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 the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas more than the actual one.
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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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The adornment of the body is a human need.
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I was always painting when I was a kid. But then when I handled a camera when I was 17, that was it for me. I loved photography. I would work 4 or 5 hours a day. It was like a calling.
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The adornment of the body is a human need. I don't see anything superficial about it unless your life becomes very materialistic.
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I love fashion, beauty, glamour. It's the mark of civilisation.
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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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Then I got this idea in my head that magazines were like a gallery and if you got your magazine page ripped out and someone stuck it on their refrigerator, then that was a museum – someone’s private museum.
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As an artist you have a choice. You can add more confusion and darkness to the world or you can shine a light, make a beauty.
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I think we're in a post-pornographic time and nothing seems shocking, but everything remains carnal no matter what you do.
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I'm part of what I consider the entertainment industry. For my photos to be entertaining, they have to be provocative and new.
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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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My dream since I was a kid was to show in a gallery.
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Michael [Jackson] had paintings of himself at Neverland depicting himself as a knight and surrounded by cherubs and angels. People might think he's an egomaniac, but he's not. It's because the world turned against him.
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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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