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If you want reality take the bus.

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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
David Lachapelle
Bus
Reality
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I like the consistency of having people in my life for a long time.
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There are going to be people doing the talking and people who get talked about, choose, which one do you want to be?
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I have no interest in being famous. I just want to make famous photographs.
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You just do what you love, and then a style happens later on.
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I'll let criticism spoil breakfast, but I don't let it affect my lunch.
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You can't change people's minds, we are not God. We can do our best to do what we do, whatever job we have to bring sort of goodness out there. But we can't change people. As an artist what I can do is to communicate!
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I love fashion, beauty, glamour. It's the mark of civilisation.
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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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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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The key is to photograph your obsessions, whether that’s old people’s hands or skyscrapers. Think of a blank canvas, because that’s what you’ve got, and then think about what you want to see. Not anyone else.
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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 didn’t see any difference between being a photographer or being an artist. I didn’t make those boundaries. If someone wants to think it’s art, that’s great, but I’ll let history decide.
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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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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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My dream since I was a kid was to show in a gallery.
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The adornment of the body is a human need.
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With mania, is it dangerous to ride that euphoric feeling. You feel very animated and creative I would fill journals with drawings. It feels good and you want it to last, but it can lead to being delusional. The delusions can be as real as you thinking you can fly.
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My work is about making candy for the eyes. It's about grabbing your attention.
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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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