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I never wanted to be famous. I always wanted to take famous photographs.
David LaChapelle
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David LaChapelle
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 11
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
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Music Video Director
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Fairfield
Connecticut
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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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You just do what you love, and then a style happens later on.
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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 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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Pictures are an escape. They should be bigger than life. In the same way, celebrities provide an escape from the mundane. They are photographed so we can worship them - so they are worthy of our worship.
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I like the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas more than the actual one.
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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 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'll let criticism spoil breakfast, but I don't let it affect my lunch.
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People get devalued in Hollywood when they age, despite all their efforts to stay relevant and beautiful and young. They can't get jobs anymore.
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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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There is nothing ugly in sexuality or in the body. It's human!
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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 like the consistency of having people in my life for a long time.
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My work is about making candy for the eyes. It's about grabbing your attention.
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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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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 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 still go to church occasionally. I went the other day and found peace.
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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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