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I believe in a visual language that should be as strong as the written word.

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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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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 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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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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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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You just do what you love, and then a style happens later on.
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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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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'll let criticism spoil breakfast, but I don't let it affect my lunch.
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There is nothing ugly in sexuality or in the body. It's human!
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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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My pictures are about getting as far away from reality as possible. Dreams should be part of our everyday life.
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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 still go to church occasionally. I went the other day and found peace.
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I love fashion, beauty, glamour. It's the mark of civilisation.
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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 like the consistency of having people in my life for a long time.
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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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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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