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My dream since I was a kid was to show in a gallery.

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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 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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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 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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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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There is nothing ugly in sexuality or in the body. It's human!
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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 believe in a visual language that should be as strong as the written word.
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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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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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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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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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If you watch Michael Jackson [1992] concerts from Budapest and compare it to a Madonna concert of today, you'll see such uplifting beauty and a message that you won't see in any other artist of our time.
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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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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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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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The adornment of the body is a human need.
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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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