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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.

David LaChapelle

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David LaChapelle
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 11
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Film Producer
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Music Video Director
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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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What's shocking is cruelty and torture, and that's become our entertainment. Kids can play violent video games, but God forbid they look at a naked woman. That's pornography, that's perverse. No!
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I have no interest in being famous. I just want to make famous photographs.
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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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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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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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I believe in a visual language that should be as strong as the written word.
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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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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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I never wanted to be famous. I always wanted to take famous photographs.
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I like the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas more than the actual one.
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I'll let criticism spoil breakfast, but I don't let it affect my lunch.
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My biggest advice would be to take the pictures you want to take. Don’t think about the marketplace, what sells or what an editor might say. And don’t think about style. It’s all bullshit and surface stuff. Style happens.
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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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You just do what you love, and then a style happens later on.
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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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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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