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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
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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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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'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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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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What I'm doing here is pointing out an irony: Here you have an institution that has systematically protected pedophile priests and then you have an innocent Michael Jackson, who California spent millions of dollars trying to prosecute and could not do it because it was complete bulls - t.
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I think we're in a post-pornographic time and nothing seems shocking, but everything remains carnal no matter what you do.
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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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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 love when people write about something, I learn what I'm doing through the eyes of a good critic, positive or negative. It's still a learning experience.
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I believe in a visual language that should be as strong as the written word.
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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 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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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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There is nothing ugly in sexuality or in the body. It's human!
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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 never wanted to be famous. I always wanted to take famous photographs.
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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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The adornment of the body is a human need.
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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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