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I still go to church occasionally. I went the other day and found peace.

David LaChapelle

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David LaChapelle
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 11
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Film Producer
Filmmaker
Music Video Director
Photographer
Video Artist
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Connecticut
David Lachapelle
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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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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 dream since I was a kid was to show in a gallery.
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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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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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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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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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If you want reality take the bus.
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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 like thinking about the fragility of the human flesh and our bodies - our decay and eventual death.
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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.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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In the fashion world, I was always an outsider, but I made people look good, so I had a career.
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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'll let criticism spoil breakfast, but I don't let it affect my lunch.
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