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There is nothing ugly in sexuality or in the body. It's human!
David LaChapelle
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David LaChapelle
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 11
Fashion Photographer
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Fairfield
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David Lachapelle
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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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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 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'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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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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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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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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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 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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We're bombarded with images. Take the time to stop and look at something then connect with them and maybe they're thinking the same thing, I used a lot of devices to catch the eye of people who have seen a lot of stuff, having worked in advertising and in editorial. I have learned to get someone to stop and look at something, that language.
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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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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 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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The adornment of the body is a human need.
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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 like thinking about the fragility of the human flesh and our bodies - our decay and eventual death.
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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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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 never wanted to be famous. I always wanted to take famous photographs.
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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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