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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?
David LaChapelle
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David LaChapelle
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 11
Fashion Photographer
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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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The adornment of the body is a human need.
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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'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 just do what you love, and then a style happens later on.
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I've never wanted to be part of an inner circle of any scene. I've always been an outsider looking to question and subvert.
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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 work is about making candy for the eyes. It's about grabbing your attention.
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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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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 never wanted to be famous. I always wanted to take famous photographs.
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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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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 believe in a visual language that should be as strong as the written word.
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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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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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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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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 thinking about the fragility of the human flesh and our bodies - our decay and eventual death.
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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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