...AND THEN THERE WAS DAVID LaCHAPELLE!!

LaChapelle’s works have been described as surrealist, grotesque, shocking and ironic. His use of celebrities and exaggerates aspects of them or their superficial world...





Some call him genius, some call him vile, but as a fan of his work for years now, I would say he is just another source of inspiration, take it or leave it alone.
LaChapelle attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His first photograph was of his single mother, Helga LaChapelle, on a family vacation in Puerto Rico. She wore a bikini and held a martini glass on a balcony. From then on he was obsessed with photography.

His first professional job as a photographer was offered by Andy Warhol for Interview magazine. LaChapelle has four published books of his photographs, including LaChapelle Land and Hotel LaChapelle, both containing vivid and bizarre portraits of celebrities such as Marilyn Manson, Drew Barrymore and Uma Thurman.

Another favorite of mine, LaChapelle's film Rize, a documentary on the krumping style of dance that invaded South Central Los Angeles, premiered at Sundance in 2005 and was released theatrically that summer.