David LaChapelle
David LaChapelle
David LaChapelle is an American commercial photographer, fine-art photographer, music video director, film director, and artist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth11 March 1963
CityFairfield, CT
CountryUnited States of America
photography ideas crafts
I'm a photographer, period. I love photography, the immediacy of it. I like the craft, the idea of saying 'I'm a photographer.'
dream reality everyday
My pictures are about getting as far away from reality as possible. Dreams should be part of our everyday life.
thinking matter remains
I think we're in a post-pornographic time and nothing seems shocking, but everything remains carnal no matter what you do.
reality want bus
If you want reality take the bus.
reality want fantasy
I shoot fantasy. If you want reality, ride the bus
art culture musical wrong
They're everything that's wrong with music, ... Out of everything combined, they're everything wrong with culture, and everything wrong with art, and what we think of as art and musical culture - in one family!
dark flamboyant grew knew music outrageous seen stuff suit
Lately, he was always seen in a dark suit and somber, ... I wanted to see what he represented to me because I grew up with his music and stuff and I knew how outrageous and flamboyant he was.
allowed came factory mum people war worked
My mum was one of those people who really wasn't allowed to be an artist, because she worked in a factory and she came from the war and all that stuff. She really has an artist's soul.
incredible moved york
I moved to New York when I was 15, but my parents lived nearby in Connecticut, so I could go be in this incredible countryside when I needed it.