David LaChapelle

     At the beginning of the school year my friend Tiffany introduced me to her favorite photographer David LaChapelle. I was blown away. The first thing that pulled me in were the colors and his use of saturation in his photos, it's like looking into a candy store. Then you see his often  crazy, bizarre and unusual subject matter, mixing the ordinary with the fantastical, the beautiful and the ugly. His sets are amazing they are works of art in themselves.

      Recently in my photo seminar class at school we watched a documentary on LaChapelle that was really interesting. I didn't realize that Andy Warhol was his mentor and gave him his first job as a photographer in the 80's at Interview magazine. David LaChapelle has now photographed for many large publications including French Vogue, Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone he has taken pictures of iconic celebrities including Cher, Courtney Love, Britany Spears, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Eminem and Michael Jackson just to name a few. He has also branched out into film work, documentaries, and has done music videos for many big name celebrities.  More of his work can be seen on his website: http://www.davidlachapelle.com