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David LaChapelle

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b. 1963, USA

David LaChapelle is known internationally for his exceptional talent in combining a unique hyper-realistic aesthetic with profound social messages. LaChapelle's photography career began in the 1980's when he began showing his artwork in New York City galleries. His work caught the eye of Andy Warhol, who offered him his first job as a photographer at Interview Magazine. His photographs of celebrities in Interview garnered positive attention, and before long he was shooting for a variety of top editorial publications and creating some of the most memorable advertising campaigns of his generation.

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LaChapelle's striking images have graced the covers and pages of Italian Vogue, French Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, Rolling Stone and i-D, and he has photographed personalities as diverse as Tupac Shakur, Madonna, Amanda Lepore, Eminem, Philip Johnson, Lance Armstrong, Pamela Anderson, Lil' Kim, Uma Thurman, Elizabeth Taylor, David Beckham, Paris Hilton, Jeff Koons, Leonardo DiCaprio, Hillary Clinton, Muhammad Ali, and Britney Spears, to name a few.

After establishing himself as a fixture in contemporary photography, LaChapelle decided to branch out and direct music videos, live theatrical events, and documentary films. His directing credits include music videos for artists such as Christina Aguilera, Moby, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, The Vines and No Doubt. His stage work includes Elton John's The Red Piano and the Caesar's Palace spectacular he designed and directed in 2004. His burgeoning interest in film led him to make the short documentary Krumped, an award-winner at Sundance from which he developed RIZE, the feature film acquired for worldwide distribution by Lion's Gate Films. The film was released in the US and internationally in the Summer of 2005 to huge critical acclaim, and was chosen to open the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.

In 2006, LaChapelle decided to minimise his participation in commercial photography, and return to his roots by focusing on fine art photography. Since then, he has been the subject of exhibitions in both commercial galleries and leading public institutions around the world. He has had record breaking solo museum exhibitions at the Barbican Museum, London (2002), Palazzo Reale, Milan (2007), Museo del Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City (2009), the Musee de La Monnaie, Paris (2009), the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei, Taiwan and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel. In 2011, he had a major exhibition of new work at The Lever House, New York and retrospectives at the Museo Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, the Hangaram Design Museum in Seoul and Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague.

David LaChapelle continues to be inspired by everything from art history and street culture, to the Hawaiian jungle in which he lives, projecting an image of twenty-first century pop culture through his work that is both loving and critical. He is quite simply the only photographic artist working today who has transitioned flawlessly from the world of fashion and celebrity photography to be enshrined by the notoriously discerning contemporary art intelligentsia.

Text courtesy Reflex Amsterdam.

Recent Exhibitions

Contemporary art exhibition, David LaChapelle, Act of Nature at Reflex Amsterdam, Netherlands Closed 1 June–28 September 2019 David LaChapelle Act of Nature Amsterdam

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Passion de Fleur by David LaChapelle contemporary artwork photography
David LaChapelle Passion de Fleur Pigment print
24 x 18.8 inches
Reflex Amsterdam Contact Gallery
Mary Magdalene Abiding Lamentation by David LaChapelle contemporary artwork photography
David LaChapelle Mary Magdalene Abiding Lamentation, 2019 Pigment print
24 x 18 inches
Reflex Amsterdam Contact Gallery
Songs in My Head by David LaChapelle contemporary artwork photography
David LaChapelle Songs in My Head, 2015 Pigment print
24 x 18.8 inches
Reflex Amsterdam Contact Gallery
The First Supper by David LaChapelle contemporary artwork photography
David LaChapelle The First Supper, 2017 Hand painted negative-pigment print
15.58 x 24 inches
Reflex Amsterdam Contact Gallery
A New World by David LaChapelle contemporary artwork photography
David LaChapelle A New World, 2017 Hand painted negative-pigment print
15.6 x 24 inches
Reflex Amsterdam Contact Gallery
Jesus and Buddha Under a Tree by David LaChapelle contemporary artwork photography
David LaChapelle Jesus and Buddha Under a Tree, 2017 Hand painted negative-pigment print
24 x 18.44 inches
Reflex Amsterdam Contact Gallery
Secret Passage by David LaChapelle contemporary artwork photography
David LaChapelle Secret Passage, 2015 Chromogenic print
24 x 33.27 inches
Reflex Amsterdam Contact Gallery
Reborn! Nature's Transfusion by David LaChapelle contemporary artwork photography
David LaChapelle Reborn! Nature's Transfusion, 2014 Chromogenic print
30 x 43.81 inches
Reflex Amsterdam Contact Gallery
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David LaChapelle In Ocula Magazine

Singapore Lowdown: Shows to See in 2020 Ocula Feature Singapore Lowdown: Shows to See in 2020 By Tessa Moldan, Singapore

Singapore Art Week returns from 11 to 19 January 2020 with a host of island-wide events, at the centre of which is the second edition of S.E.A. Focus (16–19 January 2020) at Gillman Barracks, showcasing the best of contemporary art in Southeast Asia.

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David LaChapelle In Video & Audio

IN CONVERSATION WITH... DAVID LACHAPELLE Related Video & Audio IN CONVERSATION WITH... DAVID LACHAPELLE 19 June 2019, Reflex Amsterdam

In Conversation with... David LaChapelle is the fourth installment of our ongoing series of artist interviews. In this episode, LaChapelle tells us about his new exhibition Act of Nature and his t

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David LaChapelle's 'Seismic Shift' - Reflex Amsterdam Related Video & Audio David LaChapelle's 'Seismic Shift' - Reflex Amsterdam 18 April 2019, Reflex Amsterdam

This video takes a closer look at the different facets of David LaChapelle's most intricate photographs, Seismic Shift. Both the social critique and art historical references inherent in the work ar

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David LaChapelle In Publications

David LaChapelle: The Rape of Africa David LaChapelle: The Rape of Africa
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