David Lachapelle

by LaChapelle, David

• ISBN13: 9783836519946
• ISBN10: 3836519941
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-06-15
• Publisher: Taschen America Llc

Summary

Who is the brightest star of contemporary photography? Surely it's the inimitableDavid LaChapelle,whose singular style is unmistakable. During his remarkable career he has photographed personalities as diverse asTupac Shakur, Madonna, Amanda Lepore, Eminem, Philip Johnson, Lance Armstrong, Pamela Anderson, Lil' Kim, Uma Thurman, Elizabeth Taylor, David Beckham, Paris Hilton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Hillary Clinton, Muhammad Ali,andBritney Spears,to name just a few. All of these and many more feature inLaChapelle,along with some of the photographer's finest fashion editorial and advertising campaign work. Celebrating the entire range of his visionary photography,here are 800 pages of pure LaChapelle-a massive selection of his best work to date, drawn from across his entire career. Bursting with spectacle and drama, saturated with color, packed cover-to-cover with vibrant full-bleed images and dripping with sexual tension, this book contains the essential work of perhaps the most outrageously seductive photographer of our times. All images are color-separated and reproduced in Pan4C, the finest reproduction technique available today, providing unequalled intensity and color range. For those who coveted the XL limited edition ofArtists and Prostitutes, this unlimited five-volume edition ofLaChapelleis not only updated to include some of his most recent images, but also keenly priced, and a must-have for anyone interested in contemporary photography.

Author Biography

David LaChapelle was offered his first professional job by Andy Warhol to shoot for Interview magazine. Since then his work has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including Tony Shafrazi Gallery and Deitch Projects in New York, and London's Barbican. His images have appeared in countless magazines including Vogue Italia, French Vogue, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone and i-D. In recent years he has expanded into music videos, live theatrical events and documentary film-making.