Fashion And Photography: David La Chapelle

An amazing contemporary photography based in New York City. His work has been published in some of the top selling magazines such as; Interview, Play Boy, Italian Vogue, French Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, Flaunt, I-D and the Sunday Times. He is best known for his work with celebrities. One thing that is different about Lachapelle is his use of photo manipulation. His photos are bursting with colour and presence and often have a story line behind them. David creates portraits, editorial and advertising pieces. Some of the celebrities that he has worked with are: Madonna, Cameron Diaz, Ben Afleck, Britney Spears, David Beckham, Justin Timberlake, Elton John, Kylie Monigue, and Paris Hilton. For some of his advertising campaigns he has worked with designers such as the late Alexander McQueen and John Paul Gaultier.

In 2009 i was lucky enough to go to one of his exhibitions in Paris, France at La Monnaie De Paris the exhibition was called "Retrospective David La Chapelle". Feb 6th - May31st 2009.

I wouldn't be able to recreate his work, but i think it can give alot of inspiration. He creates some of the most extravagant scenes and sets. These are some of my favourites. The editorial disaster images are mixing the beautiful and the ugly. They have had alot of photo manipulation, but angle of the frame and positions of the models work really well to create this scene.