Photographs flooded with LaChapelle syrup

New York in the 1980s: a new face, a new artist, appears on the art scene. In the field of photography, David LaChapelle has his own point of view and personal "font".

Originally, the American works are shown in a number of galleries (303 Gallery, for example). And as it happens in countries where true talent is considered a sacred gift, his works are instantly noticed by anyone but by Andy Warhol (who has a flair to the drill).

So David LaChapelle got his first professional engagement as a photographer. Interview Magazine covers are framed by images, viewed and structured through the lens and eye of the debutant. The work in this magazine guarantees him direct access to the world of famous, rich, icons of pop culture and heroes of the day.

Fashion and advertising photography are the two fields that are irreversibly striped by the LaChapelle style. Logically, there are suggestions from editions that everyone dreams of working on: GQ, Rolling Stone, i-D, Vanity Fair, Vogue.

In front of his lens are loud names from the world of cinema, music, fashion, art and entertainment: Angelina Jolie, Elton John, Pamela Anderson, David Bowie, King of Thrash Aesthetics in the Cinema - John Waters, Elizabeth Taylor, Hillary Clinton, Mohammed Ali, Leonardo DiCaprio, Alixander McQueen, Debbie Hari, Benicio Del Toro, Drew Barrymore and others.

His photos represent whole narrative constructions. They tell stories whose storyline is drawn from pop culture, religion, the peculiarities of secular life. The star shine sinks into his work, turning them into lush (like colors, decor, story) illustrations of large-scale ideas. Perverse humor is encoded in David LaChapell's visual novelties, and the ironic and delicate (perhaps not) critical position is alternating or presenting each other, with an overwhelming emphasis on the sexual aspect - hinted, idolized, featuring a fetish. abundant visual glaze, which at times is intolerable, sticky, yet superficial, but composed of imaginary fragments As David says: "My photographs are as furthest as possible from reality. Fantasy must be a part of everyday life. "

Gradually, the range of activities that the artist engages in extends to work on a set of musical clips (Moby, No Doubt), performances (Elton John's legendary show, The Red Piano, 2004), documentary film. On the occasion, David LaChapelle received recognition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 for the directing of the 24-minute "Krumped." Consequently, the photographer also realized his Rize film project in 2005 with the premiere of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York in the same year.

In 2006, David LaChapelle publicly favored his work as a fashion photographer and focused his creative work on visual arts - sculptures and installations. Moves to live on Maui Island. The photographer explains this change as a very natural process, part of the evolutionary growth of an artist.

The feeling of completing his business as a fashion photographer has finally reached a density after the release of TASCHEN's Artists and Prostitutes. "Tension, fatigue, and unconscious workaholism are obvious, and the decision of glorious abdication from the throne is quite right." David LaChapelle says: I honestly say I have never screwed up anything in my work, I have never missed a deadline or I have confused anything I can frankly say - and that's why I titled my book "Artists and Prostitutes" - that I have done some of the most brutal commercials, etc veins ever works, including Annie Leibovitz would have turned her nose ... But still it is one that has lost millions of dollars in debt, not me ... ".

Recently, David LaChapelle has been working on his "Chane of Life" project, positioned in the field of fine arts.

In April, the Eden cycle will be shown in London (Robilant + Voenna) and Brussels (Alain Noirhomme Gallery).