David LaChapelle was born on March 11,1963 and is an American photographer, music video director and film director.
20 Facts About David LaChapelle
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David LaChapelle is best known for his work in fashion, photography, which often references art history and sometimes conveys social messages.
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Once called the Fellini of photography, LaChapelle has worked for international publications and has had his work exhibited in commercial galleries and institutions around the world.
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David LaChapelle was born in Hartford, Connecticut to Philip and Helga LaChapelle; he has a sister Sonja and a brother Philip.
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David LaChapelle's mother was a refugee from Lithuania who arrived at Ellis Island in the early 1960s.
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David LaChapelle's family lived in Hartford until he was 9 years old.
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David LaChapelle has said to have loved the public schools in Connecticut and thrived in their art program as a child and teenager, although he struggled with bullying growing up.
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David LaChapelle was affiliated in the 1980s with 303 Gallery which exhibited artists such as Doug Ait.
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When David LaChapelle was 17 years old, he met Andy Warhol, who hired him as a photographer for Interview while he was still in high school.
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David LaChapelle Land was selected as one of 101 "Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century" and is "highly valued by collectors".
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David LaChapelle has had solo museum exhibitions at the Barbican Museum in London, Kausthaus Wien in Vienna, Palazzo Reale in Milan, Museo del Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City, the Musee de La Monnaie in Paris, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei, and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Israel, in which he was awarded artist of the year.
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David LaChapelle joined permanent acquisitions at both the National Portrait Museum in London and the Bayerische Staatsoper Portrait Gallery in Munich.
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In 2014, David LaChapelle exhibited his series, 'Land Scape' in New York, Vienna, London, and Paris.
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In 2016, David LaChapelle's work was showcased at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, DSC Gallery in the Czech Republic, at several venues in Montevideo in Uruguay and at the Edward Hopper House in New York.
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In 2018, David LaChapelle exhibited ten of his series for a couple of months.
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David LaChapelle cites a number of artists who have influenced his photography.
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Richard Avedon noted that of all the photographers inventing surreal images, David LaChapelle has the potential to be the genre's Magritte.
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David LaChapelle is Catholic and often uses religious symbolism in his work.
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David LaChapelle has bipolar disorder, but as he feels drugs do not work for him, he is careful to monitor his mental health.
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David LaChapelle relocated to London, where that city's counterculture proved enormously influential in forming his aesthetic.