David LaChapelle - Biography

Change Image Last Editor: yisrael27				David LaChapelle Biography -   Name : David LaChapelle Profession : Actor Born : March 11, 1963 (1963-03-11) (age 45) Fairfield, Connecticut United States Occupation : fashion advertising fine art photography

David LaChapelle Trivia -

His first photograph was of his single mother, Helga LaChapelle, on a family vacation in Puerto Rico. She wore a bikini and held a martini glass on a balcony. From then on he was obsessed with photography. He has been a professional fashion photographer of celebrity portraits for such magazines as Details, Vanity Fair, The Face, Vogue, Interview, Rolling Stone etc. since 1987. He quickly became one of the most famous fashion and entertainment photographers in the world. He attended North Carolina School of the Arts, Arts Student League (NYC) and the School of Visual Arts (NYC). He ranked among the Top Ten Most Important People in Photography in the World by American Photo Magazine. Andy Warhol offered him his first professional job, shooting for Interview magazine. He has two siblings, Sonja and Philip. Mother is Helga. The first photograph he took was of his mother when he was six years old. He was Pamela Anderson's "maid of honor" at her St. Tropez wedding to Kid Rock.

David LaChapelle Detailed Biography -

David LaChapelle (born March 11, 1963 in Fairfield, Connecticut) is a photographer and director who works in the fields of fashion, advertising, and fine art photography, and is noted for his surreal, unique and often humorous style. LaChapelle attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His first photograph was of his single mother, Helga LaChapelle, on a family vacation in Puerto Rico. Andy Warhol offered him his first professional job as a photographer for Interview. He also worked for Rolling Stone, Vogue, GQ and Vanity Fair. LaChapelle has four published books of his photographs, including LaChapelle Land and Hotel LaChapelle, both containing vivid and bizarre portraits of celebrities such as Marilyn Manson, Naomi Campbell, David Beckham, Drew Barrymore, Shirley Manson, Courtney Love, Lance Armstrong, Pamela Anderson, Christina Aguilera, Cameron Diaz and Uma Thurman. LaChapelle directed singer Elton John's show, The Red Piano at Las Vegas' Caesars Palace, which premiered in 2004. The show features extensive use of video technology on an LED screen backing the show that, when built, was promoted as the largest and brightest of all time. Several of John's songs during the performance are accompanied by short films by LaChapelle. LaChapelle's film Rize, a documentary on the krumping style of dance in South Central Los Angeles, premiered at Sundance in 2005 and was released theatrically that summer. LaChapelle holding a producer credit for The 1 Second Film in November 2004 He was the original director of Madonna's video for the 2005 hit "Hung Up", but fell apart due to creative differences with the singer. He has directed advertisements for major brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Lavazza, Nokia, L'Oréal, Diesel and Burger King. In 2006 he directed "Romeo and Juliet," a five-minute commercial for H&M's new denim brand and "Tis the Season to be Gorgeous," a humorous Christmas commercial for UK retailer Boots Group showing glamorous-looking women doing relatively mundane Christmas tasks. Also in the UK, he directed the surreal Lost trailers for Channel 4, show the cast dancing in 1920s costume among the burning wreckage on the beach. In addition to this, he directed Channel 4's promotion of Desperate Housewives season one. David LaChapelle is slated to do the cover artwork for Courtney Love's new album, according to Love's posts on her website MoonWashedRose.com. LaChapelle’s works have been described as surrealist, grotesque, shocking and ironic. His use of celebrities exaggerates aspects of their personalities or their personal lives. LaChapelle has discovered new talent, including: LaChapelle is currently signed to HSI London (UK) and HSI Production (USA), previously worked with Venus Entertainment (USA). His directing work includes music videos for artists including: 1994 1997 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Cover of David LaChapelle book, Hotel LaChapelle. 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2003 2004 2006