Limited edition of 2,500 copies worldwide, numbered (777) and signed by David
LaChapelle! Published by
Taschen. Hardcover and box. 34.5 x 50cm.
Brand new copy, unopened. Still in publisher’s packaging.
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Who`s the greatest star of star photography? It`s the inimitable David LaChapelle,
the photographer whose singular style is perfectly unmistakable. He has
photographed personalities as diverse as Tupac 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, and Britney
Spears, to name just
a few. Once called the Fellini of photography, LaChapelle has worked for the
most prestigious international publications and has been the subject of
exhibitions in both commercial galleries and leading public institutions around
the world.
Celebrating the visionary LaChapelle`s truly extraordinary photography, this 698-page, XL-sized
book is packed cover-to-cover with vibrant full-bleed images;
the best of his entire career to date. Bursting at the seams with spectacle and
drama, and saturated with colours that only LaChapelle can realise, this
limited edition pays tribute to the most daring and ambitious photographer in
the history of portraiture.
All colour illustrations are colour-separated and reproduced in Pan4C, the
finest reproduction technique available today, which provides unequalled
intensity and colour range.
About the artist:
Not yet out of high school, LaChapelle was offered his first professional job by Andy
Warhol to shoot for Interview magazine. His photography has been
showcased in numerous galleries and museums, including Staley-Wise; Tony
Shafrazi Gallery and Deitch Projects in New York; the Fahey-Klein Gallery in
California; Goss Gallery in Dallas; and internationally at Artmosphere in
Vienna; Camerawork in Germany; Reflex Amsterdam; Maruani & Noirhomme in
Belgium; Sozzani and Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Italy; and at the Barbican
Museum in London, to this day the most attended show in the museum`s history.
His unfettered images of celebrity and contemporary pop culture have appeared
on and between the covers of magazines such as Italian Vogue, French Vogue,
Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone and i-D.
In recent years LaChapelle has expanded his work to include music videos, live
theatrical events and documentary film-making. His directing credits include
music videos for artists such as Christina Aguilera, Moby, Jennifer Lopez,
Britney Spears, The Vines and No Doubt. "It`s My
Life" with Gwen Stefani won the award for Best Pop Video at the MTV Music
Video Awards and LaChapelle himself garnered the MPVA`s Director of the Year
award in 2004. His stage work includes Elton John`s The Red Piano, the
Caesar`s Palace spectacular he designed and directed, and which was the top-selling
show in Las Vegas for 2004. His burgeoning interest in film saw him make the
short documentary Krumped, an award-winner at Sundance from which he developed RIZE,
the feature film acquired for worldwide distribution by Lions Gate Films. The
film was released in the U.S.
and internationally in the Summer of 2005 to huge critical acclaim, and was
chosen to open the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
Ranked among the top ten "most important people in photography" by American
Photo magazine, LaChapelle`s work continues to be inspired by everything
from art history to pornography, creating both a record and mirror of all
facets of popular culture today.