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The Fellini of photography
Limited edition of 2,500 copies worldwide, numbered and signed
by David LaChapelle!
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
,
Eminem,
Pamela Anderson,
Uma Thurman,
Naomi Campbell,
Sylvester Stallone,
David Beckham,
Leonardo DiCaprio,
Bjork,
Dearth David,
Joe Weider,
Andy Warhol,
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 colors that only LaChapelle can
realize, this limited edition pays tribute to the most daring and ambitious
photographer in the history of portraiture.
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.
All color illustrations are color-separated and reproduced in Pan4C,
the finest reproduction technique available today, which provides unequalled
intensity and color range.
Издано только 2500 экземпляров, пронумерованных и подписанных Дэвидом Ла Шапелем.
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