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“I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't finish high school, but that's always been part of my work.”

Quote by David LaChapelle

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David LaChapelle

David LaChapelle, born on March 11, 1963, is a renowned photographer from the United States. His work is known for its unique visual style and sense of humor, adept at capturing social phenomena and human nature. LaChapelle's photographs have gained acclaim in both the art and fashion worlds, and his photography books and exhibitions have been widely attended around the globe. more

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“I was always painting when I was a kid. But then when I handled a camera when I was 17, that was it for me. I loved photography. I would work 4 or 5 hours a day. It was like a calling.”

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“You just do what you love, and then a style happens later on.”

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“I was working in this very bombastic style. I didn't really know about style. I didn't think about it: I did what I was interested in, what I was attracted to, what I was drawn to. I was drawn to color, and I was drawn to humor, and I was drawn to sexuality and spontaneity. It was all really intuitive. I never really thought, "Well this is the style...”

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“Then I got this idea in my head that magazines were like a gallery and if you got your magazine page ripped out and someone stuck it on their refrigerator, then that was a museum – someone’s private museum.”

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“Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.”

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“I didn’t see any difference between being a photographer or being an artist. I didn’t make those boundaries. If someone wants to think it’s art, that’s great, but I’ll let history decide.”

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“I wanted it to provide an escape route, I wanted to make pictures that were fantastic and took you into another world, one that was brighter. I started off with this idea.”

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“My idea was that if I took a picture of somebody and years later, or whenever, they would die and if someone wanted to know who this person was, they could take one of these pictures and it would tell who the person was.”

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“I never want people to be repulsed with my pictures; I always want to attract people.”

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“For me, it's easier to like more things than to dislike them; I'm not a critic in that sense. I find it easier to like more, to be more open and enjoy more things, which has given me more opportunities.”

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