David LaChapelle was born in Connecticut in 1969. He trained as a fine artist at North Carolina School of the Arts before moving to New York. Upon his arrival LaChapelle enrolled in both the Arts Student League and the School of Visual Arts. Andy Warhol offered him his first professional job shooting for Interview magazine. Recently ranked among the top ten Most Important People in Photography in the world by American Photo, he has continued to garner numerous awards.

David LaChapelle’s unfettered images, both bizarre and gorgeous, have appeared on and in between the covers of Italian Vogue, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, i-D, Vibe, Interview, The Face, British GQ, etc.. He is currently under contract with Vanity Fair. His uncompromising dedication to originality is legend in the worlds of fashion, film, and advertising. LaChapelle has done advertising campaigns for a variety of clients including L’Oreal, Iceberg, MTV, Ecko, Diesel Jeans, Sirius, Ford, Sky Vodka and the Got Milk campaign. David has photographed numerous album covers and packages for such artists as Macy Gray, Moby, No Doubt, Whitney Houston, Lil’ Kim, Elton John, and Madonna.

Worlds collide in David LaChapelle’s Hotel LaChapelle (Callaway, 1999), a fresh collection of unforgettable color images. LaChapelle continues to create photographs that confront our visual tastes and reimagine our contemporary landscape. Hotel LaChapelle follows the photographer’s best-selling debut book, LaChapelle Land (Callaway, 1996), in assembling an explosive mix of celebrities and models including Madonna, Leonardo DeCaprio, Pamela Anderson, Uma Thurman, Marilyn Manson, Alexander McQueen, Mark Wahlberg, Drew Barrymore, and Elton John in an extravagant boxed volume.

David LaChapelle’s photographs have been showcased in exhibitions at the Staley-Wise and Toni Shafrazi Galleries in New York, the Fahey-Klein Gallery in California as well as internationally at Art Trend in Austria, Camerawork in Germany, Sozzani and Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Itay, and most recently at the Barbican Museum in London.


In addition to his still photography LaChapelle directs music videos for select artists including Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne, No Doubt, Whitney Houston, Moby, Macy Gray, Blink 182, Elton John, Christina Aguilera, and The Vines. His haunting video for Moby’s “Natural Blues,” featuring Moby as an old man and Christina Ricci as an angel, had a huge presence in the music video industry in 2000. At the MTV Europe Music Awards, “Natural Blues” was named Best Video of the year, the result of a popular vote of over 7 million viewers. This was striking in that it was only LaChapelle’s third video. “Natural Blues” was also nominated in the U.S., in the MTV Video Awards’ “Best Male Artist” category, and for best “Visionary Video” at the VH-1/ Vogue Fashion Awards.

LaChapelle has also added stage director to his list of credits. David LaChapelle conceived and designed Elton John’s ‘The Red Piano’ show at Caesar’s Coliseum in Las Vegas.


AWARDS

2004: Winner of best documentary Aspen Film Festival

2004: Special Juried Recognition Sundance film Festival

2004: Special Juried Prize Mountainfilm in Telluride

2004: 13th Annual MVPA Awards - Winnner 'Director of the Year' - 'Best Rock Video of the Year' for No Doubt "It's My Life"

2003: 12th Annual MVPA (Music Video Production Association) Awards - Adult Contemporary Video of the year- Elton John 'This Train Don't Stop There Anymore'

2000: Won “Best Video” for Moby’s “Natural Blues” at the MTV Europe Music Awards

1999: Honored in the “Cover of the Year” category at the Eisies; placed second on CNN’s list of “20 to Watch in 2000”

1998: Won for Best “Cutting Edge Essay” and “Style Photography” at Life magazine’s Alfred Eisenstadt Awards for Magazine Photography (the Eisies)

1997: Art Directors Club Award for Best Book Design for LaChapelle Land

1996: “Photographer of the Year Award” at the VH-1 Fashion Awards; “Applied Photography of the Year Award” from The International Center of Photography

1995: Named “Best New Photographer of the Year” by both French Photo and American Photo magazines

David Lachapelle出生于北卡罗莱纳州，曾在艺术学生联盟和视觉艺术学院学习，他的摄影生涯始于为Interview杂志做的美术作品。很快他的技艺就得到了发展和发挥，他的摄影很特别，他能把报告文学和超现实主义的特点巧妙地加以结合。1997年LaChapelle在CallawayEditions/Simon&Shuster出版公司的支持下发表了“LaChapelleLand”——他的首部个人作品集。这些作品进一步证明了他摄影风格的独特是无人可比的。他把色彩运用到了极至，并找到了颇具他个人风格的颜色。Lachapelle给全世界的各种杂志带来了强烈的色彩，堪称世界摄影界最耀眼的明星之一。他曾于1997年获得国际摄影中心颁发的无限贡献奖，获VH1年度时装摄影奖. 他为很多知名品牌建立了良好形象，并带来广告效益。

　　他是个多能的艺术家，除了画廊和杂志，我们还经常能在CD封面、MTV和各种各样广告中看到他风格鲜明的作品。他服务过的广告客户全是大名鼎鼎的公司：L’Oreal, Iceberg, MTV, Ecko, Diesel Jeans, Sirius, Ford, Sky Vodka and the Got Milk 。他合作过的明星名单更是长得数不过来： Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne, No Doubt, Whitney Houston, Moby, Macy Gray, Blink 182, Elton John, Christina Aguilera……

　　1999年，他出版了自己的第二本摄影作品集“Hotel Lachapelle”，再次以大胆的构思和跳跃的色彩成为抢手货。

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