David LaChapelle was offered his first professional job by Andy Warhol to shoot for Interview magazine. Since then his work has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including Tony Shafrazi Gallery and Deitch Projects in New York, and London's Barbican. His images have appeared in countless magazines including Vogue Italia, French Vogue, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone and i-D. In recent years he has expanded into music videos, live theatrical events and documentary film-making.
An engrossing collection of LaChapelle's lurid, explicit, and hyperreal collages of fine art and pop culture. * The Miami New Times * Of all the photographers inventing surreal images, it is Mr. LaChapelle who has the potential to be the genre's Magritte. * Richard Avedon *