HOPE, LIFE, COMPASSION: DAVID LACHAPELLE
SEPTEBER 10, 2006
'Luxury Item 1997.' C - Print, 40x30 inches, edition size 7, with 4 APs. Sold out of all editions in all sizes. This work: Edition number (AP no.4).

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 Art Students League and the School of Visual Arts. Not yet out of high school, LaChapelle was offered his first professional job by Andy Warhol to shoot for Interview Magazine.

David LaChapelle's unfettered images, both bizarre and gorgeous, have captured 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.