David Lachapelle

His lurid aesthetic shaped the celebrity age, but 11 years ago LaChapelle escaped to a farm in Hawaii. He talks about his journey from 14-year-old gay runaway in Warhol’s New York to enlightened ‘Grandpa Moses of photography’

20th Century Man: Image

His lurid aesthetic shaped the celebrity age, but 11 years ago LaChapelle escaped to a farm in Hawaii. He talks about his journey from 14-year-old gay runaway in Warhol’s New York to enlightened ‘Grandpa Moses of photography’

David LaChapelle is an American photographer, digital artist, fine-art painter, and director. His photography has been published internationally and exhibited in museums and galleries.

When we met, we hit it off really well and it was a really fun day. I saw her a week before the shoot at this art thing in L.A. and I said to her, (…)

Dolly Parton Prize Doll, 1997

David LaChapelle has always been one of my biggest inspirations & idols. He’s famous for his surrealistic pop-art aesthetic and narrative style (thats no surprise considering he was an ap…