Overview

I believe in a visual language that should be as strong as the written word.

American artist David LaChapelle is known for his visually striking, provocative imagery fueled with surrealist overtones and elaborate decoration. His highly detailed works convey socially relevant messages that contemplate themes such as pop culture, mortality, and religion.

Biography

People say photographs don’t lie, mine do.

David LaChapelle was born in 1963 in Farmington, Connecticut. Discovered by Andy Warhol at the age of 17, LaChapelle began working for Interview Magazine at the threshold of his prolific career. Soon to be known for his hyper-real, distinctly saturated depictions of celebrity culture - Paris Hilton, Muhammad Ali, Britney Spears, Madonna, and Tupac Shakur figuring among his subjects - LaChapelle’s earliest work explored themes of mortality and transcendence through fine art, black-and-white photography.

After tremendous success in commercial photography, music videos, and filmmaking, LaChapelle has returned to the gallery settings where he first began. His work today explores the...

Works
  • DLC 2016 News of Joy
    David LaChapelle
    News of Joy, 2016
    Inkjet print on dibond
    152 x 131 cm
    59 13/16 x 51 9/16 in
    Framing Dimensions: 163 x 142 x 6.4 cm
  • DLC 2014 Aristocracy One
    David LaChapelle
    Aristocracy : Endless Acquisitions and the Race to Nowhere..., 2014
    c-print on dibond
    101.6 x 83 cm
    40 x 32 10/16 in
  • DLC 2013 Land Scape - Kings Dominion
    David LaChapelle
    Land Scape Kings Dominion, 2013
    C-Print on dibond
    76 x 101 cm
    29 14/16 x 39 12/16 in
  • DLC 2013 Self Portrait as House
    David LaChapelle
    Self Portrait as a House, 2013
    Inkjet print on dibond
    98 x 204 cm
    38 9/16 x 80 5/16 in
    Framing Dimensions: 109 x 215 x 6.4 cm
  • 120229_01_DLC_ICARUS
    David LaChapelle
    Icarus, 2012
    Inkjet print on dibond
    127 x 194.5 cm
    50 x 76 9/16 in
    Framing Dimensions: 138 x 205.5 x 6.4 cm
  • DL 2013 Station shell
    David LaChapelle
    Gas Shell, 2012
    C-print on dibond
    76 x 125 cm
    29 14/16 x 49 3/16 in
    Framing Dimensions: 86 x 136 cm
  • LACHA_PH_59.001.O
    David LaChapelle
    Nativity, 2012
    Inkjet print on dibond
    127 x 180 cm
    50 x 70 13/16 in
    Framing Dimensions: 136 x 189 x 6.4 cm
  • LACHA_PH_73.001.O
    David LaChapelle
    Rebirth of Venus, 2009
    Inkjet print on dibond
    153.01 x 114.3 cm
    60 3/16 x 45 in
    Framing Dimensions: 162 x 129.6 x 6.4 cm
  • DL 2011 Concerning The Soul
    David LaChapelle
    Concerning the soul, 2008-2011
    C-print on dibound
    152.4 x 114 cm
    60 x 44 14/16 in
    papier bulles + coins bleus
  • DL Deluge Cathedral
    David LaChapelle
    After the Deluge: Cathedral, 2007
    C-print on dibound
    102 x 135.9 x 0 cm
    40 2/16 x 53 8/16 x 0 in
  • David LaChapelle, Amanda as Andy Warhol’s Marilyn (Blue), 2007
    David LaChapelle
    Amanda as Andy Warhol’s Marilyn (Blue), 2007
    C-Print mounted on dibond
    79 x 76 cm
    31 1/16 x 29 14/16 in
  • DL Kanye West The Passion Of The Christ 2006
    David LaChapelle
    Kanye West: Passion of the Christ, 2006
    c-print on diasec with 2x4mm plexiglass
    153 x 114.6 x 0 cm
    60 3/16 x 45 1/16 x 0 in
  • DL Amanda As Liz
    David LaChapelle
    Amanda As Andy Warhol's Liz Taylor, 2003
    c-print on diasec with 2x4mm plexiglass
    182.88 x 172.72 x 0 cm
    72 x 68 x 0 in
  • DL 2003 Amanda As andy Warhol's Liz in Red
    David LaChapelle
    My Own Liz, 2003
    c-print on diasec with 2x4mm plexiglass
    81.2 x 76.6 x 0 cm
    31 15/16 x 30 2/16 x 0 in
  • DL Pamela Anderson Faster, Faster, I Am Almost There 1996
    David LaChapelle
    Pamela Anderson: Faster, Faster, I Am Almost There, 1996-2001
    c-print on diasec with 2x4mm plexiglass
    113 x 155 cm
    44 7/16 x 61 1/16 in
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