Lachapelle, David - Hunting for Truffles, 1996 - art postcard

Art Postcard
• Work of art title: Hunting for Truffles, 1996
• Artist (if known): David LaChapelle
• Media or other details:  photograph
• Publisher / Gallery: Fotofolio
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp & postmark details (if relevant): na
• Size: modern
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Stock No.: A548

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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David LaChapelle (born March 11, 1963)^[1] is an American commercial photographer, fine-art photographer, music video director, film director, and artist.

He is best known for his photography, which often references art history and sometimes conveys social messages. His photographic style has been described as ""hyper-real and slyly subversive"" and as ""kitsch pop surrealism"".^[1][2] One 1996 article called him the ""Fellini of photography"", a phrase that continues to be applied to him.^[3][4][5][6]

David LaChapelle was born in Hartford, Connecticut and lived there until he was nine years old. Then he moved to North Carolina with his family, where they lived until he was fourteen, before moving back to Fairfield, Connecticut. He has said to have loved the public schools in Connecticut and thrived in their art program as a child and teenager, although he struggled with bullying growing up.^[7] He also attended theNorth Carolina School of the Arts and School of Visual Arts in New York City. His first photograph was of his mother, Helga LaChapelle, on a family vacation in Puerto Rico.

He was bullied in his North Carolina school for being gay.^[6] When he was 15 years old, he ran away from home to become a busboy at Studio 54 in New York City.^[1][8] Eventually he returned to North Carolina to enroll in the North Carolina School of Arts.^[1]

When LaChapelle was 17 years old, he met Andy Warhol, who offered him his first job as a photographer at Interview magazine.^[6][10] Warhol reportedly told LaChapelle ""Do whatever you want. Just make sure everybody looks good.""^[11] His photographs of celebrities in Interview garnered positive attention, and before long he was shooting for a variety of top editorial publications. LaChapelle's friends during this period included Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.^[6]

LaChapelle's images subsequently appeared on the covers and pages of magazines such as Details, GQ, i-D, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, The Face, Vanity Fair, Vogue Italia, and Vogue Paris.^{[4][8][12][13][14][15]}

His commercial photographs have been collected in a number of books. LaChapelle Land (1996) was selected as one of 101 ""Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century"" and is ""highly valued by collectors"".^[8][16][17] His second book, Hotel LaChapelle (1999), was described as a ""garish, sexy, enchanting trip"".^[18] Heaven to Hell (2006) featured ""almost twice as many images as its predecessors"", and ""is an explosive compilation of new work by the visionary photographer.^[19] LaChapelle, Artists and Prostitutes (2006), a limited-edition, signed, numbered book 19.7 inches (50 cm) high and 13.6 inches (35 cm) wide, contains 688 pages of photographs taken between 1985 and 2005.^[17] Artists and Prostitutes was published by Taschen and includes a photograph of the publisher Benedikt Taschen in a sadomasochism scene.^[11]

LaChapelle's work has been called ""meticulously created in a high-gloss, color-popping, hyper-realistic style"", and his photos are known to, ""crackle with subversive – or at least hilarious – ideas, rude energy and laughter. They are full of juicy life.""^[20]

In 1995 David LaChapelle shot the famous 'kissing sailors' advertisement for Diesel. It was staged at the peace celebration of World War II and became one of the first public advertisements showing a gay or lesbian couple kissing.^[21] Much of its controversy was due it being published at height of the Don't ask, Don't tell debates in USA, which had led to the U.S. Government to bar openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual persons from military service. In a long article published by Frieze in 1996, the advertisement was credited for its ""overarching tone of heavy-handed humor and sarcasm"".^[21] In September 2011 when the Don't ask, Don't tell law was finally removed by President Barack Obama, Renzo Rosso, the founder and president of Diesel who originally had approved and pushed for the advertisement, said ""16 years ago people wouldn't stop complaining about this ad. Now it's (open bi- and homosexuality in the U.S. Military) finally accepted legally.""^[22]

Themes in his art photography, which he has developed in his Maui retreat, include salvation, redemption, paradise, and consumerism.^{[6][15][23][24]} It is clear that LaChapelle's moving in this, ""new direction highlights his interest and understanding of both contemporary practice and art history"".^[25] His fine art work frequently features models/muses:Amanda Lepore, Carmen Carrera and Katie Johnson.

LaChapelle cites a number of artists who have influenced his photography. In a 2009 interview, he mentioned the Baroque painters Andrea Pozzo and Caravaggio as two of his favorites.^[23] Critics have noted that LaChapelle's work has been influenced by Salvador Dalí, Jeff Koons, Michelangelo, Cindy Sherman, and Andy Warhol.^[5]

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