David LaChapelle

UDavid LaChapelle owazalwa ngoMashi 11, 1963 eFairfield, e-Connecticut, e-USA, ungumthwebuli wezithombe waseMelika futhi ongumenzi wamafilimu owaziwa ngomsebenzi wakhe kwezemfashini, ezokukhangisa nezithombe ezinhle zobuciko. Isibhamu sakhe sokuqala kwakuyisithombe sikanina, uHelga LaChapelle, egqoke i-bikini futhi ephethe ingilazi yaseMartini [ref. kudingeka], kuvulandi ePuerto Rico. Lokhu kwakungukuqala kothando lwakhe.

Ngaphambi kokuba abe ngumculi, wasebenza isikhashana kuStudio 54, ikilabhu elidumile eNew York, ngenkathi esafunda.

Wasebenza njengomculi eNorth Carolina School of the Arts wabe esefunda eNew York School of the Arts. Lapho efika, uLaChapelle wajoyina i-Art Students Association kanye neSikole Sezobuciko Obubonakalayo. U-Andy Warhol wamnika umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala kumagazini we-Interview.

Izincwadi zakhe zinezithombe eziningi zezinkanyezi zaseMelika, njengoBritney Spears, uMarilyn Manson, uRyan Phillippe, uDrew Barrymore, Uma Thurman, uLeonardo DiCaprio, uPamela Anderson, uLana Del Rey, uNaomi Campbell, noma lowo amethula njengomnyuziyamu wakhe, u-Amanda Lepore .

Umsebenzi wakhe, owenziwa kakhulu ekusebenzeni komkhiqizo wemboni yezemfashini (izingubo, izesekeli ...) uqukethe ukulungisa isithombe senhlanhla eyakhelwe ukuthandwa kwezentengiselwano ngendlela yokuthi bekungeke kube nemithetho (eParis Hilton, ukuxolisa kanzima Izidakamizwa) nokunikeza abalaleli abancane onxiwankulu isiqinisekiso sokuthi bangabesigaba senhlalo esihlukaniswe nemisebenzi yomhlaba.

Ngo-2005, uDavid LaChapelle wabonakala endimeni yakhe kwifilimu ka-Ondi Timoner ethi Dig!

Ngawo lowo nyaka, wenza iRize, idokhumentari emayelana nokuduma nokuhlekisa - imidanso eyaqala emphakathini wase-Afrika-waseMelika weSouth Central Los Angeles futhi ibonakala ngezinyathelo nokunyakaza kwejubane elimangazayo nobunzima - okwazuza imiklomelo kuSundance Film Ifestivali ne-Aspen Film Festival.

Ngo-2006, washiya umsebenzi wakhe wokuba ngumthwebuli zithombe zomagazini abakhulu bezemfashini futhi wathuthela epulazini lezinto eziphilayo eHawaii: "Ngama ngoba ngangingenalutho engingakusho ngemfashini. Ngangihlala kwindida: ngangazi ukuthi injabulo ayisiyo injabulo 'ngivela ekuthengeni izicathulo ezimbili noma isikhwama esisha, noma kunjalo yilokho omagazini abakushoyo.Ngakho-ke noma ngangisesicongweni somdlalo wami, ngalandela imizwa yami ngahamba.Nganquma ukuba ngumlimi.

Kodwa-ke, uyaqhubeka nokuthwebula izithombe ngezikhathi ezithile, ngokwesibonelo kuLandscape yakhe, esola imiphumela yokuthuthuka kwezimboni.

Ngo-2009, wafaka umculi uLady Gaga enqunu, egcwele izibazi, amabele nezocansi kufihlwe ngamaphephandaba1.

Muva nje [Nini?] Ubalwa njengomunye wabalingiswa abayishumi ababaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni ngumagazini i-American Photo, uqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe ngemiklomelo eminingi.

Ngo-2009, iM Monnaie de Paris yethula izithombe ezingaphezu kwamakhulu amabili nguDavid LaChapelle. Umagazini i-Photo wanikela ngodaba olukhethekile kuye ngoMashi.

Umelwe yigalari kaDaniel Templon eParis naseBrussels.