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Lachapelle Land: Photographs

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Not many photographers can put together the camp, kitsch, gloss and lustre that this man can. Even the gaudiest of pictures can envelope you mind's taste buds... Its beautiful, erotic and camp at its best!

Lachapelle is one of my favorite contemporary photographers. His use of color is outstanding. Between the excellent technical quality of his work, and the whimsical (and sometimes arousing) subject matter, there is nothing about this book that is unenjoyable! I find the fact that not one of his images was digitally created or even enhanced to be a testimony to his talent and artistic vision.

He is so creative and each one of his works are a break from reality. LaChappelle finds beauty in the most awkward places. Each picture looks like a mini-movie.

Not too often in time emerges a work of art that can encapsulate all of that's happening, and what will happen in the future in our culture. Just like when the series of Campbell Soups from Andy Warhol came out, it represented the whole pop culture in the late 60's, and the future of Pop art.
Like a true Warhol disciple David Lachapelle is always looking for the beauty in everyday things, he used to get depressed when he would go away anywhere and see signs of industrialitation, until he start finding the beauty in them, "we get excited now when we see Golden Arches an parking lots...The've replaced the forest".
There are no words that can explain these hipnotic, surreal, intriguing and enchanting photograhs and the emotion you could achieve when traveling through the pages of this book. It contains 151 pages of photographs, including pictures of Leonardo DiCaprio, Kim Basinger, Simon Le Bon, The Smashing Pumpkins and the one and only Andy Warhol; plus 91 small outtakes of the photo sessions in two pages.

In LACHAPELLE LAND absolutely all the people look Hipnotically Beautiful, like he says he wants his photographs to be a break of beauty, this books is a Trip of Beauty.

It is a very good title - LaChapelle Land, It means that we could never see anything similiar in different way than looking at the book. I am his fan and I would like to see something like this again.

I was very pleased with the condition of the book and the speed at which it arrived but for paying 20+ more than what the book is originally worth, I would have expected the box to be in a bit better condition. over all a good buy and a good sell on their part.

Lachapelle Land is a colorful, wondeful medley of art and style. The stars are great!

David LaChapelle uses color the way it was meant to be used. His photographs are vibrant and pulsing with every shade imaginable, which is what makes them so interesting to look at, unlike most photography today. You can have reality, I want something that's fun to look at, and that's what LaChapelle Land gives me!

I feel that David has captured the true essence of photographic style. He is able to create many different images, by using color and the strangeness that is around us but we don't really notice. This is excellent and I can't wait for his next book. I also hope to work for him when I finish photo school in December.

I baught LaChapelle Land, and i was so amazed at the pictures. I think David is the best photographer, cause he has a great imagination, and all his pictures are unique. His pictures of not like the normal, boring white backround, their different, and just great. The people he uses are not drop dead gorgous, but he makes them look good by concentrating on one part of them. David has inspired me to study photography, and someday, I hope he'll be taking pictures of me! HA I wish. Keep doing great work David, I love your pictures!! :)