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LaChapelle: Heaven to Hell Hardcover – June 1, 2010

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 344 pages
  • Publisher: Taschen; Mul edition (June 1, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 3836522845
  • ISBN-13: 978-3836522847
  • Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 1.5 x 13.5 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsChallenging, evocative, disturbing, georgeous
By C. Reynolds on June 26, 2010
Format: Hardcover
The photographs in this book almost seem like slick fashion images until something in them catches you by surprise. Courtney love in the figure of the Pieta holding the (lookalike) corpse of Kurt Cobain. With a child playing at her feet. A row of men wearing boy scout sashes sitting on a log grinning, and at their feet the passed out body of a man with his pants down, a shotgun in his hand, surrounded by beer cans. What is happening here? These pictures are fabulous, in the way something in a dream or nightmare is like a fable. Hillary Clinton standing at an executive desk with not one thing out of place, but a half-rotten apple sits on the desk.

What amazes me is that LaChappelle pulls all these people. Courtney Love is really Courtney Love, and Hillary is really Hillary. Kanye West is Kanye West wearing a crown of thorns. I suppose there's no end to celebrity ego so people are willing to volunteer for his photographs, except LaChapelle is obviously skewering these figures. At the minimum he plays games of irony with their image or their legacy. He deflates their celebrity 'brand' and really repossesses their faces for his own work. Justin Timberlake dressed as Elton John. Pamela Anderson throttling a bloodied Tommy Lee with a big smile on her face, like something out of a slasher flick from the 1970's.

But the book is not all celebrities. There are spreads of seemingly ordinary people doing what appear to be revoltingly stupid things. A man with a handgun on his dresser and a baby bottle in his hand is pouring candy liquor in it to give to an already inebriated child. There is an obvious element of theater to these vignettes, a feeling that you're looking into a shadow box from the imaginary 4th wall.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Must-have LaChapelle
By MasterBetaNYC on May 14, 2015
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Amazing addition to my LaChapelle collection of works. Although, published by Taschen - some prints are repeated from LaChapelle's original books, there are few unique prints I don't recall seeing elsewhere. Slightly smaller size than usual-large coffee table size books, but much more generous on amount of prints. Highly recommended to photographers, lighting, fasion and interior designers, makeup artists etc. I wish every photo came with a hefty description, as I know each photo is an epic tale of behind-the-scenes and true meaning. Still, a wonderful book, for any guest to spark a conversation with (even your mother in law).
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Motivating Book for aspiring "Pro" celebrity Photogs
By BLAYZE! on February 11, 2013
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I can't understand why there is such a big deal about this guy's work other than he had an idea and shot it first, then made sure MANY people saw it right away. So it was VERY encouraging to see that the ONLY thing that made this name a household name in photography was EXPOSING his work to others. MANY others. Don't get me wrong, there are very creative ideas in this book as far as a photographic concept point of view. But if you are expecting some great artistic-technical expert works, you won't find it here. Generic photoshop effects, a lot of which are not very good by today's standards of even the "Amateur". Many shots look as though they were just shot with a film point-and-shoot camera. And very well may have been. This book should call to notice the possibility that ANY photographer can become a celebrity legend, if he/she just gets ther quirky pictures in front of millions of viewers. Go Get Em SoccerMoms! :-) Get this book, look at the pictures, get motivated, shoot, show, succeed.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Coffee Table Book
By Adam W on August 5, 2012
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Heaven to Hell is a beautiful collection of David LaChapelle work. Friends love to look through it when they come over to visit. It is a great conversation piece because everybody will find something in the book they just love.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAwesome!
By Annie on January 8, 2012
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A gift for my husband, who loves LaChappelle's work. It was his favorite Christmas present! I can best describe this as a baroque collection of photography. Provocative, shocking, eccentric, colorful....I could go on. If you can appreciate excellent photography from an exceptionally creative mind who is not afraid of shock-value, I highly recommend this. My ONLY wish is that each photo included a brief description of LaChappelle's inspirations for each work of art (it does include each celebrity's name, title and date...but we want to know more!). If you have an open mind for art and photography, buy the book...you won't be disappointed!
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3.0 out of 5 starsPopPorn
By Rene on June 15, 2015
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What shall I call it... PopPorn? Very well shot, very well lit, everything as kitschy as a lollipop pre-licked by a thousand different tongues and achieving it. Is it a pleasure to look at all of this? Would we hang this on our walls? Maybe not. But LaChapelle is very different and very good at being different and out-there wacky.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAmazing book
By Bonzolip on December 11, 2012
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It's just amazing book. I can't believe that it cost me only $25. Seriously, I would pay much more for it. Big book, big colorful good quality pages. Not full his collection, but a lot of great works of LaChapelle.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA MUST have in any photographer's library.
By Armando Ferrer on March 31, 2011
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Stunning images, huge sizes, lots of pages, lots of references, hands down the best way to spend $25 on a photography book!

-Armando Ferrer
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amazing shots printed in great quality. would have liked to see some supporting text to the images

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would recommend picture book to anyone a fan of LaChapelle. typical LaChapelle scenes and models. Great table book & great add to any colletion.

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i got the book on great condition! love the book, great photography, who study art should have the book. :)

Published on January 27, 2014 by Nina
5.0 out of 5 starsDavid LaChapelle: Heaven to Hell

Book for my daughter's Xmas. Can't figure just why she wanted this book. Have not looked at it. Don't intend to. She will have to rate this one. I'm not even going to try.

Published on November 26, 2013 by virginiagirl
5.0 out of 5 starsMust But For Photography Fans

Fantastic Photos as expected from LaChapelle. While his photography is somewhat mainstream, he still inserts "social messages" into the photos that most pros don't dare to... Read more

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