My House, 1997 Diesel Jeans, 1994 Amanda Lepore: Melon, 1998 David LaChapelle began taking photographs in high school. At the age of 18, at the end of the 70s, he moved from North Carolina to New York's Lower East Side. After a chance meeting with Andy Warhol, he began shooting for Interview, the place he calls art school. Twenty years later David LaChapelle is still here. He is a product of ...

Bizarre, garish, odd, humorous, vivid, derivative.

David lachapelle. interview with the american photographer also known for his groundbreaking use of computer manipulation and futuristic fashion shoots and for placing hollywood celebrities -- from madonna, uma thurman, elton john to drew barrymore to the X-files' david duchovny -- ...