David LaChapelle made his name by shooting celebrities colliding with consumer detritus: baubles, flowers, and fame recombining in delirious explosions of color. In the nineties and early aughts, his slick aesthetic, which lifts lavishly from Christian pageantry and Renaissance painters, was inescapable, splashed across fashion editorials, advertisements, and music videos." Read the entire article at The New Yorker.
What Can David LaChapelle’s Celebrity-Fuelled Fantasias Tell Us Now?
Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, December 18, 2017