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David LaChapelle Biography
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Born: Fairfield, Connecticut, NC
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1995 |
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Named “Best New Photographer of the Year” by both French Photo and American Photo magazines
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1996 |
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“Photographer of the Year Award” at the VH-1 Fashion Awards
“Applied Photography of the Year Award” from The International Center of Photography
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1997 |
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Art Directors Club Award for Best Book Design for LaChapelle Land
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1998 |
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Best “Cutting Edge Essay” and “Style Photography” at Life magazine’s Alfred Eisenstadt Awards for Magazine Photography (the Eisies)
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1999 |
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Honored in the “Cover of the Year” category at the Eisies
Placed second on CNN’s list of “20 to Watch in 2000”
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2000 |
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Won "Best Video" for Mobys's "Nature Blues" at the MTV Europe Music Awards
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2003 |
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12th Annual MVPA (Music Video Production Association) Awards Adult Contemporary Video of the Year - Elton John 'This Train Don't Stop There Anymore'
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2004 |
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MVPA Director of The Year for No Doubt "It's My Life"
MVPA Best Rock Video of The Year for No Doubt "It's My Life"
VMA Best Group Video of The Year for No Doubt "It's My Life"
VMA Best Pop Video of The Year for No Doubt "It's My Life"
Winner of Best Documentary Aspen Film Festival
Special Juried Recognition Sundance Film Festival
Special Juried Prize Mountain Film in Telluride
13th Annual MVPA Awards - Winner 'Director of the Year' 'Best Rock Video of the Year' for No Doubt "It's My Life"
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2005 |
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Voted One of The "25 Most Influential Living Photographers" PDN
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2006 |
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Honored with Vito Russo Award (2006 GLADD Media Awards)
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Earth Laughs in Flowers, Fred Torres Collaborations, New York, NY (solo)
NosOtros: La Humanidad al Borde, Museo Arte Contemporaneo de Puerto Rico (solo)
Thus Spoke LaChapelle, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague (solo)
Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, Korea (solo)
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2011
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David LaChapelle: Negative Curreny, PRISM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
The Lords & the New Creatures, NYE+BROWN, Los Angeles, CA
Earth Laughs in Flowers, Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
David LaChapelle: The Raft, de Sarthe Fine Art, Hong Kong (solo)
David LaChapelle: Early Works, Michelman Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
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2010
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David LaChapelle, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art , Tel Aviv, Israel
David LaChapelle, The Today Art Museum, Bejing, China
The Rape of Africa, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canda
David LaChapelle, MOCA Taipei, Taiwan
Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Rape of Africa, Robilant + Voena, UK
Eden, Alain Noirhomme Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Cars + Money, Wolfgang Roth + Partners, Miami, FL
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2009
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Naked!, Paul Kasmin Gallery. Dannatt, Adrian, curator, New York, NY
La Monnaie de Paris. Paris, France (solo)
Delirium of Reason, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
Delirium of Reason, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
The Rape of Africa, Galerie Alex Daniels - Reflex Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
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2008
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Jesus is My Homeboy, Jablonka Galerie at Tefaf, Maastricht, The Netherlands (solo)
Forte Belvedere. Mercurio, Gianni and Fred Torres, curator, Florence, Italy (solo)
St. Moritz Art Masters Fair, Switzerland
Love Love Love, Martos Gallery. New York, NY
D. LaChapelle, S. Levine, J. Rosenquist, P. Taaffe: REVERB, Jablonka Galerie, Berlin
Mercurio, Gianni and Fred Torres, curator. "David LaChapelle," Fotografiska Museet Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
David LaChapelle: Auguries of Innocence, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2007
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Awakened, Goss Gallery, Dallas, TX
David LaChapelle: Heaven to Hell, Malba Museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina
D. LaChapelle + R. Arad, Jablonka Galerie at FRIEZE ART FAIR
Awakened, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
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2006
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VIP: Very Important Portraits, Capodimonte Museum. Naples, Italy
Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery in Collaboration with La Galerie Du XX Siecle Gallery, Paris, France
The Other Side #2, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Newton, Nachtwey, LaChapelle: Men, War & Peace, Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin, Germany
Heaven to Hell, Jablonka Gallery, Berlin, Germany
The Group Sessions. Part I, Guy Hepner Contemporary, London, UK
The Group Sessions. Part II, Guy Hepner Contemporary, London, UK
Pictures for Italian Vogue, 2001-2005, Staley + Wise Gallery, NY, NY
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2005
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David Lachapelle in Palermo, Parco d'arte alla Kalsa, Palermo, Italy
Camera Ready: A David LaChapelle Retrospective, Guy Hepner Contemporary, London, UK
Reflex Modern Art Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Portraits of Musicians, Rudolf Budja Galerie, Salzburg, Austria
Artists and Prostitutes, Deitch Projects, NY, NY
From the Source: Fashion Photographs, Corkin Shopland Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
FASHION IN ART: ART IN FASHION, Guy Hepner Contemporary, London, UK
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2003
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Third International Festival: Fashion and Style in Photography, Moscow House of Photography, Russia
VANITY FAIR , Torch Gallery, Amsterdam
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2002
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All American, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY, NY
Photographs, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
Where is Elvis? Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY
David LaChapelle: Photographs, KunstHausWien, Vienna
Buds, Blooms & Blossoms, Staley • Wise, New York, NY
Archeology of Elegance, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
New York, New York: THE CITY IN PHOTOGRAPHS, Staley • Wise, New York, NY
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2000
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Chic Thrills: Pop-Surealism in Photography, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam
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1999
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The Beautiful & Bizarre, School of Visual Arts. New York, NY (solo)
20th Festival de la Mode Galleries, LaFayette. Paris, France
Photoplus Expo, Jacob Javits Center. New York, NY
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1998
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Fashion at the Beach, Bass Museum. Miami Beach, FL
LaChapelle Land, Les Rencontres D'Arles. Arles, France (solo)
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1997
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LaChapelle Land, Parko. Tokyo, Japan (solo)
The Warhol Look - Glamore Style Fashion, Whitney Museum. New York, New York
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1996
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LaChapelle Land, Staley Wise Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
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1995
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Javier, (Cibachromes) Trabia MacAfee. New York, NY (solo)
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1993
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PomPom Croissant, Tomoko Ligouri Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
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1991
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Facility of Movement, Tomoko Ligouri Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
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1989
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Mirrors of God & Intervention St. Lucy, Trabia-MacAfee Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
Life Never Dies, (Slide Exhibitions) Mars. New York, NY (solo)
Somewhere Better, Trabia-MacAfee Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
Santa Fe Center for Photography. Santa Fe, CA
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1988
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Grand Windows, Grand Central Station. New York, NY
Your Needs Met, 56 Bleecker Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
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1986
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Taking Pictures is Fun, Palladium. New York, NY (solo)
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1984
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Angels, Saints, Martyrs, 303. New York, NY (solo)
Good News for Modern Man, 303. New York, NY (solo)
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| Literature |
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2007
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'David LaChapelle' Palazzo Reale
'LaChapelle, Heaven to Hell' Taschen
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2006
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'LaChapelle, Artists & Prostitutes' Taschen
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2004
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'David LaChapelle' Photology
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2003
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'Eros Fotografia' Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso
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2000
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'Portfolio' Library of Photography Number 16. Te Neues Publishing Company
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1999
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'David LaChapelle' Palazzo delle Esposizinoi
'Hotel Lachapelle' Callaway Editions
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1996
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'LaChapelle Land' Callaway Editions
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