LaChapelle, Artists and Prostitutes - Reviews
"In another attempt to stake out the farthest reaches of his creative universe, LaChapelle is now bringing out a new book, and it too will be a hit with collectors ― by design. Discreetly titled Artists & Prostitutes, it is being published by TASCHEN in a limited edition of 2,500 copies signed and dated by LaChapelle. (…) Plumbing a 30-year career and editing it down even to a relatively expansive 688 pages would seem to be a daunting task, and indeed LaChapelle spent three years planning and laying out Artists & Prostitutes. Some photographers say they hate looking at their past work, preferring whatever current project they happen to be working on. ‘I really enjoy looking back to see what I`ve done, and where I`ve been,` says LaChapelle. ‘Each picture is a record of what I was doing, who was working on the shot with me, people I was in love with who I put into the images in some way. For me, my commercial work is also a personal photo album of my world.` And it is one thrilling one."American Photo, New YorkUnited States |
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"He`s been called the Fellini of fashion, and the Zeitgeist photographer of the ‘90s. We`re pretty sure he`s also been called a nut, but such is the zany charm of photographer and video director David LaChapelle. Who else could get Tupac to climb into a bubble bath? Or create such deliriously smutty yet iconic images of Pam and Paris? The photographer`s madcap, self-created world gets its due shine with the new Artists & Prostitutes, an XL-sized book dripping with colorful imagery, surrealism for the post-digital era. With only 2500 copies being printed worldwide, each signed and numbered by LaChapelle himself, Artists & Prostitutes is a tome as rare as the mind from which it came."Trace Magazine, New YorkUnited States |
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"David LaChapelle is one of the coolest fashion photographers of our time. His Sumo - giant - book will be released by TASCHEN, fabulous publisher famous for Helmut Newton or Muhammad Ali books, in July. Celebrating this great photography LaChapelle, Artists & Prostitutes, Restir Tokyo will sell this legend book and will have a photo exhibition from June 17."Mono Magazine, TokyoJapan |
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"David LaChapelle is one of the hottest photographers in the creative scene of New York since the mid 90's. His 'set', gigantic and gorgeously pop, which anybody can imitate, and he of course never imitated anybody, surprised many creators, fashion people, models and celebrities. Highly praised by Andy Warhol, Richard Avedon and Helmut Newton, this only 37 year-old genius never stops his own creativity. This LaChapelle, Artists & Prostitutes is one of the most successful SUMO books at TASCHEN, almost sold out worldwide before on sale at the stores. Restir Tokyo is the only place you can get the legend book in Japan so far. Be there from June 17!"Invitation, TokyoJapan |
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"This June, TASCHEN provides a glimpse into LaChapelle`s ever expanding catalogue of fantastical portraits with Artists & Prostitutes, an oversize, heftily priced limited edition of 2,500 signed copies. In his one-of-a-kind photos (some of which originally appeared in Vanity Fair), LaChapelle manages to bring a pop-surrealistic eye to familiar faces: Leonardo DiCaprio as a Brando-esque wild one, Eminem ready to explode, Paris Hilton bound up—literally—in her own celebrity."vanityfair.com, New YorkUnited States |
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"Der spektakulärste Bildband des Jahres!"fotomagazin, HamburgGermany |
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"Das Buch ist eine echte Wertanlage."Celebrity, MunichGermany |
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"The super-sized Artists & Prostitutes is a greatest-hits collection that presents LaChapelle's most celebrated images in all their colour-saturated glory."Metro, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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"At £1,200, this is cheaper than Picasso and will impress house guests just as much."dailycandy.com, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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"David LaChapelle lets loose with a book of piping-hot shots titled Artists & Prostitutes. Containing the biggest collection of his work yet, LaChapelle`s signature snaps, including Lil` Kim styled like an LV handbag, capture the grittier side of glamour."Flare, TorontoCanada |
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LaChapelle, Artists and ProstitutesISBN 978-3-8228-1617-2 Multilingual Edition: English, French, German Availability: Not in Stock |
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