Callie Ward Artist post 15

David LaChapelle

1. David LaChapelle was a photographer who liked made of scenes and people. He would work well with makeup, costumes, atmosphere vibes and backgrounds to create a sense of a "made-up world". Under each picture he said it reveals a hidden message. For a while he was also shooting advertisement campaigns. Then he moved on to art history and tried incorporating it into todays world by giving it more of an edge.

2. He is one of those photographers who became very successful creating an older photo and transforming it into a modern-day edge photo. His photos look as if they would fit into a city gallery like New York.

3. You can tell he likes playing around with older images to create a modern day image by using the right kind of scenery, makeup and people like celebrities. A lot of his other photos look realistic but still touched up by makeup and clothing. He tried mimicking the bottom photo that marilyn monroe did and it came out very similar.