I never wanted to be famous. I always wanted to take famous photographs. David LaChapelle More Quotes by David LaChapelle More Quotes From David LaChapelle We're bombarded with images. Take the time to stop and look at something then connect with them and maybe they're thinking the same thing, I used a lot of devices to catch the eye of people who have seen a lot of stuff, having worked in advertising and in editorial. I have learned to get someone to stop and look at something, that language. David LaChapelle eyepeoplethinking The tools I learned photographing celebrities, now I want to use them to sell ideas. David LaChapelle toolsuseideas The key is to photograph your obsessions, whether that’s old people’s hands or skyscrapers. Think of a blank canvas, because that’s what you’ve got, and then think about what you want to see. Not anyone else. David LaChapelle keyshandsthinking I love when people write about something, I learn what I'm doing through the eyes of a good critic, positive or negative. It's still a learning experience. David LaChapelle eyewritingpeople You just do what you love, and then a style happens later on. David LaChapelle stylephotographerhappens The minute you point a camera at something, you are manipulating the image, because you are cropping out whatever is to the left and right of it. The minute you put a light on someone, you are manipulating the image. David LaChapelle camerasminuteslight I was always painting when I was a kid. But then when I handled a camera when I was 17, that was it for me. I loved photography. I would work 4 or 5 hours a day. It was like a calling. David LaChapelle camerasphotographykids I love fashion, beauty, glamour. It's the mark of civilisation. David LaChapelle glamourmarkfashion Just as Renaissance artists provided narratives for the era they lived in, so do I. I'm always looking beyond the surface. I've done that ever since I first picked up a camera. David LaChapelle camerasdoneartist I like the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas more than the actual one. David LaChapelle eiffel-towervegastowers People will get tired of overly retouched images soon and they'll want something different. If people have too much reality, they want fantasy. What matters most is what the image communicates. I remember the first roll of film I shot at high school, the contact sheet went from these really worthy images of cracks in the wall and ended up with all of my dancer friends naked in Renaissance poses. David LaChapelle walltiredschool Then I got this idea in my head that magazines were like a gallery and if you got your magazine page ripped out and someone stuck it on their refrigerator, then that was a museum – someone’s private museum. David LaChapelle magazinesmuseumsideas We are in this time of corporations being so greedy and global. Some people want to call it the apocalypse. When I was born it was half the people on the planet. It has doubled in my life time. This is not sustainable for the earth; of course we are going somewhere. So we have to live preciously, we have to live each day with care! David LaChapelle carewantpeople I never want people to be repulsed with my pictures; I always want to attract people. David LaChapelle photographerwantpeople What's shocking is cruelty and torture, and that's become our entertainment. Kids can play violent video games, but God forbid they look at a naked woman. That's pornography, that's perverse. No! David LaChapelle gamesplaykids My dream since I was a kid was to show in a gallery. David LaChapelle fighterdreamkids I love fashion and beauty and all those things, I still do but I think that it has changed the shift, that the greed is ruling the planet right now. David LaChapelle greedfashionthinking The adornment of the body is a human need. David LaChapelle bodyhumansneeds I've never wanted to be part of an inner circle of any scene. I've always been an outsider looking to question and subvert. David LaChapelle outsiderscirclesphotographer With mania, is it dangerous to ride that euphoric feeling. You feel very animated and creative; I would fill journals with drawings. It feels good and you want it to last, but it can lead to being delusional. The delusions can be as real as you thinking you can fly. David LaChapelle drawingrealthinking
