Sumptuously packaged in the trilogys boxed hardcover format, LaChapelles Heaven to Hell is a must-have for anyone interested in contemporary photography. It is an explosive compilation of new work by the visionary photographer.
LaChapelle Heaven to Hellis the long-awaited third volume in an exhilarating trilogy that began with LaChapelle Land(1996) and continued with the infamous Hotel LaChapelle(1999). Packed with astonishing, color-saturated, and provocative images, those titles both became instant collectors items and have since gone through multiple printings. Featuring almost twice as many images as its predecessors, LaChapelle Heaven to Hellis an explosive compilation of new work by the visionary photographer.Since the publication of Hotel LaChapelle, the strength of LaChapelles work lies in its ability to focus the lens of celebrity and fashion toward more pressing issues of societal concern. LaChapelles imagesof the most famous faces on the planet, and marginalized figures like transsexual Amanda Leporeor the cast of his critically acclaimed social documentary Rizecall into question our relationship with gender, glamour, and status. Using his trademark baroque excess, LaChapelle inverts the consumption he appears to celebrate, pointing instead to apocalyptic consequences for humanity itself. While referencing and acknowledging diverse sources such as the Renaissance, art history, cinema, The Bible, pornography, and the new globalized pop culture, LaChapelle has fashioned a deeply personal and epoch-defining visual language that holds up a mirror to our times.
Chapelle Heaven to Hellis the long-awaited third volume in an exhilarating trilogy that began with LaChapelle Land(1996) and continued with the infamous Hotel LaChapelle(1999). Packed with astonishing, color-saturated, and provocative images, those titles both became instant collector?? items and have since gone through multiple printings. Featuring almost twice as many images as its predecessors, LaChapelle Heaven to Hellis an explosive compilation of new work by the visionary photographer.Since the publication of Hotel LaChapelle, the strength of LaChapelle?? work lies in its ability to focus the lens of celebrity and fashion toward more pressing issues of societal concern.
Chapelle Heaven to Hellis the long-awaited third volume in an exhilarating trilogy that began withLaChapelle Land(1996) and continued with the infamousHotel LaChapelle(1999). Packed with astonishing, color-saturated, and provocative images, those titles both became instant collectors items and have since gone through multiple printings.Featuring almost twice as many images as its predecessors,LaChapelle Heaven to Hellis an explosive compilation of new work by the visionary photographer.Since the publication ofHotel LaChapelle, the strength of LaChapelles work lies in its ability to focus the lens of celebrity and fashion toward more pressing issues of societal concern.