"My biggest advice would be to take the……" — David LaChapelle
"My biggest advice would be to take the pictures you want to take. Don’t think about the marketplace, what sells or what an editor might say. And don’t think about style. It’s all bullshit and surface stuff. Style happens."
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David LaChapelle
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39 Quotes by David LaChapelle
David LaChapelle has 39 quotes on this site.
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People say photographs don't lie, mine do.
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I'm a photographer, period. I love photography, the immediacy of it. I like the craft, the idea of saying 'I'm…
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I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't finish high school, but that's…
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I was always painting when I was a kid. But then when I handled a camera when I was 17,…
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You just do what you love, and then a style happens later on.
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I was working in this very bombastic style. I didn’t really know about style. I didn’t think about it: I…
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Then I got this idea in my head that magazines were like a gallery and if you got your magazine…
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I didn’t see any difference between being a photographer or being an artist. I didn’t make those boundaries. If someone…
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I wanted it to provide an escape route, I wanted to make pictures that were fantastic and took you into…
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My idea was that if I took a picture of somebody and years later, or whenever, they would die and…
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I never want people to be repulsed with my pictures; I always want to attract people.
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For me, it's easier to like more things than to dislike them; I'm not a critic in that sense. I…
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The worst men often give the best advice.
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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