- Title: PERU-ART/LACHAPELLE American photographer David Lachapelle opens exhibit in Lima
- Date: 23rd January 2015
- Summary: LIMA, PERU (JANUARY 22, 2015) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** (SOUNDBITE) (English) PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID LACHAPELLE, SAYING: "I hope to stay inspired and to keep getting inspiration for new works and to have even more clarity in the future and, you know, discover new things to move people and to touch people like music moves people and touches people, that's my dream for my work." VISITORS QUEUING TO GO INTO EXHIBITION LACHAPELLE WALKING INTO THE MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO TO OPEN EXHIBITION VARIOUS OF ATTENDEES WALKING INTO EXHIBITION AND LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) EXHIBITION VISITOR, CAROLINE PALMA, SAYING: "He uses the human figure but always without any pornography. It is an art of beauty, of the human body." VISITORS LOOKING AT EXHIBITION LACHAPELLE ON STAGE DURING PRESENTATION / VISITORS APPLAUDING
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- Story Text: Prominent U.S. fashion photographer David LaChapelle opened an exhibition in Peru's capital Lima showing a condensed compilation of his life's work so far on Friday (January 23).
The exhibition at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo - which runs until April 13 - features several series of LaChapelle's work.
The first series on display, 'Good News for Modern Man,' is a selection of black and white photographs reminiscent of Italian Renaissance and Pre-Raphaelites.
His next selection, 'Earth Laughs in Flowers,' is a take on Flemish still life made modern with flower bouquets adorned with dated everyday household items.
'Recollections in America' contains 1970's snapshots of family gatherings.
"Well it's a collection of my work, different pieces that I did throughout a 30 year career starting in 84 till most recent pictures. And so there is just a few representations from each of those chapters growing up taking pictures and making a life through art, through photography," LaChapelle said of his exhibition.
LaChapelle, who has shot celebrities for magazines such as Rolling Stone, GQ, Vanity Fair, explained how his work has evolved.
"You know I've been taking pictures for 30 years and there was a time I worked for fashion magazines and the freedom of working for fashion magazines or celebrity pictures was that nothing was expected of those photographs. Some of them were just images that were escapist or they were humorist but they were not meant to be much more than that, just escapist or humorist because there was so much darkness going on in the world and confusion. But then later, when I started showing and exhibiting again in galleries, more is expected of those photographs and so I want to have a deeper dialogue with the people viewing them," he explained.
'Land Scapes,' LaChapelle's most recent work from this exhibition, illustrates oil refinery plants lit up with eerie iridescent colours that highlight the triumph of the industrial revolution.
LaChapelle said he hoped to continue finding inspiration for his work.
"I hope to stay inspired and to keep getting inspiration for new works and to have even more clarity in the future and, you know, discover new things to move people and to touch people like music moves people and touches people, that's my dream for my work."
Excited art lovers queued to see the exhibition.
Visitor Caroline Palma said LaChapelle's work showcased the beauty of the human body.
"He uses the human figure but always without any pornography. It is an art of beauty, of the human body," she said.
LaChapelle's work exhibits a critique of twenty-first century pop culture with loving imagery.
His career as a photographer began in the 1980s when his work caught the attention of Andy Warhol. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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