David LaChapelle

{{Infobox person

| name = David LaChapelle

| image = David_LaChapelle_Rudolfinum_4.JPG

| caption = LaChapelle in 2011

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|3|11}}

| birth_place = Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.

| death_date =

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| occupation = {{hlist|Photographer|music video director|film director|artist}}

| website = {{URL|lachapellestudio.com}}

}}

David LaChapelle (born March 11, 1963{{cite news|title= Maximum Exposure| author= Sharkey, Alix|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/feb/05/features.magazine|newspaper= The Observer|date= February 4, 2006|access-date=April 7, 2013}}) is an American photographer, music video director, and film director. He is best known for his work in fashion and photography, which often references art history and sometimes conveys social messages. His photographic style has been described as "hyper-real and slyly subversive" and as "kitsch pop surrealism".{{cite web|url= http://idiommag.com/2010/07/whos-bad-the-kitsch-pop-surrealism-of-david-lachapelle/|title= Who's Bad? The Kitsch Pop Surrealism of David LaChapelle|last1= Pedro|first1= Laila|date= July 20, 2010|work=Idiom |publisher= Tristan Media LLC|access-date=April 7, 2013}} Once called "the Fellini of photography",{{cite journal|last1= Sigesmund|first1= B.J.|date=November 11, 1996|title= Shooting Star: Sexy, campy, and slightly crazed, David LaChapelle is the Fellini of photography. His subjects seem to enjoy the circus|journal= New York|volume= 29|issue=44|pages=56–58}} LaChapelle has worked for international publications and has had his work exhibited in commercial galleries and institutions around the world.{{cite news|title=Outrageous Fortune - Goss Gallery Opens with a Trove of Celebrity Shooter David LaChapelle's Outré Images|author=Kutner, Janet|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date= June 1, 2005}}{{cite news|title=Out of Africa: David LaChapelle's Strange Visions of a Continent|author= Sturges, Fiona|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/out-of-africa-david-lachapelles-strange-visions-of-a-continent-1951343.html|newspaper= The Independent|date= April 23, 2010|access-date=April 7, 2013}}{{cite news|title=David LaChapelle: 'Fashion, beauty and glamour are the mark of civilisation'|author= Day, Elizabeth|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/feb/19/david-lachapelle-interview-fashion-photography|newspaper= The Observer|date= February 18, 2012|access-date=April 7, 2013}}

Early life

David LaChapelle was born in Hartford, Connecticut to Philip and Helga LaChapelle; he has a sister Sonja and a brother Philip.{{cite news| title= LaChapelle, Philip (obituary) |author= |url= https://www.courant.com/2002/09/23/lachapelle-philip/|newspaper=Hartford Courant|date= September 23, 2002|access-date=April 7, 2013}} His mother was a refugee from Lithuania who arrived at Ellis Island in the early 1960s. His family lived in Hartford until he was 9 years old. He has said to have loved the public schools in Connecticut and thrived in their art program as a child and teenager, although he struggled with bullying growing up.{{cite magazine|last=von Speidel|first=Krytian|url=http://bombsite.com/issues/1000/articles/5714|title=David LaChapelle|magazine=Bomb|access-date=July 19, 2011|archive-date=August 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823082616/http://bombsite.com/issues/1000/articles/5714|url-status=dead}}

He and his family moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, where they lived until he was 14 years old, before returning north to Fairfield, Connecticut. He was bullied in his North Carolina school for his sexuality. When he was 15 years old, he ran away from home to become a busboy at Studio 54 in New York City.

Eventually he returned to North Carolina to enroll in the North Carolina School of the Arts.

His first photograph was of his mother Helga on a family vacation in Puerto Rico. LaChapelle credits his mother for influencing his art direction in the way she set up scenes for family photos in his youth.

Beginning to photography

=Early fine-art photography=

LaChapelle was affiliated in the 1980s with 303 Gallery which also exhibited artists such as Doug Aitken. After people from Interview magazine saw his work exhibited, LaChapelle was offered work with the magazine.{{cite web|last=Harris|first=Mark Eduard|title=American Photo on Campus|url=http://davidlachapelle.com/press/american-photo-on-campus/|access-date=February 5, 2014}} When LaChapelle was 17 years old, he met Andy Warhol, who hired him as a photographer for Interview while he was still in high school.{{cite web|url= http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/761135/25-questions-for-photographer-david-lachapelle|title= 25 Questions for Photographer David LaChapelle|last1= Wyma|first1= Chloe|date= December 6, 2012|work= Artinfo|publisher= Louise Blouin Media|access-date= April 7, 2013|archive-date= June 4, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130604030152/http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/761135/25-questions-for-photographer-david-lachapelle|url-status= dead}} Warhol reportedly told LaChapelle "Do whatever you want. Just make sure everybody looks good." LaChapelle's images subsequently appeared on the covers and pages of magazines such as Details, GQ, i-D, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, The Face, Vanity Fair, Vogue Italia, and Vogue Paris.{{cite magazine |last1= DeCaro|first1= Frank|date= November 4, 1996|title= In LaChapelle Land|url= http://www.newsweek.com/lachapelle-land-176128 |magazine= Newsweek|volume=128|issue= 19|pages=60–61|access-date=April 7, 2013}}{{cite news|title= Art In Review; David LaChapelle|author= Glueck, Grace|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/25/arts/art-in-review-david-lachapelle.html|newspaper= The New York Times|date= June 25, 1999|access-date=April 7, 2013}}{{cite news|title= 'Does My Tum Look Fat In This?'; Life & Style: What really happened at the David Beckham fashion shoot (and who applied the baby oil?)|author= Jones, Dylan|newspaper= Evening Standard|pages=25–26|date= April 29, 2002 }}{{cite news|title= Dark Star of Glitz Blitz: No one quite handles flash, brash trash with the glamour of David LaChapelle|author= Davies, Emily|url= https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/dark-star-of-glitz-blitz-wq9dwhhdt80|newspaper=The Times|date= April 21, 2005|access-date=April 7, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/23/lachapelle's.paradise.hawaii/|title= Hawaii Retreat Saved My Life, Says LaChapelle|last1= Allsop|first1= Laura|date= December 23, 2010|website=Cnn.com|access-date=April 7, 2013}}

LaChapelle's work has been called "meticulously created in a high-gloss, color-popping, hyper-realistic style", and his photos are known to, "crackle with subversive – or at least hilarious – ideas, rude energy and laughter. They are full of juicy life."{{cite web|last=Conner|first=Tim|title=David LaChapelle Earth Laughs in Flowers|url=http://www.nyphotoreview.com/NYPR_REVS/NYPR_REV2080.html|publisher=The New York Photo Review}} In 1995 David LaChapelle shot the famous 'kissing sailors' advertisement for Diesel. It was staged at the peace celebration of World War II and became one of the first public advertisements showing a gay or lesbian couple kissing.{{cite web |url=http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/identity_parade/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122142014/http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/identity_parade/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 22, 2008 |title=Identity Parade |first=Valerie |last=Steele |date=September–October 1996 |work=frieze}} Much of its controversy was due it being published at the height of the don't ask, don't tell debates in United States, which had led to the U.S. government to ban openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual persons from military service. In a long article published by frieze in 1996, the advertisement was credited for its "overarching tone of heavy-handed humor and sarcasm". In September 2011 when the don't ask, don't tell law was finally removed by President Barack Obama, Renzo Rosso, the founder and president of Diesel, who originally had approved and pushed for the advertisement, said "16 years ago people wouldn't stop complaining about this ad. Now it's finally accepted legally."{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/Renzo55?ref=ts |title=Renzo Rosso |website=Facebook.com}}

=Awards=

1995: "Best New Photographer of the Year" by French Photo and American Photo magazines{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/david-lachapelle/biography|title=David LaChapelle Biography|website=Art.net.com|access-date=June 8, 2022}}

1996: “Photographer of the Year Award” at the VH-1 Fashion Awards

“Applied Photography of the Year Award” from The International Center of Photography

1997: Best book Design

1998: Best “Cutting Edge Essay” and “Style Photography” at Life magazine’s Alfred Eisenstadt Awards for Magazine Photography

1999: Honored in the “Cover of the Year”

2000: Won "Best Video" for Moby's "Nature Blues" at the MTV Europe Music Award

=Fine-art photography=

Themes in LaChapelle's art photography, which he has developed in his Maui home, include salvation, redemption, paradise, and consumerism.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/23/lachapelles.paradise.hawaii/|title= Hawaii Retreat Saved My Life, Says LaChapelle|last1= Allsop|first1= Laura|date= December 23, 2010|website=Cnn.com|access-date=April 7, 2013}}{{cite news|title= David LaChapelle: 'If I could choose any period to have been an artist, it would definitely be the Baroque'|author= Dannatt, Adrian|url= http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/David-LaChapelle-If-I-could-choose-any-period-to-have-been-an-artist-it-would-definitely-be-the-Baroque/17110|newspaper=The Art Newspaper|date= April 2009|access-date=April 7, 2013}}{{cite news|title= Shooting Star: David LaChapelle's Search for Redemption|author= Tariq, Syma|url= https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/feb/06/david-lachapelle-retrospective-review|newspaper=The Guardian|date= February 6, 2009|access-date=April 7, 2013}} It is clear that LaChapelle's moving in this, "new direction highlights his interest and understanding of both contemporary practice and art history".{{cite news|last=Oliver|first=William|title=David LaChapelle's return to fine art|url=http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/David-LaChapelle's-return-to-fine-art/20681|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140205182326/http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/David-LaChapelle's-return-to-fine-art/20681|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 5, 2014|newspaper=The Art Newspaper}}

LaChapelle's images "both bizarre and gorgeous have forged a singular style that is unique, original, and perfectly unmistakeable.{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/awc/david-lachapelle.html|title=David LaChapelle Catalogue|website=Artnet.com|access-date=2016-09-15}}" His photographs have been collected in a number of books. LaChapelle Land (1996) was selected as one of 101 "Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century" and is "highly valued by collectors".{{cite book|last = Roth|first = Andrew|title = The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century|publisher = PPP Editions in association with Ruth Horowitz|location = New York|year = 2001|isbn = 0967077443 }}{{cite journal|last1= Elbies|first1= Jeffrey|date= December 16, 2008|title= David LaChapelle's Weird World: A mammoth new collector's edition book puts David LaChapelle's astonishing career into perspective|journal= Popular Photography|url= http://www.popphoto.com/how-to/2008/12/david-lachapelles-weird-world|access-date=April 7, 2013}} His second book, Hotel LaChapelle (1999), was described as a "garish, sexy, enchanting trip".{{cite news|title="Annie Leibovitz: Women" (review)|author=Dixon, Glenn|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/18712/hear-me-roar|newspaper=Washington City Paper|date= December 17, 1999|access-date=April 7, 2013}} Heaven to Hell (2006) featured "almost twice as many images as its predecessors", and "is an explosive compilation of new work by the visionary photographer".{{cite web|title=MoMA Book Store|url=http://www.momastore.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_David-LaChapelle-Heaven-to-Hell_10451_10001_76981_-1_26683_11487|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222051819/http://www.momastore.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_David-LaChapelle-Heaven-to-Hell_10451_10001_76981_-1_26683_11487|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2014}} LaChapelle, Artists and Prostitutes (2006), a limited-edition, signed, numbered book contains 688 pages of photographs taken between 1985 and 2005. Artists and Prostitutes was published by Taschen and includes a photograph of the publisher Benedikt Taschen in a sadomasochism scene.{{cite journal|last1= Nicholson|first1= Geoff|date=May 2006|title=Stargazing|journal= Modern Painters|pages=78–83}}

= Exhibitions =

In the last decade,{{When?|date=June 2023}} LaChapelle has returned to a focus on fine art photography and has exhibited his work in several galleries and museums.{{Cite web|url=http://www.paulkasmingallery.com/artists/david-lachapelle|title=Paul Kasmin Gallery - David LaChapelle|website=Paulkasmingallery.com|access-date=September 15, 2016}} LaChapelle has had solo museum exhibitions at the Barbican Museum in London (2002), Kausthaus Wien in Vienna (2002), Palazzo Reale in Milan (2007), Museo del Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City (2009), the Musée de La Monnaie in Paris (2009), the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei (2010), and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Israel (2010).{{Better source|date=June 2023}}

By 2011, LaChapelle had an exhibition at the Lever House in New York{{Cite web|url=http://leverhouseartcollection.com/collectionsexhibitions/collection/darkness-light|title=FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT {{!}} Leverhouse|website=leverhouseartcollection.com|access-date=September 15, 2016}} and retrospectives at the Museo Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico,{{Cite web|url=http://mac-pr.org/exhibiciones-pasadas.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330023435/http://mac-pr.org/exhibiciones-pasadas.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 30, 2015|title=exhibiciones-pasadas|website=mac-pr.org|access-date=September 15, 2016}} the Hanagaram Design Museum in Seoul,{{Cite web|url=http://www.artinasia.com/institutionsDetail.php?catID=6&galleryID=2259&view=3|title=Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center - artinasia.com|website=Artinasia.com|access-date=September 15, 2016}} and Galerie Rudolfinum in Prague.{{Cite web|url=http://www.galerierudolfinum.cz/en/publication/thus-spoke-lachapelle|title=Publications {{!}} Galerie Rudolfinum|website=Galerierudolfinum.cz|access-date=September 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920060044/http://www.galerierudolfinum.cz/en/publication/thus-spoke-lachapelle|archive-date=September 20, 2016|url-status=dead}} In the following years, LaChapelle's works were also exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in LA (2012),{{Cite web|url=http://unframed.lacma.org//2012/08/08/figure-and-form-in-contemporary-photography/|title=Figure and Form in Contemporary Photography {{!}} Unframed|website=Unframed.lacma.org|date=August 8, 2012 |access-date=September 15, 2016}} the Musée d'Orsay in Paris (2013),{{Cite web|url=http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/events/exhibitions/in-the-musee-dorsay/exhibitions-in-the-musee-dorsay-more/page/4/article/masculin-masculin-37292.html?tx_ttnews%255BbackPid%255D=254&cHash=04786ddf69|title=Musée d'Orsay: Masculine / Masculine. The Nude Man in Art from 1800 to the Present Day.|website=Musee-orsay.fr|access-date=September 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118100536/http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/events/exhibitions/in-the-musee-dorsay/exhibitions-in-the-musee-dorsay-more/page/4/article/masculin-masculin-37292.html?tx_ttnews%255BbackPid%255D=254&cHash=04786ddf69|archive-date=January 18, 2017|url-status=dead}} Fotografiska Museet in Sweden (2013){{Cite web|url=http://llacademy.org/masters-of-photography/david-lachapelle/|title=David LaChapelle|date=May 30, 2016|access-date=September 15, 2016|archive-date=September 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919143007/http://llacademy.org/masters-of-photography/david-lachapelle/|url-status=dead}} and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. (2014).{{Cite web|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp128213/david-lachapelle|title=Person - National Portrait Gallery|access-date=September 15, 2016}}

In 2014, LaChapelle exhibited his series, 'Land Scape' in New York, Vienna, London, and Paris.{{Cite web|url=http://www.paulkasmingallery.com/exhibitions/2014-01-17_david-lachapelle|title=Paul Kasmin Gallery - DAVID LACHAPELLE LAND SCAPE|website=Paulkasmingallery.com|access-date=September 15, 2016}} Other shows include OstLicht Galerie fur Fotografie in Vienna, Austria,{{Cite web|url=http://www.ostlicht.at/programm/ausstellungsarchiv/david-lachapelle/|title=OstLicht. Galerie für Fotografie: David LaChapelle|website=Ostlicht.at|access-date=September 15, 2016}} MAC Lima in Peru,{{Cite web|url=http://www.maclima.pe/?exposiciones=david-lachapelle-fotografias-1984-2013/|title=DAVID LACHAPELLE, FOTOGRAFIAS 1984 – 2013 : MAC Lima|website=Maclima.pe|access-date=September 15, 2016}} Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome,{{Cite web|url=http://www.palazzoesposizioni.it/categorie/la-mostra-david-lachapelle-dopo-il-diluvio|title=David LaChapelle. Dopo il Diluvio - Palazzo delle Esposizioni|last=Esposizioni|first=Palazzo delle|website=Palazzoesposizioni.it|access-date=September 15, 2016}} and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Chile.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mac.uchile.cl/exhibiciones/expo/david-lachapelle-fotografias-1984-2013|title=MAC|website=Mac.uchile.cl|access-date=September 15, 2016}} In 2016, LaChapelle's work was shown at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London,{{Cite web|url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/botticelli-reimagined|title=V&A · Botticelli Reimagined|website=Victoria and Albert Museum|access-date=September 15, 2016}} DSC Gallery in the Czech Republic,{{Cite web|url=http://www.expats.cz/prague/article/prague-entertainment/controversial-artist-david-lachapelle-returns-to-prague/p1|title=Controversial Artist David LaChapelle Returns to Prague|access-date=September 15, 2016|archive-date=September 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916132425/http://www.expats.cz/prague/article/prague-entertainment/controversial-artist-david-lachapelle-returns-to-prague/p1|url-status=dead}} at several venues in Montevideo in Uruguay{{Cite web|url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/divertite/arte-y-exposiciones/artista-david-lachapelle-circuito-imperdible.html|title=David Lachapelle y un circuito imperdible|website=Elpais.com.uy|date=June 5, 2016 |language=es-ES|access-date=September 15, 2016}} and at the Edward Hopper House in New York. In 2018, LaChapelle exhibited ten of his series in one exhibition, Good News For Modern Man, in the Groninger Museum (The Netherlands).{{Cite web |url=http://www.groningermuseum.nl/en/lachapelle |title=LaChapelle - Groninger Museum |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921191154/http://www.groningermuseum.nl/en/lachapelle |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

=Artistic influences=

LaChapelle cites a number of artists who have influenced his photography. In a 2009 interview, he mentioned the Baroque painters Andrea Pozzo and Caravaggio as two of his favorites. A critic has noted that LaChapelle's work has been influenced by Salvador Dalí, Jeff Koons, Michelangelo, Cindy Sherman, and Andy Warhol. Richard Avedon noted that of all the photographers inventing surreal images, LaChapelle has the potential to be the genre's Magritte.{{cite news |last=Spindler |first=Amy M. |date=June 17, 1997 |title=Making the Camera Lie, Digitally and Often |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/17/style/making-the-camera-lie-digitally-and-often.html?pagewanted=all |newspaper=The New York Times}} Helmut Newton has also contributed to the discourse on LaChapelle, stating in a New York Times article by Cathy Horyn "He [LaChapelle] isn't very impressed by current photography. 'There's a lot of pornographic pictures taken by the young today ... A lot of the nudity is gratuitous. But someone who makes me laugh is David LaChapelle. I think he is very bright, very funny, and good'".{{cite news |last=Horyn |first=Cathy |date=November 16, 1999 |title=Helmut Newton's New Book, With Its Own Coffee Table |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/16/style/helmut-newton-s-new-book-with-its-own-coffee-table.html |newspaper=The New York Times}} LaChapelle is Catholic and often uses religious symbolism in his work.{{cite news|title= David LaChapelle finds God|author=Laura Garmeson|url=https://www.1843magazine.com/culture/the-daily/david-lachapelle-finds-god|newspaper=1843|date= December 7, 2017|access-date=March 14, 2018}}

Personal life

LaChapelle has bipolar disorder, but as he feels drugs do not work for him, he is careful to monitor his mental health. In the mid-1980s, he lost his boyfriend of the time to AIDS.Iqbal, Nosheen: Photographer David LaChapelle: 'I never wanted to shoot another pop star – I was tortured by them', The Guardian, November 22, 2017 [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/21/david-lachapelle-photographer-hawaii-warhol] He relocated to London, where that city's counterculture proved enormously influential in forming his aesthetic. "I thought I'd seen it all. When I went to London, the level of creativity and insanity ... they were on a whole other planet." He was particularly struck by that culture's insistence on originality, rather than copying. For him, Los Angeles had been "the literal opposite". While living in London, he married the female publicist of the UK popstar Marilyn; the marriage lasted a year.

In 2006, LaChapelle abruptly left Los Angeles. He moved to a "very isolated part of Hawaii in this forest. It's off the grid, bio-diesel cars, solar-powered, growing our own food, completely sustainable. I thought 'OK, I'm a farmer now.{{'"}} LaChapelle's change in path eventually brought him back to his roots. While in Hawaii, a longstanding colleague invited him to shoot for a gallery, which he had not done since his days as a fledgling photographer in New York. "I was really shocked", LaChapelle recalled. "I'm so known as a commercial artist, a big name as a fashion and celebrity photographer, I didn't think a gallery will take me seriously. It's like being reborn; it's like rebirth; it's like starting over. It's back to where I started, where I very first started in galleries when I was a kid. It's just come full circle."{{cite web| last=Ong|first=Iliyas|title=Interview: David LaChapelle and His Return to Art|url=http://designtaxi.com/article/101521/From-Gallery-to-Glossy-and-Back-Again/|publisher=Design Taxi}}

Publications

LaChapelle Land (New York: Simon & Schuster, in association with Callaway, 1996) - {{ISBN|0684833026}}
David LaChapelle Exhibition (Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1999)
Hotel LaChapelle (Boston: Little, Brown, 1999) - {{ISBN|0821226363}}
David LaChapelle, Barbican Gallery (Barbican, 2002) {{ISBN|978-390-12471-1-8}}
David LaChapelle, If You Want Reality, Take the Bus (Artmosphere, 2003)
David LaChapelle, second edition (Milan: Photology, 2004) - {{ISBN|8888359141}}
LaChapelle Land, deluxe edition (New York: Channel Photographics, in association with Callaway, 2005) - {{ISBN|0976670801}}
LaChapelle, Artists and Prostitutes (Köln: Taschen, 2006) - {{ISBN|3822816175}}
David LaChapelle (Maurani & Noirhomme, 2006)
LaChapelle, Heaven to Hell (Köln: Taschen, 2006) - {{ISBN|3822825727}}
David LaChapelle (Firenze: Giunti, 2007) - {{ISBN|9788809057029}}
David LaChapelle: al Forte Belvedere (Firenze: Giunti, 2008) - {{ISBN|9788809062320}}
David LaChapelle (Hamburg: Stern Gruner + Jahr AG & Co., 2008) - {{ISBN|9783570197721}}
David LaChapelle: Jesus is My Homeboy (Robilant & Voena, 2008)
David LaChapelle: the Rape of Africa (Amsterdam: Reflex, 2009) - {{ISBN|9789071848070}}
David LaChapelle, Delirios de Razon (212 Production, 2009) {{ISBN|9786079530006}}
David LaChapelle, Moca Taipei Catalogue (Pascal de Sarthe & Fred Torres Collaborations for Taipei Culture Foundation/Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, 2010) {{ISBN|9789868529472}}
Taschen 30th Anniversary: Golden Book of the Year (Köln: Taschen, 2010) {{ISBN|9783836522847}}
David LaChapelle: Bliss Amongst Chaos (Fred Torres Collaborations, 2010) {{ISBN|9780615382043}}
David LaChapelle, Maybach: Going Places (Daimler AG, 2010)
Borders and Frontiers (Oakland University Art Gallery, 2011)
David LaChapelle, Earth Laughs in Flowers (Distanz Verlag, 2011) {{ISBN|9783942405294}}
David LaChapelle: Lost and Found (Pavleye Art and Culture, 2011) {{ISBN|9788090500600}}
Nosotros: La Humanidad Al Borde (Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Puerto Rico, 2011) {{ISBN|9781881723066}}
Thus Spoke LaChapelle (Arbor vitae, Revnice, and Pavleye Art & Culture, 2011) {{ISBN|9788087164860}}
LaChapelle: Exhibition at Robilant & Voena, London (Robilant & Voena, 2012) {{ISBN|9780956365064}}
David LaChapelle: Earth Laughs in Flowers (Fred Torres Collaboration, 2012)
David LaChapelle: In Seoul (Fred Torres Collaborations and de Sarthe Gallery, 2012)
Burning Beauty (BankerWessel, Elanders Faith & Hassler, and Fotografiska) {{ISBN|9789186741020}}
Still Life (Galerie Daniel Templon and Communic'Art, 2013) {{ISBN|9782917515129}}
Land Scape: At Paul Kasmin Gallery (Damiani, 2013) {{ISBN|9788862083317}}
David LaChapelle, Land Scape: At Robilant & Voena (Pure Print, 2014) {{ISBN|9780957428423}}
Once in the Garden at OstLicht: Galerie fur Fotografie, (Brandstatter Verlag, 2014) {{ISBN|9783850338257}}
David LaChapelle: Fotografia1s, (Tarea Asociacion Gradica Educativa, 2015) {{ISBN|9786124657320}}
David LaChapelle: Dopo il Dilulvio, (Giunti Arte Mostre Musei, 2015) {{ISBN|9788809816077}}
Botticelli Reimagined (Harry N. Abrams, 2016) {{ISBN|9781851778706}}
Lost + Found Part I, Taschen, 2017
Good News Part II, Taschen, 2017

{{div-col-end}} *David LaChapelle: From Fashion Photography To Fine Art, Forbes Magazine ( Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle) {{Cite web |last=Mun-Delsalle |first=Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle |date=September 19, 2014 |title=David LaChapelle: From Fashion Photography To Fine Art |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/yjeanmundelsalle/2014/09/19/david-lachapelle-from-fashion-photography-to-fine-art/?sh=325f27262023 |url-status=live |website=Forbes.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221113224307/https://www.forbes.com/sites/yjeanmundelsalle/2014/09/19/david-lachapelle-from-fashion-photography-to-fine-art/?sh=73195a1f2023 |archive-date=November 13, 2022}}

Films

Krumped (2004)
Rize (2005)
Unity (2015) {{ndash}} Narrator{{cite magazine|author1=Dave McNary|title=Documentary 'Unity' Set for Aug. 12 Release with 100 Star Narrators|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/documentary-unity-set-for-aug-12-release-with-100-star-narrators-1201477200/|magazine=Variety|access-date=May 1, 2015|date=April 22, 2015}}

Videography

Penny Ford – "I'll Be There"{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurokdj.com/search/disk.php?ID=6129|title=Penny Ford I'll Be There single record info, sleeve and tracklisting|last=Sanche|first=Karine|website=Eurokdj.com|access-date=September 27, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://thecreativefinder.com/portfolio-broad.php?username=david_lachapelle|title=David LaChapelle on The Creative Finder|website=Thecreativefinder.com|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (1994)
Space Monkeys – "Sugar Cane"{{Cite web|url=https://theartstack.com/artist/david-lachapelle/about|title=David LaChapelle on ArtStack - art online|website=My Favorite Arts|access-date=September 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001205433/https://theartstack.com/artist/david-lachapelle/about|archive-date=October 1, 2016|url-status=dead}} (1997)
The Dandy Warhols – "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth"{{cite news | title=Just Dandy | author=Caroline Sullivan | newspaper=The Guardian | date=August 19, 2005 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/aug/19/1 | access-date= August 22, 2010}}"[http://www.lachapellestudio.com/film/music-videos/ Music Videos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406224632/http://www.lachapellestudio.com/film/music-videos/ |date=2011-04-06 }}", LaChapelleStudio.com. (1998)
Kelis – "Good Stuff"{{Cite web|url=http://globalgrind.com/2016/05/27/13-things-to-know-about-david-lachapelle-jay-z-all-the-way-up-remix/|title=13 Things To Know About David LaChapelle ... The Guy Jay Z Rapped About On "All The Way Up (Remix)"|date=May 27, 2016|website=Global Grind|access-date=September 27, 2016}}{{Citation|last=emimusic|title=Kelis - Good Stuff|date=February 24, 2009|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHYFgP4Btrc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/jHYFgP4Btrc| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=September 27, 2016}}{{cbignore}} (2000)
Moby – "Natural Blues"{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1449141/gorillaz-bizkit-u2-nab-most-noms-for-mtv-europe-music-awards/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001174952/http://www.mtv.com/news/1449141/gorillaz-bizkit-u2-nab-most-noms-for-mtv-europe-music-awards/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2016|title=Gorillaz, Bizkit, U2 Nab Most Noms For MTV Europe Music Awards|website=MTV|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2000)
Enrique Iglesias – "Sad Eyes"{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2000/10/24/enrique-iglesias-sexed-music-video-may-have-been-nixed|title=Enrique Iglesias' sexed-up music video may have been nixed|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2000)
Elton John – "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore"{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/29nv/|title=BBC - Music - Review of Elton John - Songs From the West Coast|last=Quantick|first=David|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2001)
Mariah Carey featuring Da Brat and Ludacris – "Loverboy"{{Citation|last=stanleycoleman|title=Mariah Carey - Loverboy Remix|date=January 19, 2006|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG_qCdhlVik |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/vG_qCdhlVik| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=September 27, 2016}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/oct/03/canbritneybounceback|title=Can Britney bounce back?|last=Wise|first=Louis|date=October 3, 2007|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2001)
Elton John – "Original Sin"{{Citation|last=NostalgiaQ8|title=Elton John - Original Sin [HQ Official Video]|date=June 12, 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP1xQvmbzOg| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403091515/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP1xQvmbzOg&feature=related| archive-date=April 3, 2014 | url-status=dead|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2002)
The Vines – "Outtathaway!"{{Citation|last=emimusic|title=The Vines - Outtathaway|date=February 27, 2009|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAL-1o7-bKc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/gAL-1o7-bKc| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=September 27, 2016}}{{cbignore}} (2002)
Christina Aguilera featuring Redman – "Dirrty"{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1458223/dirrty-christina-aguilera-video-thai-ed-to-sex-industry/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715151640/http://www.mtv.com/news/1458223/dirrty-christina-aguilera-video-thai-ed-to-sex-industry/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title='Dirrty' Christina Aguilera Video Thai-ed To Sex Industry|website=MTV|access-date=September 27, 2016}}{{Cite news|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1376243-1,00.html|title=Welcome to my Bubble|last=Tryangiel|first=Josh|date=August 27, 2006|newspaper=Time|issn=0040-781X|access-date=September 27, 2016}}{{Citation|last=CAguileraVEVO|title=Christina Aguilera - Dirrty ft. Redman|date=April 11, 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rg3sAb8Id8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/4Rg3sAb8Id8| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=September 27, 2016}}{{cbignore}} (2002)
Avril Lavigne – "I'm with You" (2002)
Jennifer Lopez – "I'm Glad"{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1470739/j-lo-is-jenny-from-the-past-in-clip-for-im-glad/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809190928/http://www.mtv.com/news/1470739/j-lo-is-jenny-from-the-past-in-clip-for-im-glad/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 9, 2016|title=J. Lo Is Jenny From The Past In Clip For 'I'm Glad'|website=MTV|access-date=September 27, 2016}}{{Cite journal|title=I'm Glad|journal=Vibe|issn=1070-4701}}{{Cite book|title=Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex, and Stardom|last=Ovalle|first=Priscilla Peña|publisher=Rutgers University Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0813548807|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/dancehollywoodla0000oval}} (2002)
Whitney Houston – "Try It on My Own"{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/03/12/the-kid-stays-in-the-picture/|title=The kid stays in the picture|website=Chicago Tribune |date=March 12, 2003 |access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2003)
Christina Aguilera featuring Lil' Kim – "Can't Hold Us Down"{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1471890/christina-lil-kim-get-even-dirrtier-for-cant-hold-us-down-clip/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107230607/http://www.mtv.com/news/1471890/christina-lil-kim-get-even-dirrtier-for-cant-hold-us-down-clip/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2015|title=Christina, Lil' Kim Get Even 'Dirrtier' For 'Can't Hold Us Down' Clip|website=MTV|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2003)
Macy Gray – "She Ain't Right for You"^{The Trouble with Being Myself} ^{(CD liner notes). Macy Gray. Epic Records. 2003. EK 86535} (2003)
Christina Aguilera – "The Voice Within"{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1479845/stripped-down-christina-aguilera-displays-a-voice-within-lens-recap/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216061939/http://www.mtv.com/news/1479845/stripped-down-christina-aguilera-displays-a-voice-within-lens-recap/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2015|title=Stripped-Down Christina Aguilera Displays 'A Voice Within': Lens Recap|website=MTV|access-date=September 27, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/vma/2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615161011/http://www.mtv.com/vma/2004|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 15, 2016|title=VMA 2004 - MTV Video Music Awards - MTV|website=MTV|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2003)
Blink-182 – "Feeling This"{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1479587/jail-cells-whips-sexual-energy-yup-its-a-blink-182-video/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220083301/http://www.mtv.com/news/1479587/jail-cells-whips-sexual-energy-yup-its-a-blink-182-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 20, 2014|title=Jail Cells, Whips, Sexual Energy — Yup, It's A Blink-182 Video|website=MTV|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2003)
No Doubt – "It's My Life"{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1479979/gwen-stefani-bumps-off-bandmates-in-its-my-life/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001174954/http://www.mtv.com/news/1479979/gwen-stefani-bumps-off-bandmates-in-its-my-life/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2016|title=Gwen Stefani Bumps Off Bandmates In 'It's My Life'|website=MTV|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2003)
Britney Spears – "Everytime"{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1486294/britney-says-controversial-new-video-is-about-reincarnation/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214111111/http://www.mtv.com/news/1486294/britney-says-controversial-new-video-is-about-reincarnation/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2016|title=Britney Says Controversial New Video Is About Reincarnation|website=MTV|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2004)
Joss Stone – "Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me)" (2004)
Norah Jones – "Those Sweet Words"{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1289528/|title=Norah Jones|website=IMDb|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2004)
Elton John – "Answer in the Sky"{{Cite web|url=https://thenudge.com/london-lifestyle/elton-john-the-red-piano/|title=Elton John: The Red Piano - The Nudge|access-date=September 27, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001165700/https://thenudge.com/london-lifestyle/elton-john-the-red-piano|archive-date=October 1, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://thenudge.com/london-lifestyle/elton-john-the-red-piano|title=Elton John: The Red Piano - The Nudge|access-date=September 27, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001165700/https://thenudge.com/london-lifestyle/elton-john-the-red-piano|archive-date=October 1, 2016}} (2004)
Gwen Stefani featuring Eve – "Rich Girl"{{Cite web|url=http://atrl.net/trlarchive/?s=debuts|title=ATRL - The TRL Archive - Debuts|website=atrl.net|access-date=September 27, 2016|archive-date=April 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423075716/http://www.atrl.net/trlarchive/?s=debuts|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.smh.com.au/radar/archives/2005/02/jmls_video_hits_3.html|title=The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: Radar|website=blogs.smh.com.au|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2004)
Robbie Williams – "Advertising Space"{{Cite web|url=http://www.robbiewilliams.com/photos/gallery/advertising-space-video-shoot|title=Robbie Williams|website=Robbiewilliams.com|access-date=September 27, 2016|archive-date=May 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524084142/http://www.robbiewilliams.com/photos/gallery/advertising-space-video-shoot|url-status=dead}} (2005)
Elton John – "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"{{Cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/mike-weatherford/elton-john|title=Elton John|date=June 14, 2008|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2006)
Amy Winehouse – "Tears Dry on Their Own"{{Cite web|url=http://www.popcrunch.com/amy-winehouse-sports-new-beehive-on-the-set-of-tears-dry-on-their-own-music-video/|title=Amy Winehouse Sports New Beehive On The Set Of "Tears Dry On Their Own" Music Video - PopCrunch|date=May 23, 2007|language=en-US|access-date=September 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031818/http://www.popcrunch.com/amy-winehouse-sports-new-beehive-on-the-set-of-tears-dry-on-their-own-music-video/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}} (2007)
Jennifer Lopez – "Do It Well"{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/oct/03/popandrock|title=Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well|last=Pickard|first=Anna|date=October 2, 2007|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2007)
Florence and the Machine – "Spectrum (Say My Name)"{{Cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/news/watch-florence-the-machine-spectrum|title=Watch: Florence & The Machine - Spectrum|date=May 30, 2012 |access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2012)
Mariah Carey – "Almost Home"{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/1551234/mariah-carey-releases-almost-home-video-watch|title=Mariah Carey Releases 'Almost Home' Video: Watch|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2013)
Daphne Guinness – "Evening in Space"{{Cite web|url=http://www.highsnobiety.com/2015/03/20/david-lachapelle-evening-in-space/|title=Watch the Documentary about David LaChapelle's "Evening in Space"|date=March 20, 2015|website=Highsnobiety|access-date=September 27, 2016}} (2013)
Queen featuring Michael Jackson – "There Must Be More to Life Than This" (2014)
Hozier – "Take Me to Church"{{Citation|last=David LaChapelle Studio|title=Sergei Polunin, "Take Me to Church" by Hozier, Directed by David LaChapelle|date=February 9, 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-tW0CkvdDI) |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/c-tW0CkvdDI| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=September 28, 2016}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3706645/watch-hoziers-stunning-take-me-to-church-video-with-ukranian-dancer-sergei-polunin/|title=Watch Dancer Sergei Polunin in Hozier's 'Take Me to Church'|last=Regan|first=Helen|magazine=Time |access-date=September 28, 2016}} (2015)
Britney Spears - "Make Me..." (Unreleased) (2016)
JADE - "Fantasy" (2024){{Cite news|url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/music/jade-fantasy-lyrics-meaning/|title=Jade explains spicy meaning behind her 'Fantasy' lyrics|date=October 18, 2015|website=CapitalFM|access-date=October 19, 2024}}
Indochine - "L'Amour Fou" (2025)

Exhibitions

2009: Delirios de Razón (Delusions of Reason), Museo de Las Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico{{Cite web|url=http://www.212fashion.tv/212productions/exhibitions_pages/exhibit_dlc_musa/exhibitions_selected_dlc_musa.html|title=Delirium of Reason -ACSI|last=exhibit-E.com|website=212fashion.tv|access-date=September 22, 2016}}
2010: Postmodern Pop Photography, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel{{Cite web|url=http://www.tamuseum.org.il/about-the-exhibition/david-lachapelle-postmodern-pop-photography|title=DAVID LACHAPELLE: POSTMODERN POP PHOTOGRAPHY - Tel Aviv Museum of Art|website=Tamuseum.org.il|access-date=September 22, 2016}}
2010: David LaChapelle at Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan{{Cite web|url=http://www.mocataipei.org.tw/index.php/2012-01-12-03-36-46/past-exhibitions/122-2010exhibition/406-david-lachapelle#%E5%B1%95%E8%A6%BD%E4%BB%8B%E7%B4%B9-about-the-exhibition|title=台北當代藝術館官方網站 Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei - 超潮攝影家－大衛．拉夏培爾 David Lachapelle|website=Mocataipei.org.tw|access-date=September 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923055938/http://www.mocataipei.org.tw/index.php/2012-01-12-03-36-46/past-exhibitions/122-2010exhibition/406-david-lachapelle#%E5%B1%95%E8%A6%BD%E4%BB%8B%E7%B4%B9-about-the-exhibition|archive-date=September 23, 2016|url-status=dead}}
2011: Thus Spoke LaChapelle, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic{{Cite web|url=http://www.galerierudolfinum.cz/cs/exhibition/tak-pravil-david-lachapelle|title=Tak pravil LaChapelle {{!}} Galerie Rudolfinum|website=Galerierudolfinum.cz|access-date=September 22, 2016}}
2012: Burning Beauty, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden{{Cite web|url=http://fotografiska.eu/en/utstallningar/utstallning/burning-beauty|title=Burning Beauty - Fotografiska|language=en-US|access-date=September 22, 2016}}
2015: David LaChapelle: Dopo Il Diluvio, Palazzo Delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy{{Cite web|url=http://www.palazzoesposizioni.it/categorie/la-mostra-david-lachapelle-dopo-il-diluvio|title=David LaChapelle. Dopo il Diluvio - Palazzo delle Esposizioni|last=Esposizioni|first=Palazzo delle|website=Palazzoesposizioni.it|access-date=September 22, 2016}}
2016: David LaChapelle: Gas Stations, Edward Hopper House, Nyack, New York{{Cite web|url=http://www.edwardhopperhouse.org/currently-on-view.html|title=Currently on view|website=EDWARD HOPPER HOUSE ART CENTER|access-date=September 22, 2016}}
2016: David LaChapelle: Inscape of Beauty, Ara Modern Art Museum, Seoul, Republic of Korea{{Cite web|url=http://www.aramuseum.org/home/?c=6/43|title=현재 전시|website=Ara Modern Art Museum|access-date=December 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224170642/http://www.aramuseum.org/home/?c=6%2F43|archive-date=February 24, 2017|url-status=dead}}
2017: David LaChapelle: Lost + Found, Casa dei Tre Oci, Venice, Italy{{Cite web |url=https://www.artrabbit.com/events/david-lachapelle-lost-found |title=David LaChapelle: Lost + Found |website=Art |access-date=June 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925151211/https://www.artrabbit.com/events/david-lachapelle-lost-found |archive-date=September 25, 2020}}

Awards

Doctorate in Fine Arts (Hon.) from UNCSA, 2015{{Cite web|url=http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/renowned-photographer-david-lachapelle-speaks-to-uncsa-high-school-graduates/article_3fd91958-fc38-11e4-aa9b-4f6da3e4f4a3.html|title=Renowned photographer David LaChapelle speaks to UNCSA high school graduates about the life of an artist|date=May 16, 2015 |access-date=September 22, 2016}}
Young Photographers Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award{{Cite web|url=http://youngphotographersalliance.org/join-ypa-for-our-november-2014-fundraising-gala/|title=Join YPA for our November 2014 Fundraising Gala – Young Photographers Alliance|website=youngphotographersalliance.org|access-date=July 25, 2016}}
Artist of the Year, American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2012{{Cite web|url=http://www.naturalbeautiesfloral.com/blog/2012/9/14/american-friends-of-the-tel-aviv-museum-of-art-gala-at-the-s.html|title=American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Gala at the Standard Club Chicago - Floral Blog - Natural Beauties Floral - Chicago IL|website=Naturalbeautiesfloral.com|access-date=September 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923111503/http://www.naturalbeautiesfloral.com/blog/2012/9/14/american-friends-of-the-tel-aviv-museum-of-art-gala-at-the-s.html|archive-date=September 23, 2016|url-status=dead}}
National Geographic Photography Seminar, Featured Speaker, 2012{{Cite web|url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/visions/field-test/photo-seminar/inside-look|title=Field Test |website=National Geographic |access-date=September 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911165118/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/visions/field-test/photo-seminar/inside-look |archive-date=September 11, 2016}}
GLAAD Vito Russo Award for Outstanding Contributions Toward Eliminating Homophobia, 2006
13th Annual MVPA Awards- Winner, Director of the Year- Best Rock Video of the Year for No Doubt's "It's My Life", 2004{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jhAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64 |title=Billboard |date=April 17, 2004 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en |access-date=June 30, 2024}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.creativemac.com/article/R!OT-Wins-2004-MVPA-Award-for-Best-Special-Effects-25809|title=R!OT Wins 2004 MVPA Award for Best Special Effects|website=Creativemac.com|access-date=September 22, 2016|archive-date=September 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923104631/http://www.creativemac.com/article/R!OT-Wins-2004-MVPA-Award-for-Best-Special-Effects-25809|url-status=usurped}}
Special Juried Prize Mountain Film, Telluride, 2004{{Cite web|url=http://www.mountainfilm.org/festival|title=Festival|date=November 12, 2014|access-date=September 22, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/assets/guides/33rd_tff_prog_guide14|title=Telluride Film Festival|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923201523/http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/assets/guides/33rd_tff_prog_guide14|archive-date=September 23, 2016|url-status=dead}}
Special Juried Recognition, Sundance Film Festival, 2004{{Cite web |url=http://www.sundance.org/artists/david-lachapelle |title=david-lachapelle |website=Sundance.org|access-date=September 22, 2016}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot}}
Best Documentary, Aspen Film Festival, 2004{{Cite web|url=https://aspenfilm.org/aspen_filmfest_archive/|title=Aspen Filmfest Archive {{!}} Aspen Film|date=August 11, 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=September 22, 2016}}
12th Annual MVPA Awards, Adult Contemporary Video of the Year, Elton John's "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore", 2003{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/71136/2003-mvpa-award-winners|title=2003 MVPA Award Winners|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 22, 2016}}
Best Video for Moby's "Natural Blues", the MTV Europe Music Awards, 2000
Best "Cutting Edge Essay" and "Style Photography" at Life magazine's Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography (the Eisies){{Cite web|url=http://www.timewarner.com/newsroom/press-releases/1999/10/25/third-annual-alfred-eisenstaedt-awards-for-magazine-photography|title=Third Annual Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography Competition Opens {{!}} Time Warner Inc.|website=Time Warner|access-date=July 25, 2016}}
Art Directors Club Award for Best Book Design for LaChapelle Land, 1997{{Cite book|title=Explosion in Paris|last=Pirrung|first=L|publisher=IUniverse|year=2009|location=New York|pages=65}}

Public collections

Bayerische Staatsoper Portrait Gallery, Munich, Germany{{Cite web|url=https://www.staatsoper.de/index.html|title=Haus: Bayerische Staatsoper|last=Staatsoper|first=Bayerische|website=Staatsoper.de|access-date=September 22, 2016|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713101645/https://www.staatsoper.de/index.html|url-status=dead}}{{Failed verification|date=September 2016}}
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA{{Cite web|url=http://www.lacma.org/|title=Los Angeles County Museum of Art |website=Lacma.org|access-date=September 22, 2016}}{{Failed verification|date=September 2016}}
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK{{Cite web|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/|title=Home - National Portrait Gallery|website=Npg.org.uk|access-date=September 22, 2016}}{{Failed verification|date=September 2016}}
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel{{Cite web|url=http://www.tamuseum.org.il/|title=Home - Tel Aviv Museum of Art|website=Tamuseum.org.il|access-date=September 22, 2016}}{{Failed verification|date=September 2016}}