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Published in 2010, *Heaven to Hell* is the third volume in a thrilling trilogy that began with *LaChapelle Land* (1996) and continued with the provocative *Hotel LaChapelle* (1999). Bursting with color-saturated images as stunning as they are provocative, these two titles immediately became collector’s items and have been reprinted numerous times. With nearly twice as many images as its predecessors, this book is an explosive compilation by this visionary photographer. Since the publicationof Hotel LaChapelle, the strength of the artist’s work has lain in his ability to turn the lens of the celebrity and fashion worlds toward more pressing issues of public concern.
LaChapelle’s photographs—ranging from the world’s most famous faces to more marginalized figures, such as the transgender model Amanda Lepore or the actors in his social documentary *Rize*—challenge our relationship to gender, glamour, and social status. By drawing on his trademark baroque excess, LaChapelle subverts what appears to be a celebration of consumerism, instead emphasizing its apocalyptic consequences for humanity itself. While acknowledging the many diverse sources of inspiration to which he alludes—such as the Renaissance, art history, cinema, the Bible, pornography, and the new globalized pop culture—LaChapelle has forged a deeply personal visual language that speaks to our era and reflects the world in which we live.
Published by Taschen, 2006
26.8 cm 34.7 cm, 343 pages, in good condition
ISBN
Published in 2010, *Heaven to Hell* is the third volume in a thrilling trilogy that began with *LaChapelle Land* (1996) and continued with the provocative *Hotel LaChapelle* (1999). Bursting with color-saturated images as stunning as they are provocative, these two titles immediately became collector’s items and have been reprinted numerous times. With nearly twice as many images as its predecessors, this book is an explosive compilation by this visionary photographer. Since the publicationof Hotel LaChapelle, the strength of the artist’s work has lain in his ability to turn the lens of the celebrity and fashion worlds toward more pressing issues of public concern.
LaChapelle’s photographs—ranging from the world’s most famous faces to more marginalized figures, such as the transgender model Amanda Lepore or the actors in his social documentary *Rize*—challenge our relationship to gender, glamour, and social status. By drawing on his trademark baroque excess, LaChapelle subverts what appears to be a celebration of consumerism, instead emphasizing its apocalyptic consequences for humanity itself. While acknowledging the many diverse sources of inspiration to which he alludes—such as the Renaissance, art history, cinema, the Bible, pornography, and the new globalized pop culture—LaChapelle has forged a deeply personal visual language that speaks to our era and reflects the world in which we live.
Published by Taschen, 2006
26.8 cm 34.7 cm, 343 pages, in good condition
ISBN
