# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-lachapelle
# Generated: 2026-09-03T11:27:19.299Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-lachapelle"
name: "David LaChapelle"
slug: "david-lachapelle"
description: "David LaChapelle 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\". Once called \"the Fellini of photography\", LaChapelle has worked for international publications and has had his work exhibited in commercial galleries and institutions around the world."
tagline: "American commercial photographer, fine-art photographer, music video director, and film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DavidLaChapelle_2005.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1963-03-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.69
  momentum:             6.596049251587515
  historical:           22.77771733333334
  currentAttention:     30.38507821901323
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/david_lachapelle/"
    handle:    "david_lachapelle"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0479999/"
    handle:    "nm0479999"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.lachapellestudio.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ديڤيد لاتشاپيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_LaChapelle"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David LaChapelle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David LaChapelle"
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    title: "David LaChapelle"
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    title: "David LaChapelle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڈیوڈ لا چیپل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "大衛·拉切貝爾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "David LaChapelle"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump