David LaChapelle Case Study

David LaChapelle is an American photographer, music video director and film director (born March 11, 1963) and he is mostly known for his photography because his photography is unique and can be defined as "hyper-real and slyly subversive". He has worked with numerous famous people including Tupac Shakur, David Beckham and Leonardo DiCaprio, and his work has been on the front covers of GQ, Rolling Stone, Vogue Paris and many more. David LaChapelle is so good at what he does that he is able to influence the work of a new generation of photographers.

At a very young age David LaChapelle said that he loved the schools which he attended in Connecticut even though he suffered from bullying and at the age of fifteen he was bullied for being gay which resulted in him running away to New York City and during his time there he became a busboy at Studio 54. However, during the 1980's he earned his money through prostitution so that he was able to buy his photography equipment.

Some example's of David LaChapelle's work:

         Eminem covered in graffiti                                                                 Michael Jackson as an Angel

Double Page Spread Analysis

Genre Double Page Spread

• The main feature of this double page spread is the artist, Drake

• The main image does dominate both pages even though the artist is placed only on the left.
• The image is represented by the artist wearing a shirt, jeans and a chain.
• The size of the image is large as it covers both pages.
• The image is shot by using a mid-shot since it does not show the whole of him.The reader might see the picture and want to continue reading because Drake is a very well-known artist in the R&B genre and is appealing to a lot of people nowadays.
• There isn't a headline in this double page spread
• The pull quote in this is 'Introducing the month's hottest talent...' which is obviously talking about the artist.
• Even though the image isn't really clear, it does use a drop cap which entices the reader because it stands out to the other texts.
• There is no byline used in this double page spread.
• The columns for the body text is equal in width and is kept on the right hand page.

Other Music Double Page Spread

• The main feature on the double page spread is the artist, Lupe Fiasco.
• The image dominates the left hand page only.
• The image is represented by the artist wearing a black hoodie and a gold watch which can represent the type of music genre he is in.
• The size of this image is large because it covers one whole page and it is captioned by 'FIASCO@9:30'
• The type of shot used for this image is a mid shot because it shows half of his body and the reader might see the picture and want to continue reading because Lupe Fiasco is a well-known rapper and people might want to read about him and what he's been up to.
• The headline is also 'FIASCO@9:30' and it uses the symbol '@' instead of 'At' because it is shorter and easy to read.
• The pull quote for this double page spread is "Struggle is another sign that God loves you/'Cause on the low, being poor makes you humble" and the colours used for this is gold and white so that it stands out from the background.
• Even though the size of the text is quite small, there is a lot of text which takes up half of the right hand page.
• The columns for the body text is equal in width and it is used only on the right hand page.
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