The NY Times Style Mag: Top 25 Photos That Changed Fashion...

LaChapelle’s photograph “Tupac Shakur: Solitary,” 1996 is featured at No. 10 on the list.

The New York Times Style Magazine has included David LaChapelle in its special feature, “The 25 Photos That Changed Fashion Forever,” a survey of images that have had an indelible impact on fashion and the way we dress.

LaChapelle’s photograph “Tupac Shakur: Solitary,” 1996 is featured at No. 10 on the list.

The feature brings LaChapelle’s work into conversation with some of the most influential photographers and image-makers of the last century, including Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Helmut Newton, Robert Frank, Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin, Peter Lindbergh, Nick Knight, Steven Meisel, Juergen Teller, David Bailey, Peter Hujar and others.

Selected through a discussion among photographers, designers, stylists, editors and creative directors, the feature considers the photographs that transcended their original context to influence fashion, photography and visual culture.

Writing about LaChapelle’s image, the feature reflects on the photographer’s distinctive ability to combine celebrity, fantasy and fashion into images that exist beyond the conventions of traditional fashion photography.

LaChapelle’s inclusion recognizes a body of work that has continually blurred the boundaries between fashion, portraiture, fine art and popular culture, creating images that have become part of the visual language of their time.

David LaChapelleTupac Shakur: Solitary, 1996, Courtesy of Staley-Wise Gallery

Featured in The New York Times Style Magazine, “The 25 Photos That Changed Fashion Forever.”

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