PHOTOGRAPHER

David LaChapelle

1963 - Today

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David LaChapelle (born March 11, 1963) is an American photographer, music video director and film director. He is best known for his work in fashion, 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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David LaChapelle has received more than 1,639,790 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. David LaChapelle is the 120th most popular photographer (down from 114th in 2019), the 7,773rd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,221st in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David LaChapelles by language

Over the past year David LaChapelle has had the most page views in the with 180,433 views, followed by Italian (44,629), and Spanish (15,614). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are West Frisian (126.05%), Zulu (75.32%), and Esperanto (67.62%)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, David LaChapelle ranks 120 out of 148. Before him are Sabine Weiss, Lisette Model, Martha Cooper, Sally Mann, Rineke Dijkstra, and Francesca Woodman. After him are Ellen von Unwerth, Malick Sidibé, Graciela Iturbide, Thomas Struth, Lola Álvarez Bravo, and Sean Flynn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, David LaChapelle ranks 316. Before him are Ha-Joon Chang, John Levén, Cuca, Rick Allen, Tanju Çolak, and Michael Beach. After him are Lolita Milyavskaya, Maurício Gugelmin, Jia Xiuquan, Ni Xialian, Grzegorz Schetyna, and Roy Dupuis.

Others Born in 1963

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David LaChapelle ranks 7,773 out of 20,380. Before him are Arnie Robinson (1948), Malvina Reynolds (1900), Michael Beach (1963), John Norton (1893), John W. Snow (1939), and Dane DeHaan (1986). After him are Barnard Hughes (1915), Carole Caldwell Graebner (1943), Charisma Carpenter (1970), Frank J. Sprague (1857), Michael O'Hare (1952), and Grant Show (1962).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, David LaChapelle ranks 36. Before him are F. Holland Day (1864), Bert Stern (1929), William P. Gottlieb (1917), Martha Cooper (1943), Sally Mann (1951), and Francesca Woodman (1958). After him are Sean Flynn (1941), Milton H. Greene (1922), Toni Frissell (1907), Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882), Clarence Hudson White (1871), and Andres Serrano (1950).

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