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Rihanna Video Top
LaChapelle Shoot Bottom |
I heard about the drama regarding David LaChapelle suing Pop Star Rihanna, this evening, and was utterly annoyed by what i presumed was LaChapeles Prima Donna attitude. Let me just start by saying, in the 90's I didn't think there was a more talented, and creative photographer than Mr. LaChapelle. As I matured, I grew tired of his brand of kitch, and commercialism, and have since moved onto to appreciate less brash forms of photography. As far as Rihanna is concerned, I feel she can nearly do no wrong. She is funny and irreverent without being too shocking, or disrespectful, and even in her video for the song S&M, the taboo subject is delivered in a more tongue in cheek manner.
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Rihanna Video Above
LaChapelle Shoot Below |
That being said, there would have been a better way to create a video for the song than to take shots of LaChapelle's and claim them as her own! She was so cute rocking Jeremy Scott, and Prada's 2 toned mink stole. I was annoyed at David, thinking "he doesn't have the right to claim pink backgrounds, and frizzy hair..." Oops, then the recognizable shot of Rihanna with plastic pulled tight and taped with X's showed... It went down hill from there! There were points where I thought I had been misinformed and he had actually directed this video. Too Much RiRi, as David tweeted earlier this month, ""The next time you make a David LaChapelle video, you should probably hire David LaChapelle!
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