Title: LaChapelle: Heaven to Hell
Author: David LaChapelle
Format: Oversized glossy color pictorial hardcover photography book
Publisher: Taschen
Language: English
Narrative type: Nonfiction photography monograph and visual art collection
Genre: Photography, art and culture, modern and contemporary
Intended audience: Adult readers and collectors of contemporary art, fashion, and celebrity photography
Era: 2000s contemporary photography
Features: Full-color plates throughout, numerous double-page spreads, decorative postcard-style endpapers, and large-format reproductions of LaChapelle's staged scenes and portraits
Edition details: Large-format English-language hardcover edition in Taschen's LaChapelle series
Brand markings: Spine and title page read "LaChapelle Heaven to Hell" with the Taschen imprint, and interior images are credited to LaChapelle Studios
Description: Presents David LaChapelle's highly stylized photographic vision exploring themes of paradise, temptation, faith, fame, and catastrophe through elaborately staged tableaux and saturated color imagery.
Additional details: Includes portraits of actors, musicians, and rap and pop artists along with narrative sequences set on beaches, cityscapes, and fantastical interiors, continuing the visual story begun in LaChapelle Land and Hotel LaChapelle.
Keywords: David LaChapelle Heaven to Hell, Taschen hardcover photography book, contemporary art and culture, celebrity and rap portraits, fashion editorial images, oversized color pictorial HC