UDavid LaChapelle owazalwa ngoMashi 11, 1963 eFairfield, e-Connecticut, e-USA, ungumthwebuli wezithombe waseMelika futhi ongumenzi wamafilimu owaziwa ngomsebenzi wakhe kwezemfashini, ezokukhangisa nezithombe ezinhle zobuciko. Isibhamu sakhe sokuqala kwakuyisithombe sikanina, uHelga LaChapelle, egqoke i-bikini futhi ephethe ingilazi yaseMartini [ref. kudingeka], kuvulandi ePuerto Rico. Lokhu kwakungukuqala kothando lwakhe. Ngaphambi kokuba abe ngumculi, wasebenza isikhashana kuStudio 54, ikilabhu elidumile eNew York, ngenkathi esafunda. Wasebenza njengomculi eNorth Carolina School of the Arts wabe esefunda eNew York School of the Arts. Lapho efika, uLaChapelle wajoyina i-Art Students Association kanye neSikole Sezobuciko Obubonakalayo. U-Andy Warhol wamnika umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala kumagazini we-Interview. Izincwadi zakhe zinezithombe eziningi zezinkanyezi zaseMelika, njengoBritney Spears, uMarilyn Manson, uRyan Phillippe, uDrew Barrymore, Uma Thurman, uLeonardo DiCaprio, uPamela Anderson, uLana Del Rey, uNaomi Campbell, noma lowo amethula njengomnyuziyamu wakhe, u-Amanda Lepore . Umsebenzi wakhe, owenziwa kakhulu ekusebenzeni komkhiqizo wemboni yezemfashini