Behind The Scenes LAVAZZA Calendar Shoot with David LaChapelle

12 Top Photographers Commissioned to Shoot Self-Portraits For 2012 Lavazza Coffee Calendar

Lavazza has released its 2012 calendar, which is its jubilee project. To mark the 20th anniversary of the calendar, the famous Italian coffeemaker asked 12 photographers who had shot its previous editions to take self-portraits.



The LAVAZZERS 2012 from Eugenio Recuenco on Vimeo.

David Lachapelle – Energy

 Albert Watson – Intimacy

Annie Leibovitz - Escape

Ellen Von Unwerth ~Euphoria

 Erwin Olaf – Inspiration

 Mark Seliger – Deep 

Miles Aldridge – Reflection

 Finlay Mackay – Excitement

 Elliott Erwitt – Humour

 Eugenio Recuenco – Culture

Marino Parisotto – Seduction

Thierry Le Gouès – Substance

Photographer Profile ~ David LaChapelle

David LaChapelle began taking photographs in high school. At the age of 18, at the end of the 70s, he moved from North Carolina to New York's Lower East Side. After a chance meeting with Andy Warhol, he began shooting for Interview magazine, the place he calls "art school."


LaChapelle went on to become one of photography's most unique image makers. His vibrant sexualized images, both bizarre and gorgeous, have appeared on and in between the covers of Italian Vogue, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, i-D, Vibe, Interview, The Face, British GQ,  and Vanity fair to name a few. 

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David LaChapelle's "Rape Of Africa" on Display in Toronto. This Giant Photo Mural is The Highlight of The Contact Photography Exhibit.

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The scene, inspired by Sandro Botticelli’s Venus and Mars painting, features a serene Naomi Campbell as its African Venus. I photographed this mural using two stiched images

The Rape of Africa is a unique piece, the artist actually debated whether he would make it.
"Deluge was the first image he made for the art world, not for a magazine, it’s the image that marks the start of his focus onto the art world. The Rape of Africa has no fashion in it. He wasn’t sure whether he wanted to make it because he already did 'Decadence: The insufficiency of All Things Attainable' in which he focused on the abundance of wealth in America and the world and the fact we were heading to a crash, which of course we did. He thought he had said it all with that piece, but with the Rape of Africa it’s a whole different subject, a new context, it’s a piece that means to stand on its own." (taken from http://www.iconique.com/flash/style/davidlachapelle-therapeofafrica.html)

Behind The Scenes Maybach Campaign by David LaChapelle.

David LaChapelle Documentary ~ Speaks about Andy Warhol giving him his big break and about his new work.