Week 9- The Celebrity Image

The Celebrity image is something that many of us take for granted and some of us live on.  We are a community that loves celebrity culture.  In America, we hear more news about what  happened to Brittany Spears then we do about the Iraq War.  This is our society today, which is sad but a reality.

This is an example of how filled our pages are with the celebrity image.  The paparazzi follow celebrities around day in and day out and exploit the lives of the famous.  

This is what can happen to someone who gets pushed too far...

Then there is someone who photographs many celebrities in a fun and imaginative way, David La Chapelle.  People either love or hate him, but either way, people can't stop and look at his creative photographs.  This photograph is of Elton John, a very famous musician who has been photographed numerous times but not in the style of Chapelle.  

Here is another way of celebrating the celebrity image, with a tattoo and having a snapshot done in remembrance.