DAVID LACHAPELLE

He was a modern-day martyr, a messenger — and he was innocent!” So says David LaChapelle of Michael Jackson, the man who got away — from the celebrity photographer’s lens. And while LaChapelle shot to fame on his startling, sometimes surreal fashion ads and portraits of icons David Bowie, David Beckham, Elton John, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and a gaggle of others, he never did get the Gloved One. Now, however, LaChapelle’s made Jackson the focal point of his new show, “American Jesus” — five oversize digital photos, three of them featuring a dead ringer for MJ.

New York Post
July 15 2010