Photographer of the week... David LaChapelle

He's fun, decadent, frothy and frivolous. He's tongue-in-cheek and sometimes satirical but also thoughtful, insightful, and sometimes political.

Marilyn Manson (image from here)

David LaChapelle has his finger on the pulse of celebrity-dom, photographing just about every major celebrity at their zenith and in doing so he indulges our voyeuristic desire to consume them.

Britney Spears (image from here) and Lady Ga Ga (image from here)

The photo below of fashion designer Alexander McQueen, and Isabella Blow the famous magazine editor who discovered him, is my favourite I think.

Alexander McQueen (image from here)

I love it. I went to his show at the Barbican a few years back and it was an absolute visual delight. He is one very very talented man (well one very very talented man leading a team of talented people really) and I can't wait to see what (and who) he does next.

You have to visit his website to see the gorgeousness, and you might also be interested in the Wiki entry.