"The Rape of Africa" is a large scaled 4x10 foot photograph that was 2 years in the making by artist D. LaChapelle. At the David DeSanctis Gallery, he spoke about one of the references for his photograph: "Venus and Mars" by Sandro Botticelli.
He also spoke about a portrait of Michael Jackson that he did after Jackson's death. He used a Michael Jackson impersonator and staged this photograph near his home in Maui. He then spent the next three weeks moving pixel by pixel recreating Jackson's face. LaChapelle thought that Jackson was a misunderstood "saint" in this lifetime. In this photograph, he portrays Jackson as archangel Michael defeating the devil.
This theme is also a classic image seen in these following images.
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