David LaChapelle
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David LaChapelle is an American photographer and music video director known for his surreal, hyper-stylized, and often provocative visual style.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David LaChapelle canonical | 25 |
| Steven Klein | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2289158 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David LaChapelle Context triple: [Dirrty music video, director, David LaChapelle]
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A.
Mark Romanek
Mark Romanek is an acclaimed American music video and film director known for his visually innovative work with artists like Nine Inch Nails, Madonna, and Johnny Cash, as well as for directing the feature film "One Hour Photo."
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B.
Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel is an American painter and filmmaker known for his large-scale, neo-expressionist works and acclaimed films such as "Basquiat" and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly."
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C.
Stephen Gaghan
Stephen Gaghan is an American screenwriter and director best known for his politically charged, multi-narrative films such as "Traffic" and "Syriana."
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D.
Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney is an American contemporary artist and filmmaker best known for his elaborate, multimedia works that blend sculpture, performance, and mythic narrative, including the acclaimed "Cremaster" cycle.
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E.
William Klein
William Klein was an influential American-born French photographer and filmmaker renowned for his gritty, innovative street photography and groundbreaking fashion work.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David LaChapelle Target entity description: David LaChapelle is an American photographer and music video director known for his surreal, hyper-stylized, and often provocative visual style.
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A.
Mark Romanek
Mark Romanek is an acclaimed American music video and film director known for his visually innovative work with artists like Nine Inch Nails, Madonna, and Johnny Cash, as well as for directing the feature film "One Hour Photo."
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B.
Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel is an American painter and filmmaker known for his large-scale, neo-expressionist works and acclaimed films such as "Basquiat" and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly."
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C.
Stephen Gaghan
Stephen Gaghan is an American screenwriter and director best known for his politically charged, multi-narrative films such as "Traffic" and "Syriana."
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D.
Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney is an American contemporary artist and filmmaker best known for his elaborate, multimedia works that blend sculpture, performance, and mythic narrative, including the acclaimed "Cremaster" cycle.
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E.
William Klein
William Klein was an influential American-born French photographer and filmmaker renowned for his gritty, innovative street photography and groundbreaking fashion work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist
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film director ⓘ human ⓘ music video director ⓘ photographer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1963-03-11 ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Andy Warhol ⓘ |
| employer | Interview magazine ⓘ |
| familyName | LaChapelle ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
celebrity photography
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fashion photography ⓘ fine art photography ⓘ music video direction ⓘ |
| genre |
fashion photography
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music video ⓘ portrait photography ⓘ surreal photography ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.davidlachapelle.com/ ⓘ |
| hasWorkedWith |
Britney Spears
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Christina Aguilera ⓘ Elton John ⓘ Eminem ⓘ
linked to:
Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III)
Gwen Stefani ⓘ Jennifer Lopez ⓘ Kanye West ⓘ Lady Gaga ⓘ Lil' Kim ⓘ Madonna ⓘ Moby ⓘ No Doubt ⓘ Ricky Martin ⓘ TLC ⓘ Whitney Houston ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | postmodern art ⓘ |
| name | David LaChapelle ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
celebrity portraiture
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elaborate staged compositions ⓘ highly saturated color photography ⓘ religious and pop culture iconography in photography ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Heaven to Hell
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Hotel LaChapelle ⓘ LaChapelle Land ⓘ |
| occupation |
commercial director
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film director ⓘ fine-art photographer ⓘ music video director ⓘ photographer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
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linked to:
Fairfield, Connecticut
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| residence |
Hawaii, United States
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linked to:
Hawaii
|
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| style |
hyper-stylized imagery
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provocative imagery ⓘ surreal visual style ⓘ |
| workedFor | Interview magazine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: David LaChapelle Description of subject: David LaChapelle is an American photographer and music video director known for his surreal, hyper-stylized, and often provocative visual style.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: David LaChapelle
subject linked to:
Can’t Hold Us Down
subject linked to:
Spectrum (Say My Name)
subject linked to:
Everytime music video
subject linked to:
Daytona by Pusha T
subject linked to:
Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth
subject linked to:
Christina Aguilera’s single Dirrty