Pop Culture (?)

I believe that there is an ongoing, never ending controversy between Pop Art and art critics...Pop Art is the art that uses elements of popular culture, and also often uses elements of commercial art and advertising.

We all think of Andy Warhol and his can of Campel Soup when we think of Pop Art, since we believe that Pop Art belongs back to the 60's, but I believe that it is an ongoing movement, that represents what is being "popular" at any specific moment in time. Reading and evaluating art critics, someone can see that there is a tendency from critics to judge artists very strictly as soon as they start becoming popular. There are many examples of contemporary artists that were introduced by critics as "promising", but after a big successful exhibition, as soon as their name became popular, critics became strict and judge their work differently.

David La Chapelle is a celebrity photographer.. His portfolio is unique...Where else could someone see Quentin Taratino and Madonna, next to Michael Jackson and Mohammad Ali? David La Chapelle started back in the 80s in New York, when Andy Warhol gave him his first job as a photographer for Interview Magazine..

Allthough he became popular with his magazine pictures, he know calls the years he spent shooting for magazines, his "School years". He says that he had always used photography as a means to try to understand the world and the paradox that is his life. 

In a parallel time, these photographs were shot while I was interested in all forms of Pop Art, and I believe that still, these pictures are a stepping stone, from the 1990's to the 00's, like a social criticism, that moves from consumerism, to minimalism...