The Last Supper (2003)
This is a photograph by David LaChapelle and it shows a large group of 'gangsters' that surround a model representing the character of Jesus around a long horizontal table in a small room. LaChapelle aimed to recreate the famous painting by Da Vinci, "The Last Supper" which featured Jesus and his disciples.
He replaces Jesus' disciples in the painting with a group of disciples of different race, ethnicity and style who are all representing modern life. LaChapelle also places a glowing halo coming from Jesus' head to show his absolute majesty and to glorify the image of Jesus himself.
I feel that he uses irony and humour to show how the teachings of Jesus can be intergrated into modern society. LaChapelle said that through this series, he wanted to “rescue the teachings of Christ” from the fundamentalists, who use Jesus’ words to judge and condemn rather than uplift. He also uses a high saturation of colours in this photo to amplify each section of the photograph to make his subject and symbolic meaning behind the photo stand out better.
Oh right. My mistake for thinking it's the other way round. (Associating Jesus with gangsters to discredit Christianity) :D Yeah right. LaChapelle's a puppet unable to think for himself.
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