I decided to call this book Hotel LaChapelle because almost all the photos in it were conceived of and made while in hotels. I spend most of my time in hotel rooms. I've gotten so used to living in them that I've made my apartment look like one so I won't feel like I am away from home when I actually am home. And when people come for a photo session with me, they are giving themselves over, sort of checking in. When you stay at a hotel you're living for one day in a place where you don't normally live. That feeling can be true with photographs, too... Love, david