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Photog,
Simpsons
Trade
Shots
What
better
Fashion
Week
kickoff
than
a
nasty
catfight
between
Jessica
and
Ashlee
Simpson
and
legendary
photographer
David
LaChapelle?
The
37-year-old
LaChapelle
spewed
flames
of
hatred
for
the
sisters
Simpson
at
Tuesday
night's
benefit
for
the
Brazilian
charity
Voice
of
the
Streets
at
Churrascaria
Plataforma
Tribeca.
"They're
everything
that's
wrong
with
music,"
LaChapelle
seethed
to
Lowdown.
"Out
of
everything
combined,
they're
everything
wrong
with
culture,
and
everything
wrong
with
art,
and
what
we
think
of
as
art
and
musical
culture
- in
one
family!"
LaChapelle,
who
not
only
shoots
covers
for
Vanity
Fair
and
Italian
Vogue
and
makes
music
videos
but
also
directed
the
critically
acclaimed
documentary
"Rize,"
was
just
getting
warmed
up.
"They're
nothing.
They
have
nothing.
They
hold
no
interest
whatsoever
for
anybody,"
he
sniffed.
"They're
reality-red-carpet,
lip-synching
television
stars.
I
don't
know
what
they
are
beyond
that.
I
don't
think
they
offer
anything."
So
what
did
these
innocent
young
ladies
ever
to
do
to
him?
According
to a
source
in
the
Simpson
camp,
LaChapelle
is
bitter
that
Jessica
and
Ashlee
recently
refused
to
pose
for
him
for
a
Rolling
Stone
cover.
"When
you
do a
cover
with
your
sister,
you
both
want
to
look
like
who
you
are,"
says
the
source.
"David
doesn't
have
that
skill.
The
girls
were
looking
for
a
photographer
who
wasn't
a
one-trick
pony.
He's
good
at
what
he
does,
but
that's
it."
LaChapelle's
longtime
producer,
Fred
Torres,
yesterday
fired
back:
"We've
worked
with
everyone
from
Madonna
to
Janet
Jackson,
and
have
never
had
someone
so
on-again,
off-again
as
the
Simpsons.
In
the
10
years
I've
worked
with
David,
I've
never
known
anyone
to
be
so
difficult
as
they
were."
LaChapelle
was
too
busy
packing
for
the
Paris
premiere
of
"Rize"
to
get
on
the
phone,
but
he
couldn't
resist
taking
a
final
swipe
in a
statement
that
he
issued
through
Torres.
"I
was
only
doing
it
because
of
my
relationship
with
Rolling
Stone,"
he
said.
"We
were
going
to
try
and
make
the
Simpsons
look
cool.
I
realize
now
that
is
an
impossible
task."
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