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"David LaChapelle, one of the most well-known (and controversial) photographers working today, recently retired from a career in publishing spanning more than 20 years to focus full time on his personal fine art. His much-anticipated new work, The Rape of Africa, a year-long labor of passion and persistence, casts a regal Naomi Campbell in the role of Venus from the Botticelli masterpiece Venus and Mars, in a monumental tableaux that seduces viewers with sexy bling, only to shock them with the environmental devastation and violent conflicts that pervade African mining..."
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