"The single S&M, however, has fizzled on the charts, and the video has been banned in some countries for its sexual content.In the suit, LaChapelle said Rihanna had appropriated eight of his images into the video, such as a shot where she is shown in profile against a blue background with a piece of candy on her tongue.
LaChapelle said Rihanna's video copied the 'composition, total concept, feel, tone, mood, theme, colours, props, settings, decors, wardrobe and lighting' of his work."
"He is suing for unspecified damages. A spokeswoman for Rihanna did not immediately respond to a request for comment. One scene shows Rihanna 'walking' gossip blogger on a leash, while dressed in late. It corresponds with a 2002 LaChapelle image for Vogue, Aristocrats, which shows a similar scene.
Earlier this month, the similarities were spotted by fans of the photographer, who flooded his fan pages on Facebook and Twitter with comments.A source at his studio told celebrity website Radar Online that initially fans though LaChapelle had directed the video.Other images allegedly copied in the Rihanna video include a striped room with girls wearing red afro wigs dancing on the furniture. The Chapelle version, Striped Farce, is again remarkably similar.Another shows Lady Gaga naked, but for newsprint covering her private areas - Rihanna wears a similar outfit in her video.The singer's video was shot by Melina Matsoukas, who also directed her track Rude Boy."
"A source told Radar that he left photos of LaChapelle's Vogue shoots lying around the set for inspiration.
One person to criticise the similarities was Perez himself, despite appearing in a scene.
He tweeted: 'The next time you make a David LaChapelle music video you should probably hire David LaChapelle.' "
Reference: Rihanna sued by famed fashion Photographer David LaChapelle over 'copycat' S&M video (2011) [Internet] Available from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1357013/Rihanna-sued-S-M-video-fashion-photographer-David-LaChapelle.html [Accessed 15th March 2011]
""In a move most people saw a mile (or at least a tweet) away, fashion photographer David LaChapelle has sued Rihanna over her “S&M” music video which he claims was “directly derived” from his work.
In a lawsuit made public on Monday, LaChapelle called the video “substantially similar” to his eight examples of his work — a fact that didn’t go unnoticed by legions of his fans, fashion connoisseurs, and, well, LaChapelle himself, who tweeted on the day of the video’s release: “The next time you make a David LaChapelle music video you should probably hire David LaChapelle.” (The tweet was subsequently deleted.)"
"From Reuters:LaChapelle said Rihanna’s video copied the “composition, total concept, feel, tone, mood, theme, colors, props, settings, decors, wardrobe and lighting” of his work."
"He is suing for unspecified damages. A spokeswoman for Rihanna did not immediately respond to a request for comment."
"While the lawsuit isn’t great news for Rihanna, it will, at the very least, drum up some press for a single which has (in Reuters’ words) “fizzled on the charts.” But the lawsuit may inspire others. We’ve received two emails about a 19-year-old photographer named Philipp Paulus whose 2010 editorial Paperworld also appears to have inspired her video. A side by side of the images is below, as is a behind-the-scenes video from his shoot."
Reference: David Lachapelle sues Rihanna over S&M video (2011) [Internet] Available at http://www.styleite.com/media/rihanna-lawsuit-david-lachapelle/ [Accessed 15th March 2011]
Reference: David Lachapelle Rihanna (2011) [Online Image] Available from: http://gossiponthis.com/2011/02/15/rihanna-sued-by-david-lachapelle/ [Accessed 1st April]
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