Further research into 'addiction'.

I continued to search for photographers that had captured images suiting the theme of addiction. I was under the impression i wouldn't find anyone as good as Clarence Williams, however, it was worth a try.
I came across a fashion/art photographer; David Lachapelle, who's work completely contrasted with the work of Williams but still contained this idea of addiction and the theme of 'cost of living'.
Many of Lachapelle's work involved the use of celebrities, with the focus of portraying the materialistic and consumerist values within popular culture. Unlike Williams all of his works are heavily staged and include a lot of colour, that is then increased in contrast and saturation in post production.
Below are two of his works that incorporated the idea of 'addiction'.

Many of Lachapelles work are controversial and extremely explicit which is what i feel adds to the effectiveness and iconic nature of the photos. In the bottom photo i like the combination of the bad boy image and detail that captures the smoke, however, other than that it doesn't capture the emotion or effectiveness that i am looking for. The top photo of the naked female is much more effectively taken. The pose of her eyes and no doubt enhanced post production creates the effect that they are completely white which automatically suggest she is extremely drug fueled. The enhanced used of contrast in this image also adds power, however, unlike Williams in a more attractive and almost seductive way.
Finding these images has helped show me the importance of the use of use of black and white in capturing the effect i desire and also more importantly shown me how direct portraits ,that only focus on the one individual are not remotely as effective, and are something i will look to avoid within my project.

I came across a William Klein photo that effectively clarifies my point of the importance for this style of feature photography to be busy and contain numerous subjects that surround the main part of the image.

The image is a great image, there is no doubting that, and yes it does capture a longing, depressed mood with the heavy smoke, black head piece and dark shadows, however, I feel because it is just a straight on close up of the individual it does not carry the same emotional density as Williams's work.

The effect and theme of the image is similar to the work of Williams, which causes me to share the emotion and pain of a mourning of death (that is suggested through the females black head piece) for the female.