His long influence of Italian Artists was matched by his influence in Muralists such as Diego Rivera and Orozco. Previously, during a journey to Italy (2006), the Artist had the chance of a private visit to the Sistine Chapel; his artistic sensibility was so unsettled by the beauty and power of Roman art that those elements gave the ultimate drive to the necessity of a change of his artistic production. Until then LaChapelle prefered that his photos be published on fashion magazines and books, without critical texts.

The goal has never been to restrict to the mere picture, but to reach as broad of an audience as possible – this is the way to be a pop artist – as he leads the lectures of his work on an emotional shock level.

LaChapelle pushed his aesthetics to the limit, but in 2006 walked out on the scene. He turned away from worldliness in order to live in a wild island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. “I said what I wanted to say”. LaChapelle steps in another chapter of his life and the turning point is Deluge, modeled after The Flood by Michelangelo.

He selects his public appearances, prefers museums and art galleries, instead of magazines, to show his photos, while celebrities images almost fade out from his works.

LATIN AMERICAN BACKGROUND

In 2009, when he exhibited for the first time in México City at the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso he was received with an overwhelming audience and welcomed by the members of the press. More than 170,000 people visited his solo exhibit that proved to be more than a revelation to hispanics.   His long influence of Italian Artists was matched by his influence in Muralists such as Diego Rivera and Orozco.    

David LaChapelle has held 13 individual exhibitions in prestigious museums in 8 Latin American countries. His first exhibition in the region was held at the MALBA in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2007), followed by the Museo Brasileiro da Escultura in Sao Paulo, Brasil (2008). Later he held 2 exhibitions that broke records of attendance in Mexico with more than 170,000 visitors. First in the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City (2009), followed by the Museo de Las Artes in Guadalajara (2009). Additionally, the Artist continued exhibiting at the Museum of Contemporary Art of San Juan, Puerto Rico (2011). Recently, with two highly attended shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lima, Peru (2015) and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago, Chile (2015). Also, his work was seen from May to July 2015, in Bogotá, Colombia (2015) as part of the Bogota Photography Biennialle 2015, with an individual exhibition at Lamazone Gallery and subsequently at the Ch.ACO Art Fair, in Santiago, Chile -2015 and 2016- at the AFA Gallery. In 2016, his work was presented in Montevideo, Uruguay in an exhibition circuit titled Diálogos Imaginarios, at the Centro de Fotografía, the Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Fundación Unión and the Asociación General de Autores del Uruguay. In the same year, he returns to Argentina, 9 years later to present a chronological exhibition at the Usina del Arte, in Buenos Aires (2016).

Since his appearance in the Mexico City Exhibit (2009), the artist has incorporated talks with students and artists, as part of his agenda; sharing his experience and life stories as an Artist.