So incredibly proud, excited, and in awe of @david_lachapelle and @fotografiska.newyork team for tomorrow's opening... Welcome to make Believe, a survey of David LaChapelle’s world renowned, artistic career. This exhibition is the first building-wide takeover for Fotografiska New York. In make Believe, more than 150 works represent David’s oeuvre from 1984 to the present. Here, the photographic medium extends into stained glass imagery, film, and collage. make Believe is curated with the visitor experience in mind. We invite you to descend through Fotografiska, moving through the artist’s representations of humanity, which blur the boundaries between fantasy and truth. One is transported into a metaphysical world of celebrity, environmental collapse, religious mysticism, and historical allegory in art. The final floor presents lush landscapes and paradisical imagery, signaling a sublime world of hope and redemption. The longevity of LaChapelle’s iconic images establishes him as one of the most significant photographers of the modern era. As observed by Amy Spindler in her 1997 New York Times review, “Mr. LaChapelle is certain to influence the work of a new generation of photographers in the same way that Mr. Avedon pioneered so much of what is familiar today.” Twenty-five years later, Spindler’s prophecy has come to pass. Photo Credits: David and Jonathan loved him as his own soul, Los Angeles 2021 © David LaChapelle Death by Hamburger, Los Angeles, 2001 © David LaChapelle Kim Kardashian: Abiding Lamentation, Los Angeles, 2018 © David LaChapelle Staircase To Paradise, Hawaii, 2018 © David LaChapelle Tupac Shakur: Becoming Clean, Los Angeles, 1996 © David LaChapelle Behold, Hawaii 2015 © David LaChapelle 1 Samuel 18:1: ... the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David LaChepelle Portrait 2019