Paparazzo Extraordinaire!
Ron Galella
Hatje Cantz & C/O Berlin
German and English
Softcover, gilt-edged
200 Pages
200 x 220 mm
2011
ISBN 9783775733243
Collection of celebrity images by Paparazzi Ron Galella to mark the occasion of an exhibition at C/O Berlin, December 10, 2011–February 26, 2012.
About the Artist
Ron Galella (b*1931 in the Bronx) moved to Los Angeles in his early twenties, where he trained as a photojournalist. In his free time he took pictures of the stars arriving at film premieres, selling them to the National Enquirer and Fotoplay. His photos are snapshots rather than portraits—spontaneous, not staged, and extraordinarily authentic. Whether Jacqueline Kennedy, Marlon Brando, Greta Garbo, Andy Warhol, Sean Penn, Robert Redford, Muhammad Ali, Madonna, Mick Jagger, or Audrey Hepburn—Galella managed to get them all in front of his lens. In addition to physical assaults, his photographic approach also caused him to be sued—he had to promise Jacqueline Kennedy not to take another picture of her again as long as he lived. Andy Warhol, on the other hand, adored him, and Elizabeth Taylor used his images in her biography. In addition to his spontaneous paparazzi photographs, Galella also took staged pictures, commissioned by magazines such as Time, Rolling Stone, VOGUE or Vanity Fair. The publication presents more than one hundred of his astounding photos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Galella
About the publisher
C/O Berlin is an exhibition space for photography and visual media. As a nonprofit organisation, C/O Berlin presents works by respected artists, supports emerging talents, and welcomes everyone to discover contemporary visual culture.
https://co-berlin.org/en
(Source: https://co-berlin.org/en/about-us)
Hatje Cantz is an international publisher of illustrated books on art, architecture, photography, design, and visual culture, founded by Gerd Hatje in Stuttgart in 1945. Since its inception, Hatje Cantz has been developing and publishing illustrated books with a special focus on quality, both in terms of content and production.
The aim of our publishing activities is to impart knowledge through books containing words and images. In doing so, we inspire ourselves and our audience with topics related to art, culture, and other contemporary themes.
Our mission is to make art in all its facets more accessible while meeting the highest standards of quality in terms of both content and technology.
https://www.hatjecantz.com/
(Source: https://www.hatjecantz.com/pages/about-us)
