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Ron Galella: New York
Contributor(s): Galella, Ron (Photographer), Vogelson, Nick (Editor), Van Meter, William (Text by (Art, Photo Books))
ISBN: 8862083556     ISBN-13: 9788862083553
Publisher: Damiani Ltd
OUR PRICE:   $44.96  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: May 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Photography | Individual Photographers - Monographs
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Celebrity
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Portraits & Selfies
Dewey: 779.209
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 9.2" W x 11.2" (2.85 lbs) 176 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
The paparazzi photography of Ron Galella has been the subject of several monographs, but this is the first volume to focus on the city with which his work is most identified--New York, in the 1970s and 80s. The book contains many unpublished images from Galella's archives of iconic celebrities of the day, such as Bianca Jagger, Madonna, Grace Jones, Halston and Al Pacino--out and about on the streets, at JFK airport or in hotel lobbies, enjoying the nightlife and theater culture of a grittier New York City. Journalist William Van Meter interviews Galella about specific images, providing captions that reveal previously untold anecdotes about Galella's most legendary photographs.

Ron Galella (born 1931) is widely regarded as the most famous and most controversial celebrity photographer in the world. He has been dubbed Paparazzo Extraordinaire by Newsweek, and the godfather of US paparazzi culture by Time and Vanity Fair. Galella has endured two highly publicized court battles with Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis, a broken jaw at the hands of Marlon Brando and a serious beating by Richard Burton's bodyguards. His work has been exhibited at museums and galleries throughout the world. The Museum of Modern Art New York and San Francisco, the Tate Modern in London and the Helmut Newton Foundation Museum of Photography in Berlin, among many others, all maintain collections of Galella's photography. A native New Yorker now residing in Montville, New Jersey, Galella served as a United States Air Force photographer during the Korean conflict before attending the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, where he earned a degree in Photojournalism.