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Ron Galella ( 1931 in der Bronx, New York City) zog mit Anfang zwanzig nach Los Angeles und machte eine Ausbildung zum Fotojournalisten. In seiner Freizeit fotografierte er Stars und verkaufte seine Bilder an die Yellow Press. Es waren zumeist Schnappschüsse, spontan, nicht gestellt und außerordentlich authentisch. Ob Jacqueline Kennedy, Marlon Brando, Greta Garbo, Andy Warhol, Sean Penn, Robert Redford, Muhammad Ali, Madonna, Mick Jagger oder Audrey Hepburn er bekam sie alle vor sein Objektiv. Ron Gallelas fotografische Herangehensweise führte jedoch neben körperlichen Übergriffen auch zu Klagen, unter anderem von Jacqueline Kennedy, die ihm schließlich per Gerichtsbeschluss verbieten ließ, sie jemals wieder abzulichten. Andy Warhol hingegen verehrte den Fotografen und Elizabeth Taylor integrierte seine Fotos in ihrer Biografie.
Neben seinen spontanen Paparazzi-Fotos inszenierte Ron Galella auch Aufnahmen im Auftrag von Magazinen wie Time, Rolling Stone, VOGUE oder Vanity Fair. Über hundert seiner erstaunlichen Bilder stellt der Band vor.
Ausstellung: C/O Berlin 10.12.2011 26.2.2012
Summary
Ron Galella (*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.
Exhibition schedule: C/O Berlin, December 10, 2011–February 26, 2012
This book is bound with an open book spine that gives a good layflat behaviour. This rough look contrasts intentionally with the noble three sided gilt edging.
