Ron Galella

Ron Galella ( in 1931 in the Bronx in New York City) moved to Los Angeles in his early twenties and trained as a photo journalist. In his free time he photographed the stars arriving at film premieres and sold his photos to the National Enquirer and Fotoplay. His pictures are snapshots rather than portraits. Spontaneous, not staged, and as a result extremely authentic. Whether it was Jacqueline Kennedy, Marlon Brando, Greta Garbo, Andy Warhol, Sean Penn, Robert Redford, Muhammad Ali, Madonna, Mick Jagger or Audrey Hepburn he 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 photograph her again as long as he lived. Andy Warhol on the other hand adored the photographer and Elizabeth Taylor used his photographs in her biography. §In addition to his spontaneous Paparazzi photographs, Galella also took staged photographs, commissioned by numerous magazines such as Time, Rolling Stone, VOGUE or Vanity Fair. The publication presents more than 100 of his astounding photos. §Exhibition schedule: C/O Berlin, December 10, 2011 February 26, 2012