What a schmuck. If you already think of paparazzi as bottom feeding scum hiding behind the first amendment this portrait of Ron Galella will only strengthen your conviction. The point and click mentality of photography is not art even if it results in some good shots from time to time. This is simple economics as celebrity culture warrants a good pay cheque.
"The first time you go to his house, you think: Omg, is The Sopranos!" LOL. Someone please help the girl in the gallery: "BAR-DOT? What? Bobby -- Kennedy?" SOS! I'll be seeing you, Ron Galella.
I loved this movie's debate about Galella's body of work and methods. Though I enjoyed gawking at his pics, I sympathize with those at whom he points his camera. Constitutional law expert Floyd Abrams summed it up best, pegging Galella as "the price tag of the First Amendment." That woman in the museum who couldn't identify the pictures was pathetic though. I wanted to go Brando on her, like he got Galella.
Whatever you think of his approach ,Ron Galella is a facinating subject
Actually love his fotos, some of his methods and moral ethic I dont share, but his fotos are amazing!
Mesmerizing portrait, pun intended, of the world's greatest papparazzo