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Ronald Edward Galella (January 10, 1931 – April 30, 2022) was an American
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, known as a pioneer
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. Dubbed "Paparazzo Extraordinaire" by ''
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'' and "the Godfather of the U.S. paparazzi culture" by ''
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'' magazine and '' Vanity Fair'', he is regarded by ''
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'' as "arguably the most controversial paparazzo of all time". He photographed many celebrities out of the public eye and gained notice for his feuds with some of them, including
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and
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. Despite the numerous controversies and claims of
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, Galella's work was praised and exhibited in
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worldwide. During his career, Galella took more than three million photographs of public figures.


Early life

Galella was born in New York City on January 10, 1931, in a family of Italian heritage. His father, Vincenzo, was an immigrant from
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,
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, who manufactured pianos and coffins; his mother, Michelina (Marinaccio), was born in New Jersey to immigrants from
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,
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, and worked as a
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beader. After graduating high school, he won a two-year scholarship at the
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in Brooklyn but turned it down due to his deficiencies in mathematics. Galella served as a
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photographer from 1951 to 1955, including during the
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. He later attended the
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in Los Angeles, California, graduating with a degree in
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in 1958. In his free time, Galella took pictures of the stars arriving at film premieres, selling them to magazines like ''
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'' and ''
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''. He soon became known for his photographic approach, portraying famous people out of the spotlight.


Career

Galella's photographs have been featured in hundreds of publications including ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Vanity Fair'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. In his in-home
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, Galella made his own prints which have been exhibited at museums and galleries throughout the world, including the
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in New York City,
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, the
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in London, and the
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Foundation Museum of Photography in Berlin. In 2009, his father's hometown of
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made Galella an
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. He was the subject of a 2010 documentary film by
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entitled ''
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''. The film's title is a quote from
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directed to her security agent after Galella pursued her and her children through
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, New York. The documentary premiered at the 2010
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, winning the Grand Jury Award for Directing in the U.S. Documentary category. It also received positive reviews at the 54th
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before it aired on the
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.


Controversies

Galella was known for his obsessive picture taking of
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and the subsequent legal battles associated with it. ''
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'' called it "the most co-dependent celeb-pap
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relationship ever". The 1972
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trial ''Galella v. Onassis'' resulted in a restraining order to keep Galella 50 yards (later changed to 25 feet) away from Onassis. He was found guilty of breaking this order four times and faced seven years in jail and a $120,000 fine; later settling for a $10,000 fine and surrendering his rights to photograph Jackie and her children. On June 12, 1973, actor
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punched Galella in the face outside a restaurant in Chinatown in New York City, breaking the photographer's jaw and knocking out five of his teeth on the left side of his mouth. Galella had been following Brando, who was accompanied by
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, to the restaurant after a taping of ''
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'' earlier that day. Galella hired lawyers Stuart Schlesinger and Alfred Julien to sue Brando and ultimately settled for US$40,000. Schlesinger reported in the 2010 documentary ''
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'' that Galella received two-thirds, but only cared about getting the message out, "I don't want anyone to think they can go around punching me if I am taking their picture. Get that story out, not the money." The next time Galella chased Brando, he wore a
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helmet. Galella once lost a tooth when he was beaten by
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's security guards. He unsuccessfully sued the actor.
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, who tended to be tolerant towards photographers, was often heard to mutter, "I'm going to kill Ron Galella!", although the actress would later use his photographs in her biography. Galella's other targets included
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, whose bodyguards slashed his tires,
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, whose security staff hosed him down, the restaurateur
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of
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once threw a trashcan lid at his head, and
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, who spat at him and reportedly punched him while being photographed with his then-wife
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. In spite of these controversies, art galleries across the world have valued his work for its artistic and socio-historical value. He was praised by
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, who said: "My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person doing something unfamous. It's being in the right place at the wrong time. That's why my favorite photographer is Ron Galella". Art writer
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defined him as a "brilliant realist able to represent the world faithfully". One of Galella's pictures depicting Jacqueline Onassis, dubbed "Windblown Jackie", was included among "The most influential images of all time" by ''Time'' magazine in 2016.


Personal life

Galella married Betty Lou Burke in 1979. She worked as a photo editor for ''Today Is Sunday'', and was subsequently his business partner. They remained married until her death on January 9, 2017, at the age of 68. Speaking of his wife, Galella said, "When Betty first purchased my photos for publication and granted me assignment credentials over the phone, I fell in love with her warm soft, loving voice. I met her in person for the first time, two years later, on Dec. 10, 1978, at the
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for the premiere of ''
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''. With one look at that beautiful girl, I said, 'I'm gonna marry you.' And five months later, we were. Once married, we became a team." After retiring as a paparazzo, Galella was active as a photographer at prominent culture events. He resided in
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, during his later years. Galella died on April 30, 2022, at his home in Montville, New Jersey. He was 91, and suffered from
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prior to his death.


Publications

* ''Jacqueline''. 1974, Sheed and Ward. . * ''Offguard: A Paparazzi Look at the Beautiful People''. 1976,
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. . * ''The Photographs of Ron Galella: 1965–1989''. 2001, Greybull. . * ''Ron Galella Exclusive Diary''. 2004, Photology. . * ''Disco Years''. 2006,
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. . * ''Warhol by Galella: That's Great!''. 2008, Verlhac; Montacelli; Seeman Henschel. . * ''No Pictures''. 2008, PowerHouse. . * ''Viva l'Italia!''. 2009, Galella; Distributed by PowerHouse. . * ''Man in the Mirror: Michael Jackson''. 2009, PowerHouse. . * ''Boxing With the Stars''. 2011, Verlhac. . * ''Ron Galella: Paparazzo Extraordinaire'' with Mathias Prinz (2012, Hatje Cantz. . * ''Jackie: My ObsessionJ''. 2013, Galella. . * ''Pop, Rock & Dance''. 2013, Galella. . * ''The Stories Behind the Pictures''. 2014, Galella. . * ''Sex in Fashion''. 2015, Galella. . * ''Rock and Roll''. 2016, Galella. . * ''Donald Trump the Master Builder''. 2017, Galella. . * ''Shooting Stars''. January 2019, Galella. .


Exhibitions

* Soho Gallery, 1972, New York City * G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, 1976, New York City * Rizzoli Gallery, 1976, New York City * Union Carbide, 1977, New York City * William Lyons Gallery, 1980 Coconut Grove, Florida * Octagon Club, 1987, New York City * Nikon Gallery, 1993, New York City * Serge Sorokko Gallery, 1997, New York City *
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, ''Ron Galella Retrospective'', June 2002 – September 2002 Pittsburgh, PA * Paul Kasmin Gallery, ''The Photographs of Ron Galella'', 2002, New York City * Holt-Renfrew, ''Flick'', 2003 Toronto, Canada * Photology, ''Ron Galella Exclusive Diary'', 2004 Milan, Italy * Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, ''The Photographs of Ron Galella'', 2004/5, Amsterdamn, Netherlands * Artelibro Festival of Art and Books, ''Ron Galella Exclusive Diary: Caught Off-Guard'', 2005, Bologna, Italy * Ferragamo Gallery, ''Ron Galella Exclusive Diary: Caught Off-Guard'', 2005, New York City * Kunstforum, ''Superstars: From Warhol to Madonna'', 2005/6 * PowerHouse Arena, ''Ron Galella: The Kennedy'',, New York City * Paul Kasmin Gallery, ''Disco Years'', 2005/6, New York City * Buro Beelende Kunst Vlissinger ''Ron Galella: The One and Only Paparazzo'', Brooklyn, New York * Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, ''Disco Years'', 2006/7, Amsterdamn, Netherlands * PowerHouse Arena, ''Warhol is Dead!'', 2007 * The Gershwin Hotel – 2007, New York City * PowerHouse Arena, ''That 70's Show'', 2007 Brooklyn, New York * The Museum of Modern Art, ''Iconic Photos of Ron Galella acquired into collection'', 2007, New York City * The Museum of Modern Art, ''Iconic Photos of Ron Galella acquired into collection'', 2008, New York City * The Tate Modern Museum, ''Street + Stuido: An Urband History of Photography'', 2008 London, England *
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''Warhol by Galella: That's Great!'', 2008–Present Hollywood, CA * Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, ''Warhol by Galella: That's Great!'', 2008–Present Amsterdam, Netherlands * Staly-Wise Gallery, ''Warhol by Galella: That's Great!'', 2008–Present, New York City * GMW Law Offices, ''Offguard: Ron Galella Photography'', 2008–Present Den Haag, Netherlands *
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Foundation Museum of Photography, ''Pigozzi and the Paparazzi'', 2008 Berlin, Germany * Hamburger Bahnfof Museum Fur Gegenwart, ''Celebrities: Andy Warhol and the Stars'' 2008/9 * Palazzo Lanfranchi, Carlo Levi Hall, ''Ron Galella: Italian Icons'', 2009, Matera, Italy * Archeology Museum of
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, ''Viva l'Italia'', 2009–Present * La Casa Encendida, 2009, Madrid, Spain * MART Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, ''Picturing New York: Photographs from the Museum of Modern Art'', 2009, Rovereto, Italy * Centaur Theatre Company, ''Viva l'Italia'', 2009, Montreal, Canada *
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, ''Picturing New York: Photographs from the Museum of Modern Art'', 2009/10, Dublin * Lena Di Gangi Gallery, ''The Photographs of Ron Galella'', 2009/10, Totawa, NJ * PowerHouse Arena, ''Man in the Mirror: Michael Jackson by Ron Galella'', 2009, Brooklyn, NY * Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands- ''Ron Galella: Paparazzo Extraordinaire!'', 2012 * Galerie La Flo, St. Tropex France, ''Boxing with the Stars'', 2012 * Fundación Novacaixagalicia, ''Ron Galella: Paparazzo Extraordinaire!'', La Coruña, Spain, 2013/14, Pontevedra, Spain, 2014 *
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Paparazzi!, Metz, France, ''Photographers, Stars, and Artists'', 2014 * Staley-Wise Gallery, ''Pop, Rock & Dance'', 2013/14, New York City *
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, Switzerland, 2014 * Albertina, ''Blow-Up'' -Vienna, Austria, 2014 * Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany, ''Paparazzi! Photographers, Stars, and Artists'', 2014 * Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, ''Paparazzi! Photographers, Stars, and Artists'', 2014/15 *
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, Berlin, Germany, ''Blow-Up'', 2015 * Photology Noto, Noto, Sicily, ''Vintage Galella'', 2015 * Photology Garzón, Garzón, Uruguay, ''Vintage Galella'', 2016 * Staley Wise Gallery, New York City, ''55 Years a Paparazzi'', 2015 * Int'l Center for Photography, New York City, ''Public, Private Secret'', 2017
Photology Online Gallery
''Exclusive Diary'', 2021


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