Warhol By Galella: That’s Great!

‘Warhol By Galella: That’s Great!’ Photo Book of Photography.

RON GALELLA AMERICAN, 1931-2022

Preface by Glenn O’Brien. Numerous photographic illustrations. Tall 4to, pictorial boards. New York: Monacelli Press, (2008). First Edition. As new in the original shrink wrap. EXCELLENT CONDITION. New York: Monacelli Press, 2008.

Published: 2008. 224 pages, Hardcover First published May 1, 2008

Asling USD$125.

Paparazzo—Italian for pesky—is synonymous with Ron Galella, the photographer who made his name capturing celebrities in unguarded, often private moments. Famously banned from approaching Jackie Onassis and punched by Marlon Brando, Galella was a favorite of Andy Warhol, who shared his fascination with the great and near-great. Warhol himself recorded his nightly rounds through a seemingly endless parade of parties, openings, and happenings in his diaries. In these photographs Galella presents the definitive visual diary of Warhol’s life and times, his entourage, and his haunts.

 
 
 
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Widely regarded as the most famous and most controversial celebrity photographer in the world—he’s been dubbed “Paparazzo Extraordinaire” by Newsweek, and “the Godfather of U.S. paparazzi culture” by Time and Vanity Fair—Galella is clearly willing to take great risks to get the perfect shot. As a result, Ron 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 before being jailed in Cuernavaca, Mexico. But ultimately, it is his passion for the fine art of photography, coupled with a dedicated do-it-yourself approach to his craft—few artists can claim his level of skill in making their own prints—that sees Ron’s body of work 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 iconic works.

Ron’s passion for photojournalism has also given rise to many highly acclaimed photo-art books, including Disco Years (PowerHouse Books), which was honored as Best Photography Book of 2006 by The New York Times. Recently, Galella made the transition to moving film with Smash His Camera, a documentary of his life and career by Oscar-winning director Leon Gast (When We Were Kings, 1996). Premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Smash His Camera received the Grand Jury Award for Directing in the U.S. Documentary category. The film was also well-received at the 54th BFI London Film Festival prior to airing on the BBC throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.

Tantamount to his recognition at home and in Northern Europe, the government of Basilicata graciously honored Ron—whose father, Vincenzo, was born in Muro Lucano—by making him an honorary citizen of the Italian region in 2009. Basilicata concurrently opened Ron Galella: Italian Icons, a traveling exhibit of over 70 of Ron’s photos, at Palazzo Lanfranchi’s Carlo Levi Hall in Matera, and in conjunction with the opening, Ron launched Viva l’Italia!—a collection of over 225 images of Italian and Italian-American celebrities from Frank Sinatra to Sophia Loren.

A native New Yorker now residing in Montville, New Jersey, Ron 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.
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That’s Great! Photos of Warhol by Ron Galella at Le Bon Marché

Photography

Ron Galella’s photos of seventies/eighties New York bring you right back to the time when disco was king and the city was blazing. They also prove that Warhol even smiled sometimes…

Susan Anton, Sylvester Stallone, Andy Warhol (Whitney Museum) 20/11/1979. © Ron Galella


So what if you weren’t there to see Bianca Jagger ride into Studio 54 on a white horse? Who cares if you were never best friends with ‘Andy’? Ron Galella‘s photos will give you the impression you were. His books of black and white photographs document an era of hedonism and stars, the heyday of creative, excessive New York.

To celebrate the release of Mr. Galella’s new book, called “That’s Great!” (almost certainly taken from something Warhol said a lot), department store Le Bon Marché is holding an exhibition of 160 photos that Galella took between the end of the sixties to 1989 when Warhol died. Now 80 years old, the photographer will even be in Paris to sign copies. Not many people got the inside look at New York nightlife that he did, and getting his signature is a must for Andy fans…

Lester Persky, Andy Warhol & Truman Capote

Here’s all the essential information for the exhibition That’s Great! Photos of Warhol by Ron Galella
When: 20th February – 22nd March 2008
Where: 1st floor (that’s 2nd floor for Americans), Le Bon Marché, 24 rue de Sèvres, Paris 7th arrondissement. Métro Sèvres – Babylone (lines 10 & 12). Bus n°s 39, 63, 68, 70, 83, 84, 87 94
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 9.30am-7pm, except Thursdays 10am-9pm, Saturdays 9.30am-8pm
And the book signing?: Thursday 28th February 2008 in the jewellery section on the ground floor (1st floor for you Americans), 6-9pm
Is it free: yes, it is!

 

 

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