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Pioneering Paparazzo Has Stars in His Eyes

Posted Sep 15, 08 4:04 PM CDT in Glossies,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Long before we got up close and personal—maybe too personal—with the likes of Britney, Paris, and Lindsay, Ron Galella was on celebrity's front lines. In a New York profile of the original American paparazzo, Emily Nussbaum meets the man who was sued by Jackie Onassis and beaten up by Marlon Brando. "They pretend they don’t want it, but they really like it," an unapologetic Galella says of his prey.

But that doesn't mean Galella is comfortable with TMZ, celebrity mags, and the "culture of exposure" his work helped usher in. "What Galella misses is that lost, thick, shiny veil of Hollywood glamour," Nussbaum writes. These days, the 77-year-old focuses on his books—his latest, out this fall, features celebs trying to avoid his lens. The title? No Pictures.

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Celebrity photographer Ron Galella has a new book of photos coming out in November.   (Getty Images)
Nicole Kidman, center, battles to get through a media pack as she arrives at a Sydney, Australia, courthouse Nov. 19, 2007, to testify at a defamation hearing involving a local paparazzo.   (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
GERMANY-ITALY-ART-PHOTOGRAPHY-PIGOZZI   (Getty Images (by Event) Individuals)
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In 1967, I got Jackie at the Wildenstein Gallery. I followed her to her apartment, and once you know where they live, that's where you have to be. They're like a mouse coming out of a hole. - Ron Galella

The lightbulb went off: This crazy guinea bastard has amassed a history! He’s catalogued some of the most important moments in American history. Well, in celebrity—I’m not talking Roosevelt. - Betty Galella, Ron's wife

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