National Treasures ...

Jackie walking in Manhattan.

Grammy's 1975.
(L-R) Bowie, Garfunkel, Simon, Ono, and Lennon.

I had no idea this photo of Jackie, which I love so much, was taken by the paparazzi. I'm not sure what I thought really, but if you'd asked me before I might've guessed it was a lifestyle shot by Peter Beard or something. But not some paparazzi! The man behind this photo is Ron Galella and there's a new documentary out about his life as a paparazzi called "Smash His Camera." The bummer is Galella has about 3 million photos like this one from the Grammy's that are just as amazing. Can you truly admire the work of the paparazzi? I think Roger Ebert says it best ... "He is a viper, a parasite, a stalker, a vermin. He is also, I have decided, a national treasure." Read more here.

Photos: Here
Rolling Stone

7 comments:

Prippy Handbook said...

I love these photos SO much! Especially my favorite person ever... David Bowie...

Fascinating.

Anonymous said...

That picture of Jackie is so classic. Excellent post- thanks!

Jayni said...

Love that picture of Jackie...

Punctuation Mark said...

I saw a piece by him last night... great photos!

Melissa Blake said...

I love that Jackie photo!! xoxo

The Neo-Traditionalist said...

Oh this is fascinating stuff! I've always loved that Jackie image---little did I know! I think I need to see this documentary you speak of... XO

julia wheeler said...

paul simon is too precious here!

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