Aia i loko o kēia puke 160 ʻaoʻao he kanawalukūmāhiku ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo a he ʻumikūmākolu kiʻi kala o nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a Ron, i hana hou ʻia me ka nani no ka manawa mua ma ka leo hoʻokahi. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia kekahi, ʻoki ʻia mai kāna waihona i ʻike ʻole ʻia.
Hōʻike ka puke ma hope o nā hiʻohiʻona, ʻaʻole i hōʻike mua ʻia nā moʻolelo o kekahi o kāna mau kiʻi kaulana loa, me kahi ʻōlelo hoʻopā a May Pang e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka pō i lawe ʻia ke kiʻi uhi o John Lennon lāua ʻo Mick Jagger, (me Ms. Pang).
ʻO ke kiʻi paha ke kiʻi ʻoihana hope loa i lawe ʻia o nā kiʻi mele ʻelua ma mua o ka make ʻino ʻana o Lennon.
ʻO kāna ʻoihana kokoke i ʻeono mau makahiki he mau hanauna, e hoʻopuka ana i ka ʻōnaehana kiaʻi studio Hollywood kahiko me Ava Gardner, Greta Garbo, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Liz Taylor, Bridget Bardot, Sophia Loren a me nā hoʻololi i nā mavericks koʻikoʻi o nā makahiki 60 a me. 70's-Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen, Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro a me Al Pacino.
Ma waena o nā kahakai hikina a me ke komohana, me nā wahi he nui a puni ka honua ma waena, ua hōʻiliʻili ʻo Ron i nā miliona o nā kiʻi o kēlā me kēia ʻano mea kaulana - kiʻiʻoniʻoni, televise, mele, supermodels, nā mea pāʻani, nā kālai'āina, nā moguls ʻoihana, nā mea pena, a nā mea hana hou.
Aia lākou a pau: Elvis, Princess Diana, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Jackie Onassis, Muhammad Ali me Joe Lewis, Sammy Davis a me Jerry Lewis, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Simon & Garfunkel, he 5 makahiki- ʻO Angelina Jolie kahiko e pili ana i ka wāwae o kona makuakāne ʻo Jon Voight, ua hopu ʻia nā mea a pau i ke ʻano kūʻokoʻa o Ron, kūʻokoʻa a me ke ʻano kiaʻi ʻole - ke ala paparazzi. He nui wale.
ʻO ka makemake nui o Ron i ke kiʻi kiʻi a me kona pili ʻana i kāna mau kumuhana i hoʻokumu i kahi pilina pili i ka hopena o kahi kino hana like ʻole, hoʻokumu i kahi niche kūʻokoʻa i ka photojournalism leʻaleʻa.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo “Paparazzo extraordinaire” e Newsweek, ua kū ka hana a Ron i ka hoʻāʻo o ka manawa. I kēia lā, hoʻomau mau ʻia kāna mau kiʻi a hoʻolaha ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa ma nā papahana nūhou, nā nūpepa, nā puke a me nā palapala.
ʻO kāna mau kiʻi i ʻimi nui ʻia i pūlima ʻia, ʻohi ʻia i loko o nā hale moʻomeheu a me nā hōʻiliʻili pilikino a puni ka honua. ʻAʻole maikaʻi no kahi keiki ʻAmelika ʻAmelika mai kahi ʻohana papa hana i hānai ʻia ma Bronx!
ʻO kāna mau kiʻi kaulana ʻelua - Windblown Jackie a me ke kiʻi Lennon a me Jagger e hoʻonani ana i ka uhi o ka puke, hoʻokahi mea like: ʻaʻohe o nā kumuhana i ʻike e paʻi ʻia ana lākou.
ʻO lākou, e like me ka hōʻike a Ron, nā kiʻi Galella maikaʻi loa, nā poʻe kiʻi i hopu ʻia ʻaʻole i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia, ʻaʻole hoʻi i kona ʻano like ʻole.
Ma 2016 Time Magazine i hoʻolaha ʻo Windblown Jackie, "kekahi o nā kiʻi koʻikoʻi o nā manawa āpau."
Ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Galella, he kanaka koa ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, i kona lā hānau 90 makahiki ma Ianuali 2021.
Aia i loko o ka puke kahi huaʻōlelo mua i kākau ʻia e Bob Ahern, Luna Hoʻokele o Getty Images Archive Photography, a me nā kiʻi kiʻi hou e Geoffrey Croft.
Paʻi ʻia ma Italia e Sime srl Books, Printer Trento srl ma Ultramatt Garda 170 gr pepa, ʻo kēia retrospective he pōhaku kihi o ka puke puke puke a Galella a he mea hoʻohui maikaʻi loa ia i kēlā me kēia moʻomeheu pop a me nā waihona puke aloha kiʻi!
