Ron Galella’s Relentless Gaze | The New Yorker

Ron Galella’s Relentless Gaze

The photographer’s work provides a stark illustration of the hold that celebrity has on our culture.

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/ron-galellas-relentless-gaze

“My idea of a good picture is one that’s in focus and of a famous person doing something unfamous,” the artist Andy Warhol wrote, in 1979. “It’s being in the right place at the wrong time. That’s why my favorite photographer is Ron Galella.”