My Life in Focus (eBook)

A Photographer’s Journey with Elizabeth Taylor and the Hollywood Jet Set

Gianni Bozzacchi (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
328 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-6885-2 (ISBN)

Infos

When Gianni Bozzacchi accepted an assignment as a photographer on the set of The Comedians (1967), he didn't know that his life was about to change forever. His ability to capture the beauty of candid moments drew the attention of the film's star, Elizabeth Taylor, and prompted her to hire him as her personal photographer. Not only did he go on to enjoy a jet-set life as her friend and confidantpreserving unguarded moments between the violet-eyed beauty and Richard Burton as they traveled the worldbut Bozzacchi also became an internationally renowned photographer and shot some of the biggest celebrities of the 1960s and 1970s.In My Life in Focus, Bozzacchi traces his journey from humble beginnings to the sphere of the rich and famous. As a child, he cultivated his skills by working with his fathera photographer for the Italian government. Following in his parent's footsteps was not something Bozzacchi had foreseen for his future; but his passion for taking pictures and his ability to put his subjects at ease enabled him to capture stunning images of some of the greatest stars of the twentieth century, including Audrey Hepburn, Steve McQueen, Raquel Welch, Mia Farrow, Clint Eastwood, and the royal family of Monaco.Beautifully illustrated with many of the photographer's most iconic images, this lively memoir reveals private moments in the Taylor-Burton love story and provides an invaluable behind-the-scenes look at the business of filmmaking and the perils of celebrity.

Autor

Gianni Bozzacchi is an Italian writer, producer, and director made famous by his photographs of Elizabeth Taylor. He has collaborated on films with Sergio Leone and Michelangelo Antonioni among others.

Inhalt

Foreword by Elizabeth Taylor
Prologue
Introduction
1. War, Hunger, and the Art of Getting By
2. A Roman Rebel without a Cause
3. After the Neorealism
4. Jet-Set Jungle
5. Introverted in America
6. "The New King of the Camera"
7. Black and White in Color
8. Success, Italian Style
9. The Artist in Me
10. Without My Father
11. Another Funeral
12. Cinderella and Me
13. Daddy
14. Breaking Up
Epilogue
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.1.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Screen Classics
• Reihe/Serie: Screen Classics
• Co-Autor: Joey Tayler
• Zusatzinfo: 151 b&w illustrations
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Schlagworte: 1970s Hollywood • 70s Jet Set • candid photography • celebrity entourage • celebrity photography • classical hollywood actors and actresses • Classical Hollywood Cinema • Elizabeth Taylor • famous photographers • Golden age of Hollywood • Hollywood • jet-setters • Movie stars • Photojournalism • Richard Burton • royalty
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-6885-6 / 0813168856
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-6885-2 / 9780813168852