"My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person doing something unfamous. It's being in the right place at the wrong time. That's why my favorite photographer is Ron Galella."
-Andy Warhol
Ron is an easy interview. He likes to talk. He speaks about photography with a vintage enthusiasm and afterward, I feel as though I've just taken a class on photojournalism. He's 76 years old but his passion is incredibly evident. And his memory is sharp! Ron recalls events that happened thirty years ago as if they were yesterday. Clarity of the mind, how does one maintain that?
He takes me down to his offices on the first floor of the house. Everything is so neatly organized. There are shelves of boxes, each labeled with the celebrity's name in black letters. In anther room are black and white prints and color prints, all neatly placed in binders. There's a dark room and several computers and scanners. It's quite amazing to seen an entire career so immaculately catalogued.
People are such slobs today. Look at your desk. Be like Ron, go clean it.
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