Tazio Secchiaroli (1925 – 1998) was an Italian photographer known as one of the original paparazzi. He founded the agency Roma Press Photo in 1955.
Secchiaroli was the inspiration for the Paparazzo character in Fellini’s film La Dolce Vita. Much of Fellini's research into the profession of tabloid journalism was simply buying dinner for Secchiaroli and his friends, and listening to their exploits.
Ironically, by the time the term 'paparazzi’ was coined, Secchiaroli had become more of an insider in the Italian film industry and had left the paparazzi-style attack photography behind. He became well known for informal candid portraits of film stars, both at the studio and at their homes.
Here are some of the silver screen stars he portrayed at the height of his career in the 1960s and 1970s:
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Claudia Cardinale, 1961 |
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Vittorio De Sica on the set of Marriage Italian Style, Cinecittà , 1964 |
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Elsa Martinelli on the set of The Tenth Victim, 1965 |
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Federico Fellini during the filming of 8 1/2, 1963 |
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Fellini during the filming of Amarcord, 1974 |
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Sophia Loren on a break between takes of Arabesque, 1966 |
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Sophia Loren in a scene from The Priest’s Wife, 1970 |
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Sophia Loren among the wigs |
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Sophia Loren on break in C’era una volta, 1967 |
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Sophia Loren on a break while filming Bianco, rosso e…, 1972 |
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Silvana Mangano with her three children on the set of The last Judgment, 1961 |
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Silvana Mangano, 1961 |
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Marco Ferreri during the shooting of Casanova ’70, 1965 |
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Mastroianni on the set of Casanova ’70, 1965 |
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Marcello Mastroianni on the set of 8 1/2, 1963 |
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Marcello Mastroianni and Marisa Mell in Casanova ’70, 1965 |
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Pier Paolo Pasolini on the set of Accattone, 1961 |
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Virna Lisi in Casanova ’70, 1965 |
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Virna Lisi on the set of Casanova ’70, 1965 |
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Fellini jumping on the set of 8 1/2, 1963 |
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