Paolo di Paolo took amazing photographs in Italy in the 1950s and 60s, but in 1968 he left photography, and his negatives went into storage. He's back today, thanks to an exhibition in 2018, and now a new film by Bruce Weber, The Treasure of His Youth.
Gina Lollobrigida by Paolo di Paolo, Rome, 1961. Hey, look! It's Giorgio de Chirico!
Tennessee Williams by Paolo di Paolo, Tor San Lorenzo, south of Rome, 1955
Pier Paolo Pasolini by Paolo di Paolo, Rome, 1960
"Pasolini was very quiet, rarely talked and was very absent. He was also very suspicious of me because I was a photographer and he was, let’s say not snobbish, but very intellectual."
Another Paolo di Paolo photo of Pier Paolo Pasolini, in the working-class neighbourhood of Testaccio in Rome, 1960.
"The scenario was incredible. The sky was very dark with grey clouds. All the rocks and a feeling of abandonment in this rather sad environment. So Pasolini sat down and I saw this young guy, who was spying on us, coming from the opposite side. The guy was looking curiously at what we were doing. And then went away. At that moment I realised I was taking an incredible picture. The photo of my life. I had just a couple of seconds to shoot it."
Monica Vitti & Michelangelo Antonioni by Paolo di Paolo, Rome,1958
Charlotte Rampling by Paolo di Paolo, Sardinia, 1968
Ezra Pound by Paolo di Paolo, Perugia, 1964
Gloria Swanson by Paolo di Paolo, Villa d'Este, Tivoli, 1956
Alberto Moravia & Claudia Cardinale by Paolo di Paolo, c. 1961-62
Simone Signoret and Yves Montand, Aventino, Rome, 1956
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