Priscilla Rattazzi

Priscilla Rattazzi (born 1956) is an Italian-born photographer whose work has been featured for over four decades in international magazines, galleries and museum exhibitions.[1][2]

Priscilla Rattazzi
Born1956
Rome, Italy
CitizenshipUS-Italian
Alma materSarah Lawrence College, UWC Atlantic College
OccupationPhotographer
WebsiteOfficial website

Personal life

Priscilla Rattazzi was born in Rome, Italy and came to the United States in the early seventies. She studied photography at Sarah Lawrence College and completed her graduation in 1977. She was featured in Richard Avedon’s “Avedon: Photographs 1947-1977 along with her aunt Marella Agnelli, models Dovima and Suzy Parker, and actresses Sophia Loren, Brigitte Bardot and Elizabeth Taylor.[3][4] Rattazzi has been married three times; first to film producer Alex Ponti (m.1980; annul.1982) then to German investment banker Claus Moehlmann (m. 1984; div.1990) and to education entrepreneur Chris Whittle (m.1990; div.2022). She is the mother of three children, Maximilian Moehlmann, Andrea Whittle and Sasha Whittle.[5][6]

Career

Rattazzi worked as assistant to photographer Hiro from 1977 to 1978, then became a fashion and portrait photographer in New York throughout the 1980’s. Her photographs were published in Brides, Self, Redbook, New York and The New York Times Magazine. In Italy, her work appeared in Vogue Italia, Donna and Amica. Rattazzi has authored five books and one limited-edition portfolio. She has been the recipient of ten one-woman gallery exhibitions, and one museum show. Her latest show: HOODOOLAND (Staley-Wise gallery 2020) was featured in The New York Times, as well as in Town & Country, AirMail and La Repubblica. In January 2022, Rattazzi was an invited speaker at The Society of The Four Arts in Palm Beach, Florida.[7][8][9][10][11]

Books:

  • “Una Famiglia” was Priscilla’s first book. It was privately printed for her mother’s 60th birthday and was a family album of the Agnelli family.

Published books:

  • “Best Friends” is a collection of photographs of people with their dogs (Rizzoli, 1989)
  • “Children” is a collection of photographs of children in early childhood (Rizzoli, 1992)
  • “Georgica Pond” is a ten-year examination of a body of water on the East End of Long Island (Callaway, 2000)
  • “Luna & Lola” is the story of Priscilla's two dogs, a golden retriever and a dachshund; a metaphorical tale of family life (Callaway, 2010)

Museum and gallery shows:

  • Staley-Wise Gallery, New York. In conjunction with the publication of her book Best Friends (1989)
  • Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee (1992)
  • Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, New York (2003)
  • Jack Banning Gallery, New York. A series of portraits of actors, producers and directors for the Tribeca Film Festival (2003)
  • Valentina Moncada Gallery, Rome, Italy (2004)
  • East End Books and Gallery, East Hampton, New York (2006)
  • Paul Fisher Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida (2008)
  • Ralph Lauren stores in East Hampton and Milan. In conjunction with the launch of her book Luna & Lola (2010)
  • Staley-Wise gallery, New York. “Selected Photographs”: 1975-2013 (2014)
  • Staley-Wise gallery, New York. “HOODOOLAND”, a series of photographs of rock formations taken in 2018-2019 around Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah. (2020)

References
  1. Ferla, Ruth La (2020-10-30). "From Fashion to a Fantasia in Stone". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  2. "Priscilla Rattazzi | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  3. Cantrell, Liz (2020-08-24). "Priscilla Rattazzi's Utah Photographs Are a Stunning Escape". Town & Country. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  4. "Hoodoo Economics". airmail.news. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  5. Will, K. Sophie. "'Hoodooland' gallery showcases Grand Staircase-Escalante, statement against land cuts". The Spectrum. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  6. "A Photographer Travels to Utah to Find the Old West and the New Politics". lavocedinewyork.com. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  7. "Hoodooland: un progetto a sostegno dei nativi americani". Vogue Italia (in Italian). 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  8. "Staley-Wise Gallery : Priscilla Rattazzi : Hoodooland". The Eye of Photography Magazine. 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  9. Segal, Mark. "The Art Scene 09.17.20 | The East Hampton Star". www.easthamptonstar.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  10. Arts, The Society of the Four (2022-02-10), Priscilla Rattazzi (Hoodooland).mp4, retrieved 2022-03-19
  11. "Le cattedrali naturali che dividono l'America". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
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