Where did the word paparazzo come from? Though known and used the world over, no one is entirely sure. What is known is that it was first coined in a film, and not just any film: Federico Fellini’s iconic La Dolce Vita (1960). In the film Marcello Mastroianni plays a disenchanted tabloid reporter who skulks around Roman nightlife on the prowl for his next story. His partner in crime? A photographer called Paparazzo. Whatever it takes to get the shot,…
The History of Paparazzi Photographs, Beginning on the Streets of 50s Rome
By Thea Hawlin
November 29, 2018 at 07:12AM
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