The King of Paparazzi is immaculately turned out as he welcomes me into his apartment: black suit with breast pocket handkerchief, black shiny shoes and white shirt, his usual attire as he prowls the streets of Rome looking for celebrities.“I dress like this to show respect to the people I photograph,” says Rino Barillari, 79.Many of his subjects might dispute this claim, including Gérard Depardieu, who allegedly punched Barillari three times this week when he snapped the French actor with a younger woman at Harry’s Bar on Rome’s fabled Via Veneto.By the photographer’s count, it is the 164th time he has been put in hospital in the line of duty, resulting in 11 broken ribs and one stabbing. But Barillari is showing
The King of Paparazzi is immaculately turned out as he welcomes me into his apartment: black suit with breast pocket handkerchief, black shiny shoes and white shirt, his usual attire as he prowls the streets of Rome looking for celebrities.
“I dress like this to show respect to the people I photograph,” says Rino Barillari, 79.
Many of his subjects might dispute this claim, including Gérard Depardieu, who allegedly punched Barillari three times this week when he snapped the French actor with a younger woman at Harry’s Bar on Rome’s fabled Via Veneto.
By the photographer’s count, it is the 164th time he has been put in hospital in the line of duty, resulting in 11 broken ribs and one stabbing. But Barillari is showing
