In Stoleshnikovom Lane exhibition opened first in the history of paparazzi Reno Barillaro. In his pictures you can see Audrey Hepbern and Lady Diana, Nikita Mikhalkov, Victoria Bekhem. Correspondents RBC daily famous paparazzi on why no published photos of Fellini, what it wanted, and celebrities from the Russians, whom he wants to photograph.

- What do you like in your work more?

- I like that every day you get, I do not know what it will do. I always look forward to what will happen is something important or interesting. The secret is to be always ready to work. My work is not similar to office, as scheduled. Photos need to be alert 24 hours a day, waiting for the right moment. If you are smart enough to understand the essence of news - very well. If not, he worked as everything.

- What's important for you to work in: the money or fun?

- Money, of course, very important because they provide an opportunity to buy everything you need to work and be better than others. I must invest in new cameras, to pay informers and to spend funds for a lot of these things. In practice, of the five thousand as salary is only a thousand.

- What do you think it pushes people to choose a profession photographer, paparazzi?

- The choice of life. The photographer, as a journalist, «writes» using the camera, and one of his photograph is often much more than any text.

- What is the desire to move the paparazzi? The desire of a scandal or something more?

- No, the paparazzi should not create scandals. There are many characters who are like them, just to make others talk about themselves. And instead of paying for advertising, they just tell stories about themselves. Good or bad, here too we do not know, but the audience likes.

- you shoot a person requests your heart, or those who are now very popular with the public?

- I do what I asked editor. If tomorrow in the newspaper, I would say: «Take a photo of this girl», I'll go and do it. And most find the theme for the work it is sometimes difficult. We need to invent a story, and this is problematic. If you are close to the well-known personality - well, that's history. If not - then do not do.

- A paparazzi is not a very good reputation. So it always?

- None. Now if you see a person with a camera, called it «paparazzi». And he, perhaps, a lifetime working in the field of sports. See the other with a camera, he works in politics, but again, call it «paparazzi». You see someone on the street with mobile phone - and again he «paparazzi». But to have a camera or phone is not meant to be paparazzi. Paparazzi - this is a great journalist, and he is much stronger than the usual journalist writing the story. After all, the picture is much more important than the text. No photos can be resolved, that the entire text was invented.

- Did the course of time relevant to the photographer?

- To me - no. Some characters are ready to find me. But if I was the most anyone is looking for, then it is worthless. They want to just advertise. And I choose those who are hard to catch here so easily, of whom is hard to know the details of his private life. There is quite a remarkable person, which is no longer spoken, not written. As a media person, they are almost in agony. Therefore, raising its popularity, invent love stories, children and divorces. Once we read a fairy tale, and now we have a different tale. But they were all like, because society has changed.

- Authorities in Los Angeles decided to deal with paparazzi ...

- and rightly done! Because it should respect the people. You can not approach them too closely. You need to be, for example, at a distance of four to five meters, using a telephoto lens. And many of my colleagues are not even photographers, and terrorists.

- And how are you paparazzi situation in Italy?

- In Italy the situation is changing in favor of protecting the right to privacy. Now nobody wants to photographers using telephoto lenses to take in the private villas, photographing children, prisoners and zagovarivali of hospitals. Everything has changed. But I am doing my job, and only for me to have the responsibility to sell someone a picture or not. Because you must always take pictures and then you decide the fate snapshot. But if I do give photos, then there are the editors and other senior officials, who rate the photo and decide, for example, whether a person podretushirovat character or not. A photographer simply needs to do its work.

- About you legend goes, if you have a picture of the bushes of Fellini. Do you remember this incident?

- Fellini was one of the greatest Italian directors, and after death he became even more great. A legend of Fellini ... It is that he always managed little need on the street, almost on every corner. Well, I always did the photo. However, I did not publish them.

- you removed some Russian celebrities?

- None. Generally yes, but it is a different situation. What is something an actress can be very popular in Russia, but unknown in Italy. This malointeresny character. But if the person next to the famous Italian actor - the scandal, fantastic! And we all now want to come to Russia in Moscow. All understand that in this city, this «Dolce Vita».

- however you photographed Nikita Mikhalkov.

- Yes, but it is personality, which appreciated in Italy as a great filmmaker, one of the most famous. Besides, he was shooting a film with Marcello Mastroianni «black eyes» and is very popular in the film medium in the world. Of course, I know some well-known Russian. For example, Mikhail Gorbachev, who likes to sing in Russian, under the Neapolitan music.

- your camera, there are «customers»?

- There are a lot of friends, actors, actresses, who have reported to me news. Many Italian actors, for example, have told me that they were going on in life: whether they are prepared to shoot the film, or someone is going to America, or to arrive some important personage from abroad, or someone goes in Rome. When celebrities travel to Rome with his wife and children, calm, carefree, walking, going to church, the synagogue or in a restaurant, you do not pictures of the stars, but the average person. This is a fantastic ...

- How much are your photos?

- The value of photographs depends on how her present. For instance, the surrendering of rooms weekly newspaper is that you have the correct picture. Then you can ask for it as you please. But if the numbers up to date, five more days, a similar shot can do it again, and here you have to play. That is, knowing when a publication is, to decide whom to give an exclusive and earn more money.

- Do you use technical novelties in the work?

- Of course, any new lotion important, but more importantly react to the situation, to think of everything in one moment. For example, to make the desired picture, sometimes you need to change into a priest or a cleaner. And I had to do it. Now everything is more difficult to do because I know in person. But before play was a hairdresser or geem - anything.

- When you sleep, give up the camera?

- The camera is always in close proximity to me, next to the already cooked tie and suit. And the suitcase, too, always ready, so that at any moment could have been derailed. If you are late for a minute, two minutes of their work you will not do. Until you prichesheshsya, pobreeshsya, priedesh, you will say: «Ciao!»

- What was the most amusing incident occurred to you at work?

- There have been moments, and funny, and sad. Nevertheless, I must do its work. If you become a witness of any accidents or crimes, of course, sorry for the people. We need to help them, and you instead - pouf! pouf! pouf! - doing shots. And do not you feel better. But you have to do it, it's history, and if you do not have photos for the newspaper, will not do you draw it? There are happy moments, when you see families with children, and there is no scandal. Well, when you can tell people about family values. Do not tell it all the time for changes.

- How to get rid of paparazzi stalking?

- I think they get rid of dangerous paparazzi can be held in Moscow exhibition of his works. Thanks to all the sponsors - for five days in Rome, all will be calm.

- So, you are in Italy only paparazzi?

- "No, I am certainly not alone. Just turns out that I have more news than others. However, if you do their work with full seriousness and regardless of the person you are respected. But if you play the baby, joking, buffoon, many say, to you, do not trust. People respect you for what you are doing the work. If you are serious, go ahead, if you have something worth, they strive for more, but if you do not stand - all finish.

- What do you think your photo best?

- There was a time when Rome was called Hollywood on Tiber. In Italy, shot more than 300 films a year, and in America at the same time - only 40. We then worked all kinometry could invest and withdraw a large movie, all he wants. And in Italy, came all the famous actors. They brought with them dollars and lived a beautiful life: restaurants, nightclubs, luxurious cars. They behaved like Americans in Italy. They stopped, took autographs, while in America the same stars walked calmly through the streets and all before them was not the case. All of them were very young: we have seen such stars as Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, Liz Taylor, Marlon Brando. They all came to Italy in Rome. And most important of my career were the images of these people, who then went around the whole world. Photo by telling the history of stars in Rome, in Hollywood on the Tiber, on the «sweet life» of the time.

- important for you to take pictures of a star somewhere in the trip, in unusual circumstances?

- Yes, because in that moment you see that celebrity does not differ from you. Nicole Kidman as a tourist - this is fine. You see it in the movie: about what beauty! But to see it in the normal way, as I see, for example, his wife, cousin or someone. Do you see her in a supermarket or a shop where she selects a ringlet. Here it is well.

- Which of the celebrities do not have your «collections», but you would like to take pictures of this character?

- Putin! To make it easy walking down the street surrounded by people. This photo appreciated throughout the world, not only in Russia. But you asked me about Russian women! They are the most beautiful in Europe's top model. It's true. I love beauty, but not limited to it. As a woman must be attractive and charm.

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