Like a true Roman, Tazio Secchiaroli (1925-1998) was afraid of nothing and no one. Bold, direct and honest, he claimed magazine editors played it safe by publishing boring, censored portraits of the famous. It could get way more exciting than that. In the late 50’s Secchiaroli travelled through Rome on his Vespa hunting down celebrities taking snapshots of their unguarded moments in his quest to get to the top.This was an approach film director Frederico Fellino could not ignore. He involved Secchiaroli in his film ’La Dolce Vita’, which, in the end was largely based on the pioneering paparazzo. The success of the film brought an end to Secchiaroli’s paparazzo existence. He was embraced by Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. The tables had turned: the celebrities now hunted him.

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