Half of Buzz Foto with Joan Jett at The Runaways party. This movie is brilliant should not be missed!

Pop Culture has changed so much since the seventies. Photographers back then were photographing all these cool bands and celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bob Dylan, The Ramones and Bowie. Today it is all about Kim, Khloe, Jessica, Hedi and Spencer. What can we say?

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If you were in-crowd or involved in the music industry around 1976 you knew that Rod Stewart played soccer every Saturday at the Coldwater Canyon park in Beverly Hills. He was nuts about his game. Actually, we probably got the original tip from his publicist Tony Toon, an amazing character, but that is another story.

We showed up there every weekend with a long lens and shot away. Rod never seemed to care and we would send our color slides to the teen publications at IPC in London. They purchased them all and demanded more. Soon we were selling the photos to Bravo in Germany and to all of the Japanese magazines of Rod kicking the soccer ball.

Photos of Rod kicking a ball can get a bit mundane after awhile, but if you really wanted to make the dosh, you needed to get Rod with a girl. This photo is just what the London Daily Mirror wanted. Not only did they love the chick in the photo, but Rod with his pint of beer in hand!

During these magical days at the Coldwater Canyon park, not once did anyone say “no photos” or did another photographer ever appear. Today it would be total bedlam to photograph a star of Rod’s magnitude in a public park. Good luck getting those great prices too. Today, even the park is gone. The last time we drove by it looked like some kind of sewage plant taken over by the Department Of Water & Power. Well, it was sure fun while it lasted!

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We took this photo of rock god Jimmy Page a post concert party for The Faces party in Los Angeles back in 1976. In all of our years in this business we never saw so many stars in one evening. At one table alone was Bob Dylan, Cher, Greg Allman, Joni Mithcell, Jimmy Page and Paul McCartney. If only we owned a wide angle lens back then!

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We bring you more photos of the book signing for famed Photographer Ron Galella as he signs copies of his new book titled “Viva L’Italia” at the Clic Gallery last night. BuzzFoto’s Christopher Peterson, Brad Elterman and Justin Campbell were all there in force to lend their support to one of the greatest celebrity photographers in the world!

For more information on this iconic man, check out his website at RonGalella.com

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We were delighted to see our teacher and dear friend paparazzo Ron Galella today at Clic gallery in New York. He is pictured here with legendary photographer Mary Ellen Mark. The two legends made a deal to swap their favorite prints. Ron gifted Mary Ellen his classic Jackie photograph and Marry Ellen traded her classic Marlon Brando with the bandaged hand! Bandaged hand? Yes, right after he punched our pal Ron!

Our wonderful industry owes everything to Ron. His brilliant work is now at MoMA and the Leon Gast documentary about Ron, “Smash His Camera” will debut at Sundance on January 23. Congratulations Ron!

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