Where The Paparazzi Came From

SOURCES

Aenigma, "The paparazzi – shock horror birth of a monster"

Tom Seymour, "La Dolce Vita – the birth of celebrity culture"

Thea Hawlin, "The History of Paparazzi Photographs, Beginning on the Streets of 50s Rome"

Natalie Finn "In Your Face: La Dolce Vita and the Unleashing of Paparazzi"

Original Hollywood On The Tiber TIME Magazine article:

Courtney Lyons, "Sorelle Fontana and Hollywood on the Tiber:
The Birth of the Modern Italian Fashion Industry
1949-1959"

Austin Mutti-Mewse, "Oh honey, his letters were so gooey, so touching..." on Mussolini's letters to Anita Page

Info on the Cinecitta displaced person's camp:

Caroline J Young, "The Story Of Hollywood On The Tiber"

"Paparazzi On The Prowl" TIME Magazine article

MUSIC (via Epidemic Sound)

"Storage Cellar" by Sven Lindvall and Daniel Fridell
"Tequila Supper" by Magnus Ringblom Quartet, Wendy Marcini
The Devils Defiance by Ritchie Everett
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