My Life in Focus: A Photographer's Journey with Elizabeth Taylor and the Hollywood Jet Set

ISBN: 9780813168746; Hardcover328 pages, 6.00 x 9.00 in, 151 b/w imagesMy Life in FocusA Photographer's Journey with Elizabeth Taylor and the Hollywood Jet Setby Gianni BozzacchiWith Joey TaylerWhen Gianni Bozzacchi accepted an assignment as a photographer on the set of The Comedians (1967), he didn't know that his life was about to change forever. His ability to capture the beauty of candid moments drew the attention of the film's star, Elizabeth Taylor, and prompted her to hire him as her personal photographer. Not only did he go on to enjoy a jet-set life as her friend and confidant -- preserving unguarded moments between the violet-eyed beauty and Richard Burton as they traveled the world -- but Bozzacchi also became an internationally renowned photographer and shot some of the biggest celebrities of the 1960s and 1970s.In My Life in Focus, Bozzacchi traces his journey from humble beginnings to the sphere of the rich and famous. As a child, he cultivated his skills by working with