My Life in Focus

"My Life in Focus offers a unique look at the business of filmmaking and the perils of celebrity during the 1960s and 1970s. Bozzacchi tells his tale in a voice that gives life to his recollection and places these events in a thoughtful context that makes them more than mere anecdotes about the rich and famous."—Douglass K. Daniel, writer and editor with the Associated Press and author of Tough as Nails: The Life and Films of Richard Brooks

"I was captivated by the story of Gianni's unlikely journey to the bosom of the 60s and 70s Jet Set, a story he tells with warmth and self-deprecating humor. His ascension to the pinnacle of his profession as photographer seems at times like a magic carpet ride, but Gianni never loses sight of his integrity – as a person and as an artist – through the wild and unexpected turns. This book is full of fascinating revelations, even for someone like myself who has been a close friend of Gianni's for nearly 50 years."—Christopher Wilding, Elizabeth Taylor's son

"I was pleased to have Gianni on the set of my film The Last Days of Mussolini. He made some wonderful images. Reading his book gives you the pleasure of knowing Gianni and sharing the words expressed by Pablo Picasso on his work: "His photographs are full of human warmth and his black and white is full of color."—Carlo Lizzani, Italian film director, screenwriter, and critic

"An extraordinary book about a young boy in neorealismo post–World War II Rome who, through the lens of a camera, grows up to photograph the great stars of cinema and royalty, and lives La Dolce Vita."—Jay Kanter, former chairman of production and Chief Operating Officer of MGM-Pathe/MGM Communications

"My Life in Focus is an endearing account from a man with a healthy attitude toward stardom, well aware, first hand, of the prison of fame. As a photographer, he allowed the light to capture the moment and balanced craft with art."—Shepherd Express

"Bozzacchi also includes interesting adventures and observations about Princess Grace, Bardot, Virna Lisi, Chanel, Sophia Loren, Raquel Welch. (Gianni found Welch to be charming, quite unlike her disagreeable image at the time, but he still has no idea how she ended up naked and unconscious in Richard's bed during the filming of "Bluebeard" — with the inebriated Burton in an agony of regret.)"—Liz Smith, New York Social Diary