Citizenship US-Italian Name Priscilla Rattazzi Role Photographer | Occupation Photographer Spouse Chris Whittle Website Official website | |
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Books Luna and Lola, Georgica Pond Parents Susanna Agnelli, Urbano dei conti Rattazzi Grandparents Virginia Bourbon del Monte Cousins Andrea Agnelli, Egon von Furstenberg, Edoardo Agnelli, Ira von Furstenberg, Anna Agnelli Similar People Chris Whittle, Susanna Agnelli, Gianni Agnelli, Edoardo Agnelli, Virginia Bourbon del Monte | ||
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Priscilla Rattazzi (born 1956) is an Italian-born photographer based in New York City who has worked primarily as a magazine photographer and has authored several photography books.
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Life and career
Priscilla Rattazzi was born in Rome in 1956, the youngest child of Susanna Agnelli and Urbano dei conti Rattazzi (1918-2012). She is the niece of Gianni Agnelli, who was chairman of Fiat. At the age of 16, she went to Wales as a student at Atlantic College, and subsequently went to the United States, where she studied photography at Sarah Lawrence College, graduating in 1977. She has remained in New York City since her student days.
As a model she was featured in Richard Avedon’s “Avedon: Photographs 1947-1977” along with models Dovima, Dorian Leigh, and Suzy Parker.
She was an apprentice to Japanese fashion photographer Hiro. Her work has been featured in magazines including Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Seventeen, New York Magazine, Self, and Italian Vogue.
Rattazzi has been married three times, first to Alex Ponti (son of Carlo Ponti), later to German investment banker Claus Moehlmann, and currently to Chris Whittle, an entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Edison Schools. She is the mother of three children. She is the president of the US Foundation for Atlantic College.
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