A truly wonderful man

The type of photography I did allowed me to meet some wonderful and famous people. This is a photo of Pavarotti during a cocktail reception at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. I was working for an Italian paper and prime minister Spadolni of Italy was being honored. This being 1976, it is before he was propelled to super stardom. He was truly a celebrity. we spoke briefly and found a truly down to earth man. I shall never forget that evening.

Remenbering the great one

One of the great pleasures of this type of work is that it allows one to meet interesting people. Today these people are called celebrities but it's a term used loosely and has lost it's meaning just as the word hero has. To me Pavarotti was above a celebrity; he was the great one. While photographing him at an event at the Plaza, I found him very personable, engaging and modest. All qualities of a great person.
If you must know, the camera was the Nikon F with the Nikkor 105 F2.5 and the film was my trusted Tri-X Pan.