Priscilla Rattazzi was born in Rome, Italy and came to the United States in the early seventies. She studied photography at Sarah Lawrence College, and later worked as an assistant to photographer Hiro. Throughout the eighties, Priscilla worked as a fashion and portrait photographer in New York. Her work appeared in Brides, Self, Redbook, New York and The New York Times Magazine. In Italy, her work appeared in Vogue Italia, Donna and Amica.

Priscilla has published four books and one portfolio:

• “Best Friends” a collection of photographs of people with their dogs (Rizzoli, 1989),
• “Children” a collection of photographs of children in early childhood (Rizzoli, 1992)
• “Georgica Pond” a ten-year examination of a body of water on the East End of Long Island (Callaway, 2000)
• “Best Friends” the portfolio, a collection Priscilla’s favorite fourteen photographs from her book “Best Friends” (LunaLola Press, 2006)
• “Luna & Lola” the story of Priscilla’s two dogs, a golden retriever and a dachshund, a metaphorical tale of family life (Callaway, 2010)
• “Three Lindens” (The Peter Marino Collection, 2023)

Priscilla has had the following Museum and Gallery shows:

• Staley-Wise Gallery, New York. In conjunction with the publication of her book Best Friends (1989)
• Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee (1992)
• Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, New York (2003)
• Jack Banning Gallery, New York. A series of portraits of actors, producers and directors for the Tribeca Film Festival (2003)
• Valentina Moncada Gallery, Rome, Italy (2004)
• East End Books and Gallery, East Hampton, New York (2006)
• Staley-Wise Gallery, New York. To present the Best Friends Portfolio (2006)
• Paul Fisher Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida (2008)
• Ralph Lauren stores in East Hampton and Milan. In conjunction with the launch of her bookLuna & Lola (2010)
• Staley-Wise Gallery, New York. “Selected Photographs”: from 1975 to 2013 (2014)
• “HOODOOLAND”
  A series of photographs of rock formations taken in 2018-2019 around Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah (2020).
• Works by Women Artists:
  Peter Marino Art Foundation
  Southampton, New York (summer 2021)
• Norton Museum of Art: “Form Forward: Brett Weston and Photographers of Things Unseen” Group Exhibition (11-2022 to 3-2023)
  West Palm Beach, Florida
  
• “Three Lindens”
  Peter Marino Art Foundation
  Southampton, New York (summer 2023)
• Italian Cultural Institute: “Chapters/Capitoli”
  Solo show in New York City, Sept. 17th-28th, 2024 
  
• Upcoming: “Between Worlds”
  
  November 22nd-December 20th 2024
  Robilant/Voena
  38 Dover Street, London W1S 4NL