There is very little information
available regarding Italian photographer Foto Vaselli . However, the name is
instantly recognisable among fans of Eastwood and especially fans of the Sergio
Leone Dollar trilogy. Vaselli was the man who arguably captured the greatest
and most important photographic record of the three legendary films. A great
deal of his original photographs were used for the conception of the many film
poster designs from around the world. In recent times, a large amount of his
original photographs have appeared for sale (often in large lots), and as a
result fetched considerably high prices. Whilst some of the photos had survived
in reasonably good shape, a lot of the photos had not. Regardless of the
quality, they were vital in terms of saving. I have made it something of a long
term project, but nevertheless set out to try and rescue these images and to
some degree, restore them. Needless to say, this will be a very long and often
laborious task. Therefore I have decided to post them here, in sets, as I
complete batches of 50. It should also be noted that due to some major
deterioration and extreme damage to the edges, in some cases I have had to
re-frame the photos as they were almost beyond any form of restoration. I still
felt that saving the majority of the image was far more important than nothing
at all.
All photos are presented purely for historic and educational
purposes.
