Background
Priscilla Rattazzi was born in Rome in 1956, the youngest child of Susanna Agnelli and Urbano dei conti Rattazzi (1918-2012).
Priscilla Rattazzi was born in Rome in 1956, the youngest child of Susanna Agnelli and Urbano dei conti Rattazzi (1918-2012).
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 is the niece of Gianni Agnelli, who was chairman of Fiat. 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. She is the mother of three children.
She is the president of the United States Foundation for Atlantic College.