given all the ambiguity, and Penn’s stiff sentence, we felt compelled to ask another paparazzo: Don’t you just have to expect to take your lumps (or kicks, or even punches) now and again, given the provocative nature of paparazzi work? Or to put it more bluntly, is Dawes a real victim, or just a cry baby?
Link: PDNPulse: Sean Penn Sentenced for Paparazzo Attack. Was Justice Served?
three years of probation and 300 hours of community service yesterday for battery and vandalism against photographer Jordan Dawes
Link: The Online Photographer: Sean Penn Sentenced for Attack on Photographer
“Heres the thing, we want you to stalk him and take his picture paparazzi style. The story is already written and Ron Galella has been interviewed BUT he won’t be expecting you because we are not telling him you are coming. You are going to have to stalk him. We want you to capture him in a totally unguarded moment”
Link: I Paparazzo – WTJ
all charges against the photographers were thrown out, but that still doesn’t make up for the fact that they were detained by citizen security guards before being handed over to police who jailed them for 20 hours.
Link: Assaulted and arrested celebrity photographers strike back with lawsuit | Photography is Not a Crime
Yes, you read it right : “we don’t do paparazzi images”. Well, let’s take a look at your website and check :
Link: Thoughts of a Bohemian » Blog Archive » Perception management
“Paparazzi cried like young girls when it was no longer three of them against me and my kids. Didn’t they remember threatening me an hour ago? What happened to the tough guys with the cameras? It was gonna be a fair fight.
Link: SFGate: Daily Dish : Travis Barker explains paparazzi scuffle
Actor Sean Penn has been charged with criminal battery and vandalism following a violent run-in with a paparazzo.
Link: SFGate: Daily Dish : Sean Penn charged with battery and vandalism
She explains, “Our gang … has been holding up these mirrors … to sort of disrupt their photographs … I think any guest who comes here would hope to have a little privacy. I think it’s very nice.”
Link: SFGate: Daily Dish : Mexican military, hotel staff protected Jennifer Aniston from paparazzi