Category: Paparazzi

  • Ron Galella’s Relentless Gaze | The New Yorker

    Ron Galella’s Relentless Gaze | The New Yorker

    Ron Galella’s Relentless Gaze The photographer’s work provides a stark illustration of the hold that celebrity has on our culture. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/ron-galellas-relentless-gaze “My idea of a good picture is one that’s in focus and of a famous person doing something unfamous,” the artist Andy Warhol wrote, in 1979. “It’s being in the…

  • Major Paparazzi Agency Goes Under, Blames Covid and Meghan Markle

    Major Paparazzi Agency Goes Under, Blames Covid and Meghan Markle

    Major Paparazzi Agency Goes Under, Blames Covid and Meghan Markle Splash News has defaulted on a nearly $1M loan. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/03/25/major-paparazzi-agency-goes-under-blames-covid-and-meghan-markle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Splash News & Picture Agency, a prominent paparazzi group, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy stating that the global pandemic that has kept celebrities indoors is partially to blame, but also fighting a…

  • Speaking of Britney … What About All Those Other Women? – The New York Times

    Speaking of Britney … What About All Those Other Women? – The New York Times

    Speaking of Britney … What About All Those Other Women? Monica Lewinsky. Janet Jackson. Lindsay Lohan. Whitney Houston. We are living in an era of reappraisals. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/style/celebrity-tabloid-women-reappraisals.html “Magazines in that era were driven by damsel-in-distress narratives,” said Ramin Setoodeh, the executive editor at Variety and the author of “Ladies Who Punch.” “It was almost…

  • Paparazzi Industry ‘Decimated’ as Celebrities Self-Isolate

    Paparazzi Industry ‘Decimated’ as Celebrities Self-Isolate

    Paparazzi Industry ‘Decimated’ as Celebrities Self-Isolate Much of the photo industry has been crippled by the coronavirus pandemic, but the subset of photographers receiving the least pity for their woes might be via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/04/21/paparazzi-industry-decimated-as-celebrities-self-isolate/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 A report by AFP published on Yahoo! News pointed out that the paparazzi industry in Hollywood has been “decimated by…

  • Jennifer Aniston was the force behind new paparazzi bill

    Link: Aniston’s activism was instrumental in the success of Assembly Bill 524, which takes effect from Friday, according to Democrat and Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, who has revealed the actress’ horror stories prompted her to fast track the legislation.

  • Los Angeles – The Price of Shooting Stars

    Link: Pic agencies and magazines say images that once sold for $1,500 (which equated to a half- or quarter-page in a magazine) now sell for as little as $150. So without the incentive, photo agencies aren’t investing big to obtain shots, magazines are reusing old pics, and earnings are generally way down. The photographer driving…

  • I Paparazzo

    Link: “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…

  • Paparazzi Success Secrets: Insider Tips, Patience, and Exclusivity – A Picture's Worth

    Link: Just because I am not breaking any laws does not always mean I am welcomed by the crew to shoot candid photos. If I am discovered shooting and they decide they don’t want images getting out, they may go to great measures to prevent me from getting my shots. Some ways a film production…

  • Lindsay Lohan accused of spilling drink on photographer : Daily Dish

    Lindsay Lohan accused of spilling drink on photographer : Daily Dish

    Link: A tweet on the Women’s Wear Daily blog stated, “Lindsay Lohan just threw a full drink at a boy at V magazine party who dared to snap her pic,” while Rischen himself added, “Wow. Lindsay Lohan is as trashy as they always say. She threw drinks and glasses to me as we tried to…

  • How The Fast Times Of The Paparazzi Came To A Screeching Halt – BuzzFeed News

    How The Fast Times Of The Paparazzi Came To A Screeching Halt – BuzzFeed News

    How The Fast Times Of The Paparazzi Came To A Screeching Halt In the end, the paparazzi machine that came to dominate the early 2000s was no match for the Great Recession, celebrity revolt, and the rise of social media. via BuzzFeed News: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiarosenbaum/downfall-of-the-paparazzi In the end, the paparazzi machine that came to dominate the…

  • How to Be a Paparazzo – The New York Times

    How to Be a Paparazzo – The New York Times

    How to Be a Paparazzo Memorize license-plate numbers. Avoid frightening famous children. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/magazine/how-to-be-a-paparazzo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 “You’re going to get your face punched,” Mendoza says. “You’re going to get your camera broken. People do bad things for money.” (Mendoza once got “high five figures” for a photo of Zsa Zsa Gabor inside an ambulance.)

  • Photos of Paparazzi Hounding Rihanna and Other Celebs | VICE | United States

    Photos of Paparazzi Hounding Rihanna and Other Celebs It’s hard out here for a pap. via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/photos-of-paparazzi-stalking-rihanna-on-a-friday-night For this weeks edition of First-Person Shooter, we dropped two cameras off with Stan Rozewicz, a paparazzi photographer who’s shot photos of celebrities in Manhattan for the past nine years. Stan’s captured photos of everybody from Cameron…

  • Palace Writes Open Letter to Media About Paparazzi Harassment of Prince George

    Palace Writes Open Letter to Media About Paparazzi Harassment of Prince George

    Palace Writes Open Letter to Media About Paparazzi Harassment of Prince George A new letter published by Kensington Palace in the United Kingdom sheds light at the extreme measures paparazzi are taking in order to capture valuable via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/08/15/palace-writes-open-letter-to-media-about-paparazzi-harassment-of-prince-george/ The letter was addressed to “leaders of media industry bodies and standards organizations” around the…

  • ‘Journalist scum’ and the Cannes glitterati – Correspondent

    Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/france-film-festival-journal-scum-and-the-cannes-glitterati#.VWRi0mB5qn0 I’m relieved to find I’m not alone in finding this juxtaposition of aggressive capitalism and high art a little difficult to stomach. A few days in, I interview director Asif Kapadia who is presenting his masterful tear-jerker documentary “Amy” about late singer Amy Winehouse. “It’s a bit weird”, he says, to…

  • Actor Says Paparazzi Are to Blame if They Get Punched

    Actor Says Paparazzi Are to Blame if They Get Punched | PDNPulse Photographers’ injury lawsuits against pugilistic celebrities and their bodyguards are too commonplace to count as news these days, but a report about the case of photographer Sheng Li v. actor Sam Worthington caught our eye because of the actor’s defense via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/12/actor-says-paparazzi-blame-get-punched.html…

  • Why Paparazzi Are Good for Us – LightBox

    Why Paparazzi Are Good for Us – LightBox

    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/06/27/why-paparazzi-are-good-for-us/#1 There is an anti-aesthetic to paparazzi photographs that rejects the “official,” glamorous views of the rich and famous. The best paparazzi photographs emphasize fleeting, stolen moments, ideally produced without the subject knowing he or she is being photographed

  • French Editor and Photographer Charged Over Topless Kate Middleton Photos

    French Editor and Photographer Charged Over Topless Kate Middleton Photos | PDNPulse The editor of French Closer magazine and an unidentified photographer have been charged with violation of French privacy laws for their alleged role in the publication last September of topless pictures of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge (and now via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2013/07/french-editor-and-photographer-charged-over-topless-kate-middleton-photos.html…

  • NBA Player Lamar Odom Calmly Destroys Paparazzi’s Gear on the Street

    NBA Player Lamar Odom Calmly Destroys Paparazzi’s Gear on the Street

    NBA Player Lamar Odom Calmly Destroys Paparazzi’s Gear on the Street If you’ve ever questioned the wisdom of insuring your camera gear, witness the methodical fury of basketball star and Kardashian spouse Lamar Odom via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2013/07/11/nba-player-lamar-odom-calmly-destroys-paparazzis-gear-on-the-street/ Video and still images show the b-baller grabbing cameras, lenses and other gear (like a large wheeled camera…

  • Bald Britney Spears Was The Dot-Com Boom Era For Paparazzi

    Bald Britney Spears Was The Dot-Com Boom Era For Paparazzi Dispatches From The Hated will be a recurring feature penned by a person who worked the paparazzi beat for three years. We'll call him American Ex-Pap so he remains anonymous. via Gawker: http://defamer.gawker.com/bald-britney-spears-was-the-dot-com-boom-era-for-papara-514349695 One shot of Britney slowly spiraling into insanity, one video of her…