Steve Sands, Celebrity Photographer, Rebels at the Velvet Rope

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The Rebel at the Velvet Rope

Steve Sands, whom some consider New York’s most notorious paparazzo, has been going to celebrity affairs to document what he sees as abuse from security and the police.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/nyregion/steve-sands-celebrity-photographer-rebels-at-the-velvet-rope.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

“Just getting to the media area was fraught with hassles,” Mr. Sands wrote, “as most of the N.Y.P.D. claimed that we needed a ‘special Times Sq. Alliance pass.’ There is no law in the City Charter or Rules that give them the authority to do so.”