Paparazzi, a so called celebrities worst nitemare or favorite photographer. The "mosquito" that swarms around looking to take advantage of an exposed individual in public areas has slowly become a despised, hated but most desired person to the tabloids and its readers. Ron Galella is a great example of an photographer that earned a very good living taking pictures of celebrities in open spaces. Yes he may have been a little extreme but the person who picked up the paper or tabloid appreciated his effort. They may have not expressed it directly to him, but how many times has an image been spoken about time after time and only to be reprinted again years later. It is a very fine line of respect and privacy that a paparazzo walks on and most of the time it can be close to illegal. A good example of being illegal is when the late Princess Diana was chased to her death by paparazzo many years ago. Had they allowed her to leave peacefully and met her another day, another time she may still be around. The problem with that is society wants to know everything about anyone who is someone. Who decides it's enough? Programs like TMZ, publications like, Star or the Enquirer or even People magazine put the spot light on certain stars and society feeds of it. They engorge themselves in pointless news that makes no difference in their lives or in the lives of the stalked celebrity. So is the paparazzi a favored clique in the photojournalist world? Probably not, but they do make a good living of it and who can blame them when money is being thrown at them....
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