Shooting Stars: Paparazzi Tactics
Ron Galella , one of the most famous ( or infamous ) flesh in paparazzi history , went to utmost lengths to stalk his favourite celebrities . Although his free-spoken shots of Elizabeth Taylor , Marlon Brando , BarbaraStreisandand other A - listers have earned him a modest fortune during his 50 - year career that set off in the 1950s , the now - septuagenarian did n’t on the dot pull in his subjects ’ deference along the path . Galella is better known for following Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis from New York to the Greek Isles for years , a billet that culminated in a 1973 restraining lodge ban him from coming within 125 feet ( 38 metre ) of the former first dame [ source : Telegraph ] . After that , Galella still would don camouflage , retreat in tree and taxicab and even break his restraining rules of order in order get another image of Jackie O. In other Holy Writ , he arrange the standard for the modern - day paparazzi feeding frenzy .
Whether today ’s paparazzo are familiar with Galella or not , they abide by the same professional principle : Get a shot by any agency necessary . The individual paparazzo is only limited by his or her resources , craftiness and nervus . Industry competition leave piffling way for excuse , however , which is why the celebrity photographers tread a fine line between the public and private , getting as close – and sometimes hazardously close – as they can to their targets .
Although renown are public soma , which de jure let paparazzi to snap their photos on the street and sell them for steep sums without prior favourable reception , the rules change when it comes to private property . Paparazzi must honor property Torah barring them from camping outside bedroom windows or barging into restaurants and take a table next to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie . Instead , they often hold back alfresco until their targets of necessity make an exit , which , some argue , is just as intrusive . For instance , belated Isaac Merrit Singer Amy Winehouse won a court - ordered injunction against paparazzo “ door - stepping , ” or camping outside her rest home , in 2009 . Afterward , Brit photographers could n’t legally get within 330 feet ( 100 meters ) of her suburban stoop [ beginning : Dowell and Robinson ] .
Once in public , however , paparazzo are far freer to surround famous person , swarming around their railroad car orcabslike gnat . Roving bands of paparazzo consist of driver , photographer and watch ( who keep an eye out for the famed ) may descend upon stars , forming a triangle around targets to ensure that someone gets a clear frame no matter what [ source : Samuels ] . These fast-growing tactics have rebranded today ’s paparazzo as the “ stalkerazzi . ”
Why the frenzied celebrity chase ? For the promise of a respectable payday , of grade .
