Chris Nicholson's Writing Weblog
June 09, 2005 • Thursday
I don't normally link to New York Times articles, because you need to register to read them (which, while free, I find annoyingly unnecessary). But this is a good story.
"As Paparazzi Push Harder, Stars Try to Push Back" investigates a fledgling Hollywood trend of celebrities standing up for their rights against aggressive photographers. Good for them.
For the record, not all photographers are paparazzi. In fact, almost all the photographers I know are very respectful of people's wishes to be or not be photographed, celebrities included. It's the few bad mackintoshes who cause the negative headlines.
I do not believe that being famous negates one's right not to be harassed.
For a much wittier observation on this issue, read Steve Martin's "The Paparazzi of Plato," originally published in The New Yorker in September 1999. You can read the piece in Martin's book Pure Drivel, or on this website that published a seemingly unauthorized copy.
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