A repositioning that Giles Harrisonboss of the paparazzi agency London Entertainment Group, does not see it very favorably, as he explained to the site Vulture : “What these guys are doing is a bit… I don’t like to denigrate what I do for a living, but let’s admit that it’s frankly macabre. »
Fires continue in the Los Angeles area.
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What’s more, according to him, these photos of Ben Affleck driving, supposedly looking for his children, are probably a hoax: “He must have just gone to Jennifer Garner’s house or whatever, someone got him saw him drive by and took the photos. »
Jennifer Garner may not have been at home: these days, she’s helping World Central Kitchen volunteers feed disaster victims in Los Angeles. “Palisades has been my neighborhood for 25 years, we all want to be useful in one way or another,” she told MSNBC on Friday.
“To risk your neck to take a photo like this at a time like this, you must be completely crazy”
According to Randy Bauerboss of the Bauer-Griffin paparazzi agency, these photos of Affleck are probably not the result of chance. In Vulture, he explains: “We know Ben. We know Jennifer Garner. A lot of people live on Amalfi and Sunset Boulevard, it’s sort of the epicenter of celebrity life in Pacific Palisades… but we don’t necessarily know who owns the houses that are burning and if the fire is in the direct vicinity of this or that house in particular. We end up going where it’s burning, and if we pass Ben’s or Jennifer Garner’s, we test the waters a little. » The remaining objective is to find and take photos of “people in difficulty in general”, like any photojournalist, according to him. Bauer points out, however, that most of the photographers who work with him are freelancers, paid per photo, and know perfectly well that a photo of a celebrity in distress will drive up prices. “A celebrity with tears in her eyes in front of her 10 million dollar villa ravaged by flames, that interests people. »
-Harrison agrees, that’s what most paparazzi are looking for, and it pisses him off: “Those guys who went to Pacific Palisades Tuesday night are morons. They know it, the story of the moment is obviously going to be that of celebrity houses being burned down. But to risk your neck to take a photo like this at a time like this, you have to be completely crazy. »
On this, the two men agree: the game is not worth the candle. “Photographers are not better paid for putting themselves in danger or for going into a fire zone that is not at all under control,” recalls Bauer. The price of the photo is not linked to the risk. It’s related to the celebrity that’s on it and what they’re doing. »
Which means no one wants to pass up a photo of tabloid shopper Ben Affleck, especially if his recently acquired $20.5 million home goes up in flames. As of this writing, however, firefighters appear to have the Palisades fire under control enough for Ben Affleck to breathe and return home safely. Bauer therefore admits that “it probably won’t happen” and that, even if it had, “the compassion factor wouldn’t have been very high.” Gender, “Oh, poor Ben Affleck.” People find it hard to really pity all these rich people. »
Originally published by Vanity Fair US
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