Atlantica - 01.11.2001, Page 37

A T L A N T I C A 35
They hang out on the doorstep of the
celebrity world. With cameras in hand,
these paparazzi, or glitterati as they like to
call themselves, pursue celebrities like
greyhounds running around a racetrack
chasing the mechanical rabbit. It’s rarely
pretty. These snappers endure rain, wind,
hours of waiting around, verbal abuse,
traffic wardens and the occasional fist to
the face, just to click that special picture
– one print of an unsuspecting star that will
run in the pages of a tabloid newspaper or
magazine.
So who makes up this ragged collection
of renegade photojournalists? Icelandic
photographer Sigurdur Jökull Ólafsson
offers readers a glimpse of the paparazzi
underworld.
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Picture This!APARAZZI
Madonna’s first child. Mick Jagger’s latest fling. Hugh Grant’s walk on
the wild side down Hollywood Boulevard. Thanks to the paparazzi, fans
the world over can enjoy these celebrity highlights (and lowlights).
PHOTOS: SIGURDUR JÖKULL ÓLAFSSON
PAPARAZZI
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