Why hasn't there been a film made about a paparazzi who slowly becomes famous for taking particularly interesting or unusual photos of celebrities, to the point that the images themselves become considered 'art', and the person in question becomes the object as well as the subject of the media's attention? It could be a good short, I don't know how well the concept would hold up in the long run unless you threw another cog into the works.
This may have happened in real life [Terry Richardson comes to mind as a sleazy dude who started out taking pictures of vulnerable celebs and became respected in the photography world, but that's a slightly different thing and totally eugh anyways]... I should do some research. Being a paparazzi seems like such a strange and dehumanizing job anyhow, I wonder how people would get into that line of work in the first place. Are they disillusioned photojournalism majors? Star-hounds? Film fanatics? Or just people trying to get through a day's work.
If a paparazzi did become famous, they could set up some pretty sweet self-shot gigs. Like how J. Jonah Jameson at the Daily Bugle always wants Peter Parker to take pictures of Spiderman for him. Sneaky buggers.
Cheers
Julia
Richard Avedon? He was a fashion photographer, rather than a paparazzus (paparazza? - what IS the singular?
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