Opinion

Power of the Paparazzi

"' … anywhere from 50 to 60 percent of images that are sold into media these days are entertainment images,' most of them taken by paparazzi." [SpiegelOnline]

Hrag Vartanian

February 6, 2012 — 1 min read

Elmgreen & Dragset's "Paparazzi" (2010) graced the entrance to Performa 2011's opening-night benefit. (photo by the author)

The power of celebrity images via Spiegel Online:

“Corbis CEO Gary Shenk estimates ‘that anywhere from 50 to 60 percent of images that are sold into media these days are entertainment images,’ most of them taken by paparazzi.”

This stats gives a better context for the bad art of Richard Phillips and why Gagosian probably represents him.

h/t @jmcolberg

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