The Guardian has an interview with Darryn Lyons, who runs Britain's biggest picture agency. They sell paparazzi photos to newspapers and magazines. You may have seen him on TV - the Australian with the multi-coloured mohican. In the interview he offers a range of opinions on the role of his agency and the paparazzi in today's society, claiming that celebrities largely rely on people like him for their careers - including those like Abi Titmus who have deals with the agencies to take a cut of 'paparazzi' shots of them sold to newspapers. Interestingly, he now has a website where members of the public can submit their own photos of celebrities to be published - http://www.mrpaparazzi.com/. The existence of such sites begs the question, how can you regulate 'the press' when it's the public as much as the press industry who are now generating what might be considered invasive images. How does the PCC control how much members of the public 'harrass' celebrities in order to take photos of them?
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