In the era of Instagram, these memorable paparazzi snaps should be preserved in a museum
Photo: SplashNews/Getty/MEGA After Instagram was born in 2010, the celebrity paparazzi photo lost much of its power. Images of celebrities living their daily lives once felt scarce, but now they’re generated every minute of every day by the subjects themselves and carefully staged to their liking.
One of my favorite Instagrams to come out of the past decade is @PaparazziFineArtOfficial, an account run by photographer Hannah La Follette Ryan. Ryan says she admires paparazzi images for their ability to “capture the beauty and humor of the everyday.” Think of Jake Gyllenhaal scratching his back with a fork, or Kim Kardashian with a really bad sunburn. Below, she helped us cull some of the decade’s most memorable paparazzi snaps — ones worthy of a museum.
3. Shia LaBeouf and His Mom Shia LaBeouf and his mom, July 2015. Photo: SplashNews.com Shia LaBeouf has made it clear that growing up famous was hard on him, but in this decade, he’s attained a measure of freedom. Yes, he’s still chased by paparazzi, but he hasn’t let the public eye shape his sense of self or style, which became a point of obsession for young menswear enthusiasts.
6. A$AP Rocky Applying Kendall Jenner’s Lip Balm Kendall Jenner and ASAP Rocky, January 2017. Photo: SplashNews.com Kendall Jenner is the most elusive of the Kardashian sisters, and an unscripted glimpse of her is still almost impossible to come by. This rare, tender photo of her and rumored boyfriend A$AP Rocky applying lip balm is beautiful in its banality and grace.
9. Ariana Grande Skipping in the Rain Ariana Grande, September 2018. Photo: Robert Kamau/GC Images At first, this looks like one of those “celebrity walking funny” photos, like Michael Cera prancing. But it was taken shortly after the death of Grande’s ex-boyfriend Mac Miller last year, which gives it a totally different emotional resonance. Grande looks like she’s snatching a moment of happiness in what’s been an undoubtedly emotional couple of years. Every time I see it, I get emotional too.
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