The Lens of the Paparazzi

The many-faced history of paparazzi photography
DISCUSSED

Britney Spears, TMZ, the Countess of Castiglione, La Dolce Vita, Nightclubbing, Surveillance, Imprisoning Reality, a Secret Abiut a Secret, “A Sad Heart at the Supermarket”, a faux British accent, the Nielsan Book Scan, Excess, #FreeBritney, Hiding Your Face

Illustrations by Lyssa Park

"The first time I saw her, she was naked and sixteen," goes the first line of a failed novel I wrote about Britney Spears between 2014 and 2016. Of course, she wasn't sixteen then. She wasn't naked, either.

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