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sell to one tabloid, they sell to
many tabloids. Many of them
know very little about photogra-
phy. They just know how to stalk
people.
"But there are also paparazzi
who know what they're doing,
and who are invited to events
such as the Oscars because they
can get a person's image circu-
lated in many different tabloids.
For a paparazzi photographer,
the motivation is not a great piece
of work or image but, instead,
money. There was a bounty re-
cently for Michael Jackson's baby
at $2 million."
Solomon said the money fac-
tor started 20 years ago when a
photographer snapped a picture
of the late-Elvis Presley in his cof-
fin and got paid a hefty $75,000.
She was offered $30,000 for a
photo of Lee and Peggy Iaccoca
10 years ago by the National En-
quirer. Solomon turned it down,
even though the editors kept call-
ing and calling her.
"They went up $5,000 each
time they called," she said. "They
thought maybe they could per-
suade me. I would never sell to a
tabloid, because once you corn-
promise yourself you can't go
back. I've been called many times
for other photographs as
well, such as Elizabeth
Taylor.
"When you've got these
kinds of prices being of-
fered for these photos,
you're going to have this
sort of situation occur-
ring," she said. "These
people will do anything to
get these sort of photos.
And as long as they get
the money, the problem
will continue."
Solomon doesn't just
show up at functions.
She is commissioned by
celebrities and called by
them.
"I am a journalist
telling a story with im-
ages," she said.
She doesn't think the
recent Princess Di tragedy
will affect her business.
But, she added, until su-
permarket tabloids see a
decline in sales, the rude,
obnoxious paparazzi be-
havior will continue.
"I've been on assign-
ments where they are
screaming and shouting,"
she said. "You almost
want to hide. It's humil-
iating, and there's no
need for them to act that
Linda Solomon: "You almost want to hide."
way." ❑

,. inda Solomon never want-
ed to think that someone
could die as a result of the
so-called paparazzi. So,
when she heard of the news of
Princess Diana Spencer's Satur-
day death, she was saddened by
the tragedy, yet all-too-familiar
with the behavior that might
have brought it all on.
Solomon is an internationally
acclaimed celebrity photojour-
nalist based in Birmingham. She
has covered the Hollywood Os-
cars for 15 years. Her pho-
tographs have appeared in
publications and on television all
over the world. At last spring's
Academy Awards, she had pa-
parazzi on either side of her,
standing on a bleachers-like
structure. They were rude and
nasty to her and to the stars she
was trying to photograph.
The next day, her work ap-
peared on "Good Morning Amer-
ica" and on a 20-city satellite
media tour. Many of the other
photographers were there for the
sexy shot on the grocery tabloid
front page.
"What you have to understand
is that these guys prefer to be pa-
parazzi," she said. "This is what
they want to do. They just don't