Here'a an excellent essay from CANN
The worldwide obsession with celebrities has generated one of the most fascinating and feared parts of our culture today, the paparazzi. Paparazzi are photographers who constantly hunt celebrities, public figures and their families, trying to photograph them in candid, unflattering and, at times, compromising moments.
Most people who are a fan of a star love to see candid pictures of their celebrity. Clay Aiken has had many pictures taken of his every move. Recently, we have seen him at an airport, a family visit, grocery shopping, eating in a restaurant with his son and a visit to a business office. I would imagine many of those pictures have been saved on a lot of computers. But, as much as we love the pictures, are we then, part of the problem of paparazzi?
CANN