How does the media effect people's privacy in Photography?

Following on from my post a few days ago regarding the work of Barbara Probst and her body of work entitled "Exposure" and how it could relate to the current era of Photography in which the media/ paparazzi dons the meaning of the term breach of privacy. I thought it would be interesting to look more deeper into the subject via any forms of books, online videos that I could find in relation to the subject of "How the Paparazzi effects how Photography is viewed upon nowadays?

The following extract is from foreword section of page 6 of the book "Exposed - Voyeurism, Surveillance And The Camera".

"Have we become a society of Voyeurs? The Proliferation of Camera Phones, Youtube videos and reality television would certainly suggest that this is so. At the same time , amid endless political debates about terrorism , the ubiquitous security camera has become one of the icons of our age. We watch , and we are watched" 

Ever since the mid 1860's the concept of exploring the art of how people can produce forms of images that showcase spying on others, has been evident.  

One of the first painting's to represent this was the paining "Tintoretto, Susannah And The Elders" from 1650.  In this painting two men are shown observing the undressing and unaware subject as she gets ready to bath.  The painting shows that back then you didn't need long camera lens and other equipment in order to breach someone's privacy. 


                                             Fig one: Susannah And The Elders - 1660

  When you look at paintings like this and compare it to what a modernised version of this painting portraying the breaching of one's privacy in todays standards would be like, you could sense how different the meaning of the image would be with how technology has advanced with the invention of long camera lens etc. Dirty Paparazzi tactics. The two men in this painting would today probably be seen holding cameras for some form of purpose like trying to get a snapshot for a newspaper. 

Continuing on with this topic. I want to talk about the idea behind what the invisible Photographer is when it comes to celebrities. In todays generation of Photography, Photographers are looked on negatively by some people due to the how the ever growing trend of Paparazzi imagery fills our newspapers and magazines. Celebrities whether they like it or not are deeply effected by this. 

"When Tazio Secchiaroli shot a handful of embarrassing photographs of the actress Anita Ekburg and her husband in Rome in 1958, he couldn't have foreen the phenomenon that he was helping to create" - Extract from the opening chapter of "Original Sin, The Birth Of The Paparazzo" from "Exposed - Voyeurism, Surveillance And The Camera"
                                       

Fig two - Franco Pinna, Paparazzi ante litter am (Tazio Secchiaroli and Luciano Mellace, Rome (1952)

Useful website links

  http://uk.phaidon.com/agenda/photography/picture-galleries/2010/october/20/exposed-at-     san-francisco-moma/?idx=1- Slideshow link for a range of images from "Exposed - Voyeurism, Surveillance And The Camera" being shown in San Francisco.

     Image and book References

     Fig one - http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks?term=Susanna+and+the+Elders+

     Book - "Exposed - Voyeurism, Surveillance And The Camera" Pages: 221 and 6
     Fig two - Page 221 - "Exposed - Voyeurism, Surveillance And The Camera"