.MJSchulman writes about Kevin Mazur, who was the first photographer to shoot Prince inside Paisley Park and the last to shoot Michael Jackson alive.
Celebrities sometimes introduce Kevin Mazur as “my favorite paparazzo.” “I go, ‘I’m not paparazzi!’ ” Mazur said the other day. “I’m the guy that’s invited. Everybodyme to be there.” Mazur is the guy you get when, say, you’re the Rolling Stones in 1988 and need someone to document the “Steel Wheels” tour. Or when you’re the Met Gala and need someone to capture Kim Kardashian at the top of the stairs. At concerts, he slips onstage to shoot Elton John close up.
“The trust factor is the biggest thing,” he said. “When you respect somebody, they’ll feel comfortable with you. And then they’ll let you in.” Mazur, who is sixty-one, with swept-back silver hair and a thick Long Island accent , was driving to Newark for the MTV Video Music Awards, which he has photographed since 1986. He had just left his house, which is adorned with his photoscelebrities . Mazur lives in Babylon, not far from where he grew up, a fireman’s son.
In 1982, after taking audience shots of a Billy Joel concert, he submitted his photos to Retna, the photo agency; a week later, one of them was in. He co-founded WireImage in 2001 and rode the Paris Hilton boom times, before Getty Images acquired the company , in 2007. Unlike the paps, who sell shots of Ben Affleck looking depressed at Starbucks to the, Mazur maintains access by getting along with everyone. “I never put out a bad picture of anybody,” he said.
At the Prudential Center, in Newark, Mazur wandered the backstage hallways. On the concert floor, he watched Nicki Minaj and Eminem rehearse. Stand-ins delivered dummy acceptance speeches. Mazur sized up the zigzagging stage, trying to determine where to station himself. The Red Hot Chili Peppers wanted a backstage photo with Cheech and Chong: which exit? Just after five, Mazur checked in with a room of Getty editors on laptops, who would distribute his images in real time.
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