Joe Simpson is now his daughters personal paparazzi
Joe Simpson wants to put daughters Jessica and Ashlee in pictures – his pictures. Radar online reports that the singers’ dad/manager has become a part-time paparazzo in order to control how his daughters are portrayed in the media.
According to Radar, the Simpson patriarch has struck up an arrangement with WireImage, the wire service that dominates red-carpet and high-profile events. On several occasions, a camera-wielding Simpson has been seen running interference with other photographers for shots of his own daughters, then approved only his own images for distribution through WireImage. At other times, he has provided the agency with exclusive (and even risqué!) photographs of his daughters on family getaways.
Needless to say, other photographers aren’t thrilled with the new arrangement. One shutterbug recounts being invited to cover an event only to find her shots repeatedly blocked by Joe and his Nikon. “I thought it was really odd that he was always in my way, since I was the one who was paid to be there shooting,” she says. And when the freelance snapper finally did get some shots, Joe’s were the only ones WireImage deemed worthy of distribution.
I think that is clever, and now he actually has an excuse to push and shove paparazzi out of the way lol plus he can make them feel like they're chasing a lost cause with the Simpson sisters because their work wont be approved anyway (under the particuar company anyway). So maybe they'll get less harassment because he could also hire his own photographers to cover them at certain events, ones that wont badger them but will elbow other paparazzi out of the way.
However, the 'risque' stuff is just gross and he shouldn't sell them out either - or shouldn't continue to sell them out. If he using the 'protecting them' reason as a charade for being the one to make money out of the shots and get the 'money shots' then he is just nasty.
It seems like a good idea (excluding the above paragraph) but hopefully it doesn't backfire and make their shots even more pricey and hence sought after by unapproved photographers - but I doubt it since distribution outlets are probably not going to pay more for shots if the demand doesn't warrant extra.
I'd love to be surprised that Creepy Pa isn't doing something else to control his daughters. But yet I'm not. For Creepy Pa is a ****ing punkass moron. Who loves his daughters rack.
Another day, another dollar for Creepy Pa no matter what he has to do.
