![World Exclusive! by Peter Bugg
I’ve got a post up today at the Hey, Hot Shot! Blog about a series of scanned paparazzi caption bubbles sans-photographs by artist Peter Bugg.
He writes,
In order to sell more photos to magazines, the [paparazzi] spice up their images by sensationalizing them with text. Without these explanations to color the reader’s interpretation of the images, the pictures quickly lose their intrigue. On the other hand, without the photographs…these texts are freed from the constraints of the images and take on a life of their own. Instead of existing as simple captions for bubble-gum pictures, the phrases become colorful, quotable, inside jokes.
My brief musings on this can be found at Hey, Hot Shot!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt2i06S0bH1qzrd3yo1_400.jpg)
World Exclusive! by Peter Bugg
I’ve got a post up today at the Hey, Hot Shot! Blog about a series of scanned paparazzi caption bubbles sans-photographs by artist Peter Bugg.
He writes,
In order to sell more photos to magazines, the [paparazzi] spice up their images by sensationalizing them with text. Without these explanations to color the reader’s interpretation of the images, the pictures quickly lose their intrigue. On the other hand, without the photographs…these texts are freed from the constraints of the images and take on a life of their own. Instead of existing as simple captions for bubble-gum pictures, the phrases become colorful, quotable, inside jokes.
My brief musings on this can be found at Hey, Hot Shot!
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