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Also Known As	paparazzo

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A photographer in a dark jacket leans over a rooftop ledge, aiming a camera with a large telephoto lens and flash attachment at an event below.

Ron Galella stands indoors holding his black-and-white photograph Windblown Jackie, showing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis walking with her hair blowing in the wind.

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